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My name is Raul Gop's . I served in the

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National Guard for 17 years . I joined

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it as a with the intention of being

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part of something bigger than me and

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with the intention of fulfilling

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some of my military

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vocation and and to have the

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opportunity to serve the community .

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What I feel serving my community is

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love . The opportunity to be

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part of all the people that

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surrounds me , all the people that

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support me when I'm not there and being

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able to support them when I am there ,

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when we deploy as a national gasman

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or as a soldier altogether ,

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we come to several purposes . We

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are the guardians of

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Our country's values , our country's

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way of life . Serving in an

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organization that is 386 years old

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means to me That there is a lot of

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legacy that needs to be kept .

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And we , as a

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soldiers need to represent all those

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values that have been alive for so long .

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Have a 386th birthday to the National

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Guard