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- At first I was hesitant
to go section chief course

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cause am pretty hard on myself

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and I always want to be
perfect at everything

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before I take on any
sort of leadership role

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but I'm really glad I did.

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It pushed me and challenged
me in a lot of ways

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and when I was the first one to graduate

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as being a female I think that opened

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a path for more females to do this job

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and to make it more
normal for the females to

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be in a combat MLS.

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(upbeat music)

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They want this job to be more normalized

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for females to be in.

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So that's why I make sure to push myself

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even when am not totally
confident to make sure

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that we can do this.

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(upbeat music)

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Someone.Fire!

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(upbeat music)

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To me like I don't want

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like me being a female
section chief to take away

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from all the hard work that all
my counterparts have gotten.

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We're just all here doing
this job and its hard work.

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Personally you can take motivation

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from people saying that
they don't believe in you

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or you can take motivation
from people believing in you.

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I take motivation from both.

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So when I heard that people are gonna

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believe that I gonna do it

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I took that as even
more motivation to do it

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I passed a course, I got good scores

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I'm here now doing it

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I'm not perfect but i'm
doing the best I can

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just like anybody else.

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If you are a female and you're looking

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to join combat MLS make
sure that you come to work

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and really pave the way
for the future females.