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- So I'm the oldest of four
children and our family didn't

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necessarily have the means
for all of us to go to college

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right after High School, and
so as the oldest I definitely

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kinda wanted to make my own way and,

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I saw the Air Force as an
opportunity to do that.

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And for our family growing up,

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service was always really important.

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Whether it was service to your
community, service to your

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church, just being a part of
something and giving back.

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And so again, the military kind
of aligned with our family's

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morals and beliefs and so it
gave me opportunities to do

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things I never would've been able to do,

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had I chosen a different path.

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One of the things that I focus
on kind of wherever I go is,

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what I call connections.

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You know, finding your tribe
of people, or your folks, where

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you have that high trust relationship.

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And so, different areas where
I would like to plug in is,

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making sure that everybody here
has people, they have their

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folks because life is just hard.

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I mean, it can be great
one day and then something

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devastating happens the next.

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But when you're working
through all those things,

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the things that, in my mind,
help get you through that,

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are those people that have your back.

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And so, finding ways to help
build those connections,

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across Team Minot, whether
it's in your individual wings,

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across wings, downtown, but
making sure people are plugged

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in, they have their people,
they have their community,

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and they feel taken care of.

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