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can you see

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by the dawn's

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it's so

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The first two best ranger competition

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in 1982 and 1983 Were held as

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competition between teams from each of

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the three Ranger Department camps ? Mhm .

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Yeah . Uh honestly , I just wanted to

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compete with the best , the best around

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the army , you know , it's such a

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historic competition and , you know ,

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it's one of the hardest across all

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branches and , you know , that's

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something I felt like I really wanted

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to do and continue to do throughout my

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career competition . It's about

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being in the arena , so it's about

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challenging yourself and not being a

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standard by and just watching everybody

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else do something bigger and better .

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It's about pushing ourselves farther

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than anybody else can't . I think

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consistency , just making sure that

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every day you have the same output . Um

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I mean , training for 4.5 months of

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somebody , it's a lot . So you just got

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to make sure that you're focused and

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doing what we gotta do , but be the guy

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that ashes for all , like the little ,

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you know , isn't advice , you know how

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to shortcut , just go , it's easier

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than you think it is . Just gotta do it ,

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be motivated , motivate yourself and

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for best ranger , I mean you've gotta

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send it uh come out having the time ,

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it's really not that bad , like all the

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stuff is there for sure , but you get

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to make some really good friends , get

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to have a lot of good training , a lot

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of good experience and when you get

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back , I promise it's gonna all be

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worth it . People recognize hard work

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when you put out , uh just prepare

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yourself , you know , have that

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discipline , lots of mileage , lots of

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shooting , but it's definitely here . I

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know you only get three times to

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compete so they constantly need new

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faces , so you got nothing to lose .

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Just come out and keep trying . I just

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expect to come out here and perform ,

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you know , like we practice , so , you

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know , whatever happens happens , it's

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in God's hands now and uh , have a

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great training partners , so I just

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hope that everything that we've gone

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over , you know , just comes out to

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fruition now . I wanted to challenge

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myself and bring , bring out the best

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in myself as well as it's just

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something I've always had my eye on .

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This is before I joined all the books

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about it and whatnot . So it just

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seemed like the best proving ground for

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me at the time , I'm seeing my old

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platoon sergeant competing before is ,

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or first class Mercado . Um he came in

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second and I wanted to get to that

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level as well that maybe want to

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compete , I would say put in the work ,

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put in the time for it , don't we're

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off your training , commit to it and

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trust the process . Well ,

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we did like , we did okay at night

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steaks , um , which kind of like slow

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rolled into day stakes , but then we

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picked it up , um , and we probably

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picked up a few spots . So hopefully we

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can go strong in the land out and make

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the final cut . Who said on the fields

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of friendly strike or some , the seeds

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that another days on other fields ,

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repair the fruits of victory over the

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next three days , regardless of which

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team wins . Help each rangers see how

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their efforts contribute to greater

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victory for the range of community or

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military in our nation . Amen .

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Yes .