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I am Private Travis W Stock Still

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Marine reservist . My daughter in law

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recently graduated recruit training at

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Parris Island , South Carolina prior to

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coming to my daughter-in-law's

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graduation and back in June , I'd

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already started the process of talking

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to her recruiter coming to her

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graduation that week . It was a very

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emotional roller coaster that day from

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I didn't want to do this no more to

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seeing the final graduation to settling

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that set in concrete in my mind . This

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is exactly what I want

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with .

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Yes , being surrounded by the young

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crew . Yes , I did feel like I had to

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prove myself from the CFT to the PFT

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scores . I had to go above and beyond .

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I had to dig harder . I had to dig

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deeper . I had to push harder . It

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was very challenging . Being much older

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around the other recruits around me

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just coming in the recruit training ,

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the expectations of me being older were

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set high . Um The , the stress of my

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body having to stretch early in the

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morning instead of sleeping and

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stretching at night . It was just a lot ,

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a lot of stress on my body and the

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other recruits looking up to me for

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guidance and having to be a leader

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without messing up to them .

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I chose to stay at my civilian job and

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be a marine reservist to continue

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giving back to my community . I enjoy

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giving back to the community in a

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positive way and being a marine

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reservist . I get to give back to my

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country . Yes , sir . Yes ,

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sir . Yes , sir . Yes , sir . Yes , sir .

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Yes , sir . Yes , sir .