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- I am from (mumbles) born and raised.

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It's a tight nit town,

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you know there's not a
lot of people in Ashley.

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Right after high school, I
went straight to the workforce.

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I was working long hours,

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working my hands to the bones
and all just to make ends meet

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So, I new I wanted more in life,

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I new I had a bigger purpose to fill,

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So that's why I went
and spoke to my uncle.

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I joined the army because
I knew that it would give

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me the life that I wanted.

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I'm a family man.

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I am married to my wife,

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we have a beautiful
daughter and one on the way.

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- (laughing)

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- That's a whole baby in there.

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My daughter's my world and my
next child's gonna be the same

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I provide for them, I protect them.

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I do what a man's got to do for his family

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but I love it, I love being a
father, I love being a husband

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and the army has given me this opportunity

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to you know spend more time with them

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and provide financial stability for them.

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Mama lama goes downstairs.

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Every Friday, you know we
have a family get together,

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you know, father, mother,
cousins, brothers, sisters,

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you know we get Dominoes going.

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It's incredible.

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It's really, it's a great experience.

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As a soldier a lot of people
assume that I don't have time

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to spend with my family but

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I have more time now than
I did when I was working

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a regular nine to five job.

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You know and I thank the army for that.