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Hi , my name is Cynthia Moreno . I'm an

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H MA hospital corpsman on the US S

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Boxer . And I'm a preventive medicine

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technician . I deal with infectious

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diseases , galley inspections , water

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inspections , marine sanitation ,

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tuberculosis , tracking , COVID ,

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tracking and pretty much anything under

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the sun preventive medicine wise . I

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joined the Navy in 2020 out of El Cajon .

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Went to boot camp in Great Lakes ,

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Illinois , went to a school and c

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school in Fort Sam Houston , Texas .

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Then I came back here to San Diego for

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my first duty station and I'm about to

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hit two years here on the Boxer .

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I've been passionate about health care

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patients ever since I was a little kid .

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I wanted to be a doctor . Definitely ,

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patient care is very rewarding . Some

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might say it differently but just

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getting to help somebody get through

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their day no matter if they're sick or

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something's going on in their life .

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It's very rewarding for me and I'm very

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passionate about that . What really

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brought me to join the Navy was my

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parents . They really pushed me to do

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something out of the ordinary . And so

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I decided to join the Navy . I helped

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my dad get his citizenship and we're

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working on my mom's now and that's been

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one of the greatest accomplishments

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that I've helped my family accomplish

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through the Navy . It's just been so

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much better , so much easier for our

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family and it's all . Thanks to the

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Navy . Honestly .