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I joined the military because my dad

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was a marine and I saw the impact

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that being a marine had on his life in

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every way that he behaved , his pride

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in his country , his loyalty to his

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team , his loyalty to other marines .

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And so I wanted to be a part of that .

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I wanted to be a part of that culture .

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I'd like to say that nursing is about

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loving someone and taking care of them

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where they at . It's about health care ,

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but it's truly about picking up and

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taking someone forward in their health

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care journey wherever they may be ,

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nursing has always been about accepting

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people . It's about that building trust

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and nursing has always had a high level

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of trust with the American public ,

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with the community and with the

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individual . And so I hope moving

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forward , that nurses will always

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enjoy that level of trust with the

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community and certainly with all of our

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service members because without the

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focus of having health care right there ,

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the trust of having us behind them ,

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they cannot go forward and fight and

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win our nation's wars . So they depend

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upon us to have that trust And so I've

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always been proud to be an army nurse

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and I look forward to

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several more years of being an army

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nurse and to hopefully welcoming more

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nurses into the field of military .