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Speaker 1: sculpturing is. Along with other specialties, he has known worldwide

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Speaker 1: for his advocacy for the military service and suicide prevention,

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Speaker 1: in which he does two thousand, two hundred and twenty

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Speaker 1: probably a year I probably do. I probably have done

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Speaker 1: two thousand, two hundred and twenty two push up probably

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Speaker 1: last ten years, maybe combine to promote healthy lifestyle living

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Speaker 1: around the world. Please welcome to my main conversation, my friend,

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Speaker 1: because when you got twenty four by sels, you call

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Speaker 1: him my friend. Chef Rush, Come on, Michel, this is

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Speaker 1: this thing. Some man, If you do a two thousand

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Speaker 1: you'd be a little more bold on what's going on?

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Speaker 1: What's going on? Because that's something because anybody you talk to.

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Speaker 1: Everybody you talk to is humble by you. Okay, there's

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Speaker 1: Put a couple of females here. But the guys is

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Speaker 1: that we're okay, We're okay. We we we got your brother,

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Speaker 1: we got your brother. I followed your story. I've seen

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Speaker 1: your TV. I love your your voice here. You have

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Speaker 1: no story short. I'm from the Hospicaliti State in Mississippi.

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Speaker 1: Column of Mississippi. I'm a country boy. I'm a mama's boy. Um,

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Speaker 1: of course, bublically did the twenty four years in the

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Speaker 1: Now now like that, I share my experience and I did.

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Speaker 1: I never enlisted in the military. I was only a

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Speaker 1: The branch I was talking about, what's the Air National Guard?

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Speaker 1: Your branch was the army? Correct? Okay, cool? Now now

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Speaker 1: UM that their opportunities. That's that's undeniable course of foundation, leadership, mentoring,

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Speaker 1: Telp my hang up for you, hold on, hold on,

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