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My name is Captain Angelo Martinez .

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I'm the Animal Company T six . Stein ,

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our commander growing up , I was born

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and raised on Guam , which is a

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territory of the US . Um And growing up ,

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uh a lot of the uh pride was in the ,

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uh the US military for having it's a

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huge part in liberating the island back

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in 1945 . Um And so the military had a

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high regard in the community there .

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And so I knew I wanted to be part of an

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organization like that . Um I knew I

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wanted to serve and I knew I wanted to

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get an education at the same time . So ,

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um applied to West Point , got into

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school . And then , uh that's where I

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continued to serve after I commissioned

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initially when I set out , I , I knew

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that I wanted to be in a position to

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make change and to lead soldiers . Um I

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knew I wasn't just going to be content

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with uh following . Um And I knew there

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was always something more so , um

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having that ability to both influence

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soldiers , both , not just

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professionally , but also personally ,

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um was the biggest appeal for me . For

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wanting to be an officer .