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Today is the uh fy 24 Chief Petty

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Officer Penning ceremony for me to be a

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chief means to be somebody that has

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and answer or solutions to problems

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that can rise to the challenge of

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whatever situation comes up and is

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there to face it , head on and lead

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those that they're in charge of to

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accomplishing whatever the mission is ,

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what it means to be achieved . To me ,

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it means to take on the role and the

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responsibility for those in the Navy to

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uphold traditions , to guide and mentor

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sailors and junior officers . What it

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means to me to be an honorary chief um

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is growing as a person , right ?

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Growing as a leader , growing from my

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marines and sailors , growing from my

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family , right ? The initiation process

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of these six weeks , you face

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challenges and adversities that you

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don't normally face on a day to day

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basis . You're put with a significant

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amount of task chief petty officers uh

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throughout history since April 1st ,

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1893 then the leaders that have pushed

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us past um all those difficult

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challenges that we had in the past . So

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as I said before , we are the ones that

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rise to the occasion . We're the first

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ones that get looked at to have an

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answer . It is an a , it is an amazing

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feeling going through the pinning

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ceremony mainly because you are put

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through so much . You give it your all .

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And when you're finally accepted , you

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feel like everything that you've been

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through in your career , everything

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that you sacrificed , everything you

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put on hold was worth it .