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The national competition will test

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soldiers skills and their abilities for

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many days in order to accomplish

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several tasks .

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So for the training that I did for this

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competition , I really focus on

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building my endurance and testing

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myself every day . They can expect to

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be challenged physically , mentally ,

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spiritually , they can expect to

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develop friendships , long lasting

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friendships with their peers . They can

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expect to develop their leadership

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skills as they are around the best

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soldiers that the National Guard has to

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offer . I

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think what I'm most looking forward to

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in competing in this competition is

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being able to meet all the competitors

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coming from all over the country and

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what they bring to the table and being

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able to take that back to my state and

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provide some knowledge transfer for my

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soldiers . I believe our

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soldiers , our warriors are the best

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that we have . I think that they will

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be successful here . I walked in the

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best warrior people at my unit who had

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a little bit more experience than me .

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They recommended that I do it . So I

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took the leap back in November of 22

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and it's been a wild ride ever since .

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Being involved in best warrior has been

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huge for me personally and

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professionally . In a lot of ways ,

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I've made a lot of connections with

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some great people from the lowest

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levels up to now here at nationals and

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my career , I've had a lot of great

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experiences as well .