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my name is Staff sergeant bryan , J .

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Coomer , B R Y A N K U

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M M E R . Ok . Staff sergeant bryan

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Coomer 1 , 2 , 9 R . T . I out of

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Ashland Nebraska . And I'm from Monroe

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Nebraska . I feel like I did really

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well . Um , we don't know any scores

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though , so I guess we'll see . But I

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feel like I did really well for my own

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personal , um , perspective . Anyways ,

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the rock . Yeah . Everything else I was

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pretty , pretty confident and pretty

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good at . Um , the ruck is just

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mentally challenging always . And then

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there's that big hill on this one that

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just , just takes a lot out of you .

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Yeah , it is . It's very brutal . Uh ,

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shooting . I enjoy the shoot . Um , so

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having a full day of shooting is

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awesome . Um , I want enjoyed it too .

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I felt like I did really well at it .

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So , um , for our state this year , the

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shooting events weren't um , they

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weren't , They were , they were kind of

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comparable . There wasn't as many of

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them . Um , but there was a little bit

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more variety in them as far as like

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with our um , we kind of like that ,

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that governors 20 match here . Um ,

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with ours , we did events in between

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each one , like pulling the sled like a

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CFT events between . So I thought the

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matches here , we're in a way a little

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easier , but there was more of them ,

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if that makes sense . So yeah , that

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sounds , yeah , we had to drag that ,

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90 packs , £90 sled 100 m and one of

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them . And then the kettlebells 100 m .

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Yeah . And then we had to do a four ,

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like a 400 m run to the first one . Yes ,

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I've done best warrior a couple of

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times . So , um in 2018 I competed as a

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specialist at the state and I got

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runner up 2019 I competed again as a

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specialist and I got I won that state ,

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one , then I went to regionals and then

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regionals and then I actually came here

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for nationals in Oklahoma that year and

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competed at nationals . That was at

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nationals . Like , I don't know , we we

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rocked all everywhere . We went the day

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before the ruck and it just wore me out

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really good and I kind of just uh

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injured , pulled something in my leg or

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something . Some muscle . Um So the

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ruck , I wasn't able to finish it that

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year and it was , it was pretty brutal .

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It was 116° heat index that day . That

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we rocked around everywhere . Um That

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was that was from 06 . We did the A . C .

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F . T . And then we rocked all day and

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I got to bed at like 02 that morning

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and we got up at 05 for the rock . So

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yeah , it was it was hot . I mean , I

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don't know if it's hard I guess , but I

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don't like to like just give up and

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quit . Um I wasn't able to finish the

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rug , but I still didn't like I just

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went until they pulled me off the off

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the road that day . Um Just keep keep

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walking I guess . So , I don't know .

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Um I think it's good just for like ,

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especially the lower enlisted , um the

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like the Like up to 84 , you know ,

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it's good for them . It's a , it's a

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great resume builder one and then two ,

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it gets your name out there and the

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guard , that's a big thing . Um just

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showing that you're willing to put

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yourself out there and try stuff like

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this and then it tests your knowledge .

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It really does . It kind of has a

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little bit of everything for everybody .

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So as far as the physical side then

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you're shooting . Um And then even with

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the mental side and your knowledge side

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of things , with the boards and

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sometimes some tests and stuff . So I

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think it just , it kind of covers every

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aspect of the army . So it's good for

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everybody to kind of gauge where you're

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at and where your deficiencies are and

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try to improve yourself as a soldier .

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I just think mentally you need to be

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tough . Um physical is probably one of

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the biggest parts of it . It just

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really is with , there's the majority

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of events have to be , deal with your

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physicality , right ? So you need to be

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physically fit and then just mentally

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tough because you're gonna have some

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kind of adversity throughout . You may

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not perform as well on one event . And

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so mentally you just have to be able to

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uh just fight through that and keep

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going . So somebody that's physically

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mentally fit and then just

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knowledgeable . Um You have to be you

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have to be an intelligent person as

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well I feel like . So the way I look at

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it is if I'm gonna be shooting in a

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uniform I'm gonna zero in that uniform .

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Um If I zero in something different I

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could possibly be changing my zero or

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adjusting something with the way the

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rifles sitting on my shoulder . So yeah

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we didn't have we could have shot in

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soft caps and no plates but the plates

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lift you you know they're about a half

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an inch you're about a half an inch

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higher off the ground . Um With that

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plate carrier I . O . T . V . The

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weapon is gonna sit it's going to sit a

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lot different on your shoulder . So

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finding that true natural point of aim

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with that weapon system is a lot

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different when you had those variables

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so I wanted to zero with that . So that

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way it was good to go the whole day .

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There was not gonna be any change with

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my point of aim or anything like that .

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Um I don't know it's just just shooting

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inaccuracy just doing the same thing

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over and over . So the more you do it

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then you do it the same each time .

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You're just gonna get those results and

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just a lot of practice . So I really

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enjoy shooting the M . Four . I shoot a

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lot . Um I just need to improve my M .

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17 my pistol shooting . So I have I own

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the civilian Ionian mm 18 . So this

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personally so I've shot it quite a bit .

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I'm just my fundamentals with the

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pistol aren't as good yet so just

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haven't haven't got enough time on it

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on that weapon system . Uh Really my

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proudest moment is and I think I

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probably was around fourth place even

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through it but my run I got it under a

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14 minute which I haven't done in like

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two or three years since the A . C . F .

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T . Came out . So I actually ran a 13

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1350 or something like that 52 . So I

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was actually really proud of proud of

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that . So yeah I'm not a great runner

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so it's like it's pretty pretty ,

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pretty good . Um I don't know . I think

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every I think all the events that we

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did our pretty pretty standard across

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the board . Um I've seen some states

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throwing some other things like water

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events . Um I personally don't really

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like those . I'm not a great swimmer so

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that's that's okay if they leave those

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out but I think they are cool because

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they do add a little bit more of a

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variety to things . So if you had like

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water events um I've seen written tests

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essays to on these which gives somebody

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that's a little maybe more intelligent ,

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a little better chance to compete .

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Really good in these . So I think you

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can add all kinds of events and

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nobody's going to complain . I think

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just finding what works for your

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state's competition or regional or

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wherever it's at . So no , I think this

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is the last time I'll probably compete

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at best warrior . Um , see how this one

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goes , see where I place and if I keep

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going this year then I'll keep going .

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But after this , I think I'm done , I'm

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gonna focus on schools and more of my

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career side of things . So , um , it's

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awesome this year is probably the most

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support I've gotten . I've got like ,

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uh , so I work at the R . T . I . And I

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think I've got five of my coworkers

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coming down today just for the awards

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ceremony . So I think it's awesome . Um ,

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it's fun to see ST sergeant majors come

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out here and support their soldiers

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that won the state level and you know ,

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you kind of , it's kind of a different

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dynamic . You see a sergeant major kind

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of like hand and foot waiting on , you

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know , a specialist and a staff

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sergeant , you know , like , hey , what

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do you need ? What can I get you ? So

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it's just kind of a cool atmosphere ,

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you know , they're , they're all about

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you at that point in time , you know ,

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so it's kind of neat