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My name is Taylor House Skin . I'm a

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first lieutenant in the United States

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space floors and right now on one of

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the executive officers in the Fourth

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Space Operations Squadron . I grew up

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in Palm Desert , California I grew up

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with one brother . He's two years older

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than me . He's also in the Air Force .

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I first learned about the academy when

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my brother decided to go there , and I

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never want to go there . When he was

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first there , he would come back and

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talk about stories of survival training ,

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and I was like , That's not for me .

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And then one summer , I went to summer

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seminar there . It's about a week long

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program where you get a learn about the

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academy , and I just ended up loving

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the organization and the structure that

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the military provides . And I also like

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how I felt like every person there had

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the same goal , and they're all

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motivated to be there and , like , work

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for something bigger than themselves .

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I transferred over to the United States

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Space Force in September , and it was

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kind of a no brainer for me being a

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space operator and the fact that I

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could be a part of a service that's

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brand new on that . I'll probably never

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see another service stand up in my

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lifetime . It's definitely a very cool

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opportunity that I get to be a part of .

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I started playing Pickleball about two

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years ago . Um , there's a group in our

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neighborhood that is called BLR Crew ,

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and we just came out , started playing

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kickball one day , and my boyfriend I

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got hooked and we kept playing all year .

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We played in the tournament things past

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October , which was super fun . Way

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learned that racquet sport players are

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very competitive . There is definitely

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some tension as well . I think it's

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awesome that you could just be outside ,

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especially in the summer . Here in

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Colorado , weather is great . Wind

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sucks sometimes , but it's really fun .

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Other than that , you can definitely

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just go get a Pickleball paddle , get

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online on Amazon for 20 bucks and just

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start playing