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- When I first got there,
one it was all males,

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and I seen this guy and I remember

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telling my husband this guy look

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like Arnold Schwarzenegger,
like there is no way

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I'm 'bout to pass, you know,
do better on my PT test

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than he is, so actually I end up

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having the highest PT score out of all

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the first sergeants and then
I guess I killed the board

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because I actually won,
so it was very unexpected

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but a great experience
and sometimes it takes

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other leaders to push
you to do those things,

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because sometimes you get so
comfortable in what you do

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on a day-to-day basis with the job

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and you get so consumed in
what you do for recruiting

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and pushing production that
you don't focus on yourself

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and you don't, sometimes
you don't focus on

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trying to better yourself.

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But having those leaders
who believe in you

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and say hey, you know,
I think you can do this.

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And you know, you do
it and you excel at it

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and so it's a great feeling.

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After I hit that ten year mark in the army

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I said you know what?

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It's, I have to make this a
career, there's no other way

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that I should go at this point.

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I thought that was the best option for me.

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What made me decide to
say okay you know what

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I want to do recruiting for the rest

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of my career is really my son.

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I had my son in 2012 and at
the time I was a single parent.

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And I felt like it would
be more stable for me

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to be in recruiting
and being able to spend

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more time with him versus to
be in the operational arm.

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You know I did not think I
would ever be a first sergeant,

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because once I came into recruiting

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I was already a E6 promotable.

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Once you've already made E7 it's hard

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to get promoted to the next level.

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So I was thinking you know, I'mma just

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do the best that I can.

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My first look for E8
I didn't get selected,

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it was in my secondary zone,

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and I was kinda disappointed but

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I was still early in my career too,

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so I was like you know, I still have time.

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And then that next year I was selected

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for the rank of master sergeant.

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I was on orders for
Tulsa Recruiting Company

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and so here I am today.

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Love to shop, love to look nice,

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Like I am definitely a girly girl.

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You know, I like to wear makeup,

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I like to get my hair done,
I like to buy nice clothes

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and I just like to look nice
and presentable at all times.

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Women think that we have
to cut all our hair off,

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and I'm like, first of all I
wouldn't even be in the army

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if we had to cut all
our, all our hair off.

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A lot of females, they're skeptical

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because they think that
we have to be boyish,

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you know, we can't get our nails done,

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or we can't wear makeup, I think

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that's the biggest
stereotype is with females,

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they feel like that, we just, are rough,

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we have to be rough looking
and that's not the case at all.

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The benefits that I would
say one the medical benefits.

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100% covered, you know.

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The fact that I can just
even retire at 20 years

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if I wanted to, and
have a retirement check

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for the rest of my life,
I mean that's gonna put us

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in a great position as well.

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Think about what you are
currently doing with your life.

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Is it working for you?

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Do you have a career or do you have a job?

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Are, do you have something
you can retire from?

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Do you have something that is going

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to give you 100% medical?

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Can you retire in 20 years
from any other organization?

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What are your goals and how can

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the army help you accomplish those goals?

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