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(clanking metal)

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- Hi, I'm Captain D.
Clegg and I'm a member

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of the US Army Fitness Team.

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I have been competing
for about five years now.

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I've done team and individual competition.

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We'll be working with
recruiting command going out

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to different communities
and hopefully competing

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in different events but also reaching out

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to the younger generation
and trying to get them

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to see what we're doing.

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The first couple years
of me actually wanting

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to be a competitive athlete was very hard.

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It was a lot of time in the gym,

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a lot of time not in the gym
getting my mental game right

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and learning how to balance.

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It was a lot of time management.

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I was a platoon leader when
I first started competing.

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I did grad school while I was competing.

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What do you see yourself doing?

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What do you wanna do?

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There's always an avenue that
you can reach into and go to

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in the military that can
help you reach those goals.

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Or, the career path that you wanna take.

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I think the military can
provide a lot of opportunities

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for people that they're not aware of,

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but it's finding the
right recruiter that knows

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how to explain all those
different possibilities

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and opportunities to them.