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My first name is Lynette . My last name

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is De La Torre . What originally made

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me join the Navy was uh the opportunity

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and I actually wanted to travel and

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then I started reading more into uh CBS

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and construction , the constructional

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side obviously of the navy . And I

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wanted to be a welder originally , like

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in the civilian world . So I saw that

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they had SWS which is steel workers and

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then the construction mechanic which is

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us here and I was like , I like it and

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you can get certifications for

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practically anything once you're seeing

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CM . So it's really cool . The

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instructors are really helpful . It

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gets really hands on which I like on

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top of that . It's just a great

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environment . It's pretty small , the

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CB community . But since we're small ,

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we all get along and we get to like ,

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help one another . So I really like

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that and enjoy that . I'm the only

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female as of right now . So I'm kinda

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hoping maybe I can get a roommate

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joining in as a female . You kinda feel

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like eyes are all on you . You have to

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meet certain requirements . But , um ,

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my , my boys , I , that's why I call

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them , they're really helpful and

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encouraging and when I don't understand

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something , they'll be like , ok , let

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me show you or if they don't understand

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something , they're willing to actually

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listen and like take information from

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me . Um So it's not super intimidating

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at all . I wish other females would uh

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be able to see this and be like , hey ,

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I can do it too , you know , because

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anyone could do anything . It's just a

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matter of putting your mind and will

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power into it . So it's worth it , it's

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worth it . It's worth all the time and

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effort and you'll feel really proud of

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yourself as of right now . I'm like ,

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really enjoying this , this journey so

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far , so I'd say join .