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My name is Massar Matthew . Strange .

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I'm the G four senior supply sergeant

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here in the first theater sustainment

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command . My position is important

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because uh I make sure that the entire

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theater has the equipment necessary to

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execute the mission . My mission is to

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sustain the force uh through equipment

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readiness , uh contracting , budgeting ,

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uh Any , anything that uh requires

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supplies and services . Uh That's ,

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that's what I cover . What inspired me

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to join the army was a friend of mine

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actually came home on leave uh from

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basic training in a it and I saw how

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the army kinda changed his life . And

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so I was working 9 to 5 jobs

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restaurants . So I , I felt like the

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army uh was a way for me to start a

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career . And so , uh really the

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inspiration came from , from being able

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to see what the army did for a friend

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of mine . It's different than , you

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know , waking up and putting on khakis

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and going to work for State Farm . So

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there's a sense of pride . Uh every

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time you wake up and come to work , you

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know , I always feel good about serving .

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I think the thing that changed was I

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joined for personal reasons . But after

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being in , I realized that I serve a

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bigger purpose . And so that's probably

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the biggest change for me is it went

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from being a personal uh reason for

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joining to now uh serving for something

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way beyond myself .