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People should definitely um , take you

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know , the whole month , if not every

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day of the year to , you know , think

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about , you know , the decisions that

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they make and how they impact because

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you have chosen to sign their name to a

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contract where you are literally a part

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of something that's bigger than

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yourself . When I first joined , I

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thought it was just a job . Um , but

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one of my tours in the navy , I did in

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Portland Oregon and I was in the

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world's parade . They have it every

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year . Um , I was in uniform in my

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working whites , looking just as cute

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as I wanted to be . Um , and I'll never

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forget that this old lady , the

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military float came by . I mean she was

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really old . She was sitting and she

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struggled . It was very important for

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her to stand and salute us as we walked

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by . I mean as we rode by and ,

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and it was at that moment that I really

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bought into , you know , this isn't

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just a job , this is something bigger

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than yourself and you should be very

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proud that you are part of this

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organization . So I think during black

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history month , I think it is a time

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for you to reflect and be like , you

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know , think about your contribution to

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history because however small it is ,

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it is still a contribution and that's

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something to be very proud of