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judy J U D Y 88 A D A N . K .

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I am volunteer here at the USO . I was

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born in Kenosha and I grew up in

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Oakland Wisconsin . I got involved

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thanks to armed force to stay here at

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Fort McCoy . Four years ago I went in ,

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it was raining , I wasn't going to go

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and I decided to go . And that's when I

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met Miss Celie . She's like , what are

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you doing ? I said , oh I'm looking for

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volunteers . Like oh we have plenty of

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positions open for volunteers And

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that's how I got started . Thanks to

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armed forces day . I love being a

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volunteer . I love giving back to the

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military since I was prior military . I

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was in the Navy 12 years . I love

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everything . But the thing I like best

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is going out to the field , servicing

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the service members out there whatever

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branch they may be taking out the

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mobile truck because we have hygiene ,

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um , snacks , drinks , um different

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things on the mobile truck that we take

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out to the field . Um The only thing we

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really set up as a coffee . Everything

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else is usually at night before you

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shut down . Your supposed to restock

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and make sure everything's ready to go

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for the next morning . You go to usO

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dot org and there's a section for

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volunteering . You feel all the

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paperwork and then when you get to then

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everything will go to miss celie . And

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yes , I would recommend being a

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volunteer . I mean you see high as you

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see lows but seeing the military in the

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summer training , it's awesome watching

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them . I mean they come in cannot

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before covid . Can I have a hug ? You

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could do it now . You can't . You can

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say you know , virtual hug . But yes ,

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volunteering . I would recommend at the

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USO just my dad was a korean war vet .

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Three of us were , my brother wanted ,

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my other brother wanted to , but he was

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flatfooted so he couldn't . But I

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joined the Navy and my dad's like ,

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why'd you go Navy ? I said , because I

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wanted to see the world and serve on

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the ship . I spent almost eight years

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Of my 12 , probably seven a half ,

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eight years on the water . Italy Israel

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Spain . Um , He jumped .

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It was awesome .