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I was transferred from Headquarters

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Battalion First Marine Division in 2021 .

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I received three T B I S and I

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was um diagnosed with PTSD .

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Some of my biggest obstacles that I

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faced were my T B I s and how they

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affected the way that I performed . And

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kind of like the memory problems that

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I've been having since being at wounded

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warrior battalion . It has build my

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confidence in a way so that I can

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learn how to overcome those obstacles

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and basically just be a better person

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and feel better about what my injuries

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are and then getting past what I need

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to get past so that I can continue on .

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So working with our partners and allies

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here has given me a better

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understanding that we're not the only

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people that go through this , you learn

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that everyone has , you know , their ,

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their downfalls and their uh injuries .

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And when you look at every other branch

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of service and even our , you know ,

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allies overseas and when you come

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together and you see the camaraderie

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that they have that kind of like rubs

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off on you and makes you want to be a

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better person to , I think what I would

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say to someone that's in a similar

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situation of mine is , don't stop ,

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keep going , keep persevering . Don't

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think that , um , you know , your step

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backwards can't end in a step forward .