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Personal Statement: Growing Up In The Navy

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Growing up, my life revolved around the Navy. My mother is a Logistics Chief Petty Officer and has been in the naval service for more than 20 years. She has had quite the influence on me: telling tales of her deployments and raising me to have respect for a dutiful, compassionate mother. However, she is not the sole reason why I want to enter the US Navy through the Naval Academy. Five years ago, my family let a couple Midshipmen stay at our house because of their need for a place to sleep. The Navy acts as a huge family, and I saw that bond demonstrated when these women, now Ocean Engineer and Nuclear Engineer Officers, came into our home. Nightly conversations consisted of stories from the Academy, and the gratitude they exhibited towards

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