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Misawa Air Base celebrated the pinning

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of not only 14 new U . S . Navy chiefs

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but also for U . S . Air Force master

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Sergeant who joined chief season it was

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not a goal of mine to do this . I

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joined initially for six years . I

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wanted to take care of my family . I

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joined with two kids . Um so I want to

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be able to take care of my family . So

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looking this far into the future was

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not happening at that point . I've been

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a part of joint deployment , joint

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Taskings but I've never been a part of

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joint training . It wasn't easy . There

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was a lot of mental and physical

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barriers that you've kind of force

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yourself through but you have sponsors

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and you have seasoned leads that help

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you get through . That . It was

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definitely rewarding . It was humbling

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but it wasn't the end of the journey

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that was kind of the beginning of the

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next chapter . So advice for future

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leaders , be yourself , be faithful to

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your service , be faithful to your

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junior troops and just keep moving

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forward , understand that everything

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has a reason . Petty Officer Avalon ,

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Beatrice Misawa Air Base , Japan