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>> AND I ACTUALLY WALKED

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OUTSIDE IN FRONT OF MY GARAGE

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BECAUSE I WANTED TO

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MAKE SURE THAT I HAD GOOD

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RECEPTION AND IT DIDN'T DROP

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THE CALL, SO MY WIFE AND I

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WERE STANDING IN FRONT OF

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THE HOUSE WHEN I GOT THE CALL.

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I GREW UP IN CALIFORNIA

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AND DID HIGH SCHOOL

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IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, SO

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MIAMI'S WHAT I CALL HOME.

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AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, I WENT TO

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WEST POINT FOR FOUR YEARS,

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AND THEN AFTER THAT I WAS

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AN ARMY AVIATOR FOR

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EIGHT YEARS, AND AFTER THAT

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I WENT TO MED SCHOOL.

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I WAS STATIONED AT REDSTONE

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ARSENAL AS A FLIGHT SURGEON.

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AND CURRENTLY, I'M SERVING

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AS A FLIGHT SURGEON FOR

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10th SPECIAL FORCES GROUP.

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IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS

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THAT YOU DREAM ABOUT

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AND YOU THINK ABOUT,

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AND THEN WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY

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PRESENTS ITSELF AND

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THE TIMING SEEMS TO BE RIGHT,

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I JUST FIGURED IT WAS TIME

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TO TAKE THE PLUNGE AND TRY IT.

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AND SO, I DID AND IT-- BEYOND

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ALL DREAMS, IT CAME TRUE.

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SO IT'S BEEN PRETTY AMAZING.

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I WALKED INTO MY HOUSE

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AND MY WIFE WAS THERE

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AND SHE HAD ASKED IF I'D

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HEARD ANYTHING.

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I TOLD HER, "NO."

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AND AS I WAS GOING TO CHANGE

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OUT OF MY UNIFORM MY PHONE

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RANG AND I SAW THAT

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IT WAS FROM HOUSTON.

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AND SO, IT WAS PRETTY

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SPECIAL IN THE FACT THAT

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MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO BE THERE

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FOR ME TO RECEIVE THE CALL.

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MEDICINE WAS WHAT I ALWAYS

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WANTED TO DO.

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GROWING UP WHEN PEOPLE ASKED

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WHAT I WANTED TO BE,

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I HAD ALWAYS SAID DOCTOR.

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I THINK I JUST HAVE

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A NATURAL INCLINATION

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TOWARDS MATH AND SCIENCES.

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I'VE ALWAYS DONE VERY WELL

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IN THOSE SUBJECTS

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AND I ENJOY THEM.

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I ENJOY LEARNING

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THOSE THINGS IN SCHOOL.

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NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU TRY,

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YOUR CHANCES OF BECOMING

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AN ASTRONAUT ARE PRETTY SLIM.

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AND NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT

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GOOD ENOUGH, BUT JUST BECAUSE OF

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THE TIMING OF THE PROCESS.

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AND SO, YOU REALLY HAVE TO

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ENJOY WHAT YOU DO

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IN AND OF ITSELF AND

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YOU HAVE TO PURSUE SOMETHING

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THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY

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YOU'RE GOING TO BE HAPPY DOING

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FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

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