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I

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want to make sure that we prepare for

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tomorrow . I want to make sure that we

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to make advancements and I'm hopeful

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that these days we're spending together

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talking leadership . I hope my

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replacement is downstairs . I hope that

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we get it right and all that we heard

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and the things that we have to continue

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to do , but we're building on General

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Livingston's legacy . One is that you

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want to accomplish your in your life ,

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What do you want to be the outcome of

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your life ? Why do you want to define

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your life ? I think serving in the

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military , serving your country ,

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serving the people and doing those

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things your country asks you to do to

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make sure we're free nation is a

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tribute to them in a contribution to

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hold the whole society . So I would

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encourage him to take advantage of that

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because he learned character . You

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learn the confidence You earned this

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one and most of all you learned from

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them . I traveled here this morning

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from Atlanta and I did so in uniform

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and as I walked through the airport and

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as I boarded the plane , so many

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thanked me for my service . Those are

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the Vietnam era that was not their

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experience . I was able to board an

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aircraft early . They call for

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military service members That wasn't

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happening in

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1968 .

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And so I've always taken great pride

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in being a commissioned officer , but

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certainly being what I think they

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expect me to be and I believe

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that that is the result . Those senior

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non commissioned officers that taught

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me had , that forged in them from

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leaders like General Livingston leaders

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that lead in combat leaders , that lead

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from the front leaders , that eight

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last leaders that embodied what I hope

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Folks seeing me as I try and lead uh ,

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during my hair because I want those

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that are working with me to feel the

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way some of the leaders have made me

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feel . And it's why 28 years of

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service will soon be 29 , uh , and I'll

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continue to go as long as they'll have

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me because the opportunity to grow ,

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the opportunity to become the

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opportunity to share and make a

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positive difference is something I

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enjoy doing and I hope to do that for

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others .

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Yeah .