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life growing up was a rough one on an

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impoverished section . Very poor

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section . Grew up in Puerto rico grew

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up in Brooklyn to my pre teens and

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teens years and came back to the island .

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So I had a very uh tumultuous

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life to hurricanes . Came past Puerto

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rico which I lost everything . I lost

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my house , lost my car . So it was me

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and the Missus came down with a plan

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lesson list . She will go and do her

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bachelor's in Georgia . I'll enlist and

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then we'll meet each other at the end

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of that tunnel and here I am . I'm

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staff sergeant jorge Alejandro Vasquez

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U . S . Air Force here in Hickham

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Hawaii , I was a teacher before I

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enlisted . So how does that carry on ?

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I would say a lot because you have to

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be a role model for people under you

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and people who are younger than you .

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So you need that , that parental figure

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maybe or that that role model in a

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sense where you want these people to be

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better than you . So if I'm here , I

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need you to be better than me . So

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that's what technically carries over

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from the teacher side to this enlisted

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air force side .

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People that motivate me is I believe in

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God . So God motivates me . My wife is

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my ultimate motivator motivator . My

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family , I didn't grow up in a tight

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knit family . So this , my wife is what

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I get up for . Um besides

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that just , it might sound corny ,

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but I want to be there for people ,

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they're not too many people who were

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there for me . So I have to keep this

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break that mold or break that cycle

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that was in my past life and create a

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new cycle because I like to make people

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feel that ease and comfort , you know ,

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get it , get to know these people get

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and get to know what triggers them ,

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what makes them happy and go on from

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there . If you bring a positive mindset

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to a place , I think it's like a virus

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starts to spread , you know , and just

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because you're in a good mood trying to

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transfer over that positive energy

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around , so that's ultimately what you

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want and every place you go . I like

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the simplicity of coming out here and

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doing a job that it's

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taxing , but at the same time it's

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fulfilling because you support the

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mission , you make this big air force

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and in a small little grain of sand

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that that you do you make it happen and

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that's preach upon me , I preach that

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upon um my fellow airmen . So I would

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say that's the that's the best part of

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the job . I would say be patient , be

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kind , It only gets better if you work

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at it . Like if you don't help yourself ,

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nobody's gonna help you . So help

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yourself first be patient , be kind and

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everything will work itself out