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from my legacy , I would just like to

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be known as a people person , someone

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that people can count on someone that

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people can talk to because without that ,

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without being able to give advice , it

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doesn't help anyone . When I got the

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text school , that's when I first saw

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the pay scale for everyone .

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And I noticed that you could be a chief

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in 10 years and in class we were

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talking about . So I was like , You

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know what ? I'm gonna be a chief in 10

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years , and our civilian chief

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instructor said Everyone abandon you

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won't make crew chief in 10 years . So

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I said , Oh , okay . So from that point

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is just like , maybe I won't make chief

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And then I just stuck with it and kept

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going and making . It just happened .

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The biggest hurdle I had to overcome

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was when I was stationed at a base in

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California , went to a squadron , and

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they told me that they did not need my

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services , and the person in charge of

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the squadron never looked up off of his

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computer to see who I waas . So then it

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just inspired me . So when I got to the

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other squadron just to do the best that

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I could . What kept me motivated was

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just doing things that I didn't think I

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was actually capable of doing because I

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didn't think that I would make Master

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Sergeant . Then I didn't think I would

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make senior . And now that I've made

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Chief , it was just one of those things

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that just kept going and going . I saw

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other people that I worked with make

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chief and said , You know what ? You

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could do it . Will you do it ? And how

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will you do it ? Lessons I have learned

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is to always get to work on

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time , keep yourself out of trouble ,

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follow the rules . The rules are there

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for a reason because people have

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already broken them and has written

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down for you . So it's easy just to say

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I would follow the line and do the

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things I'm supposed to do . What is

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that deal with stress is I walk a lot .

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I walked throughout my am you . I

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talked to people . I joke with people

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because every day there's something

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there's some type of stress is gonna

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mess with you just a little bit , and

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the more you could get away from that

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stress or get away from those

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situations . The better it iss the

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advice I would have four airman that

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are looking to make chief would be to

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just do your job , find out what people

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need you to do take advantage of those

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things and just do it . Just do it ,

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just do it and good things will happen

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Have a positive attitude Don't let

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doors shut that you would not otherwise

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walk through . What I mean by that is

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if someone says , Hey , you should do

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this or you should do that and you

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really don't want to You should think

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about it twice and then if it's

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something that you really , really want

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later on in life , take advantage of it ,

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Okay ? The goals I have now that I've

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made Chief is too be the best chief

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that I could be in the squadron that I

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am assigned to as's faras going further ,

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I will cross that bridge as it comes up .

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But to be the best chief in the

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squatter that I am where people can

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count on me to do the things that they

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need me to dio