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October 19, 2019

A bus ride outside Atlanta international airport. A sea of confused, perspiring faces. We were on our way to training, uncertain of what lay ahead, each of us questioning whether we had made the right decision. We arrived at the 30th Adjutant General Battalion (30th AG),

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