User: PseudoSkull
File: The Calling - David (2021).webm
Author: United States Army
Publisher: United States Army
Year: 2021
PD: PD-USGov
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Cat: Diversity, Propaganda film, United States Army
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{{smaller|THE}}
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{{ft|David Toguchi|I used to watch helicopters over my backyard in Hawaii. My dad was an Army Officer, so we lived on base. I loved hearing them start up and take off—the coolest thing in the world. But I knew I could never be a pilot. I wasn't like them.}}
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{{ft|David Toguchi|I never considered myself to be a smart person. I struggled to keep up in class. Subjects like Math and Spanish were so hard for me. Growing up, my mother was in and out of the hospital for nearly a decade, before she passed away.}}
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{{c|ANN M. TOGUCHI
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{{xx-smaller block|APR 20, 1959<br>OCT 3, 2014}}
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{{xx-smaller|''BELOVED MOTHER AND WIFE''}}
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{{ft|David Toguchi|My older brother, Rob, helped to raise me. He eventually followed my father's footsteps into the Army, and I wanted to as well, just not as a helicopter pilot.
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Then, during a long road trip with Rob, he told me to pursue my true dream.
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"But I'm not pilot material", I said.
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Rob was done listening to my excuses. So, finally, I decided to stop making them. I gave myself permission to dream, and refocus my life around this goal—training myself to pay attention; visualizing myself in the cockpit of an Army helicopter; I even created something called a "vision board," listing my goals.}}
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<u>DEBT FREE</u>
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BECOME A<br>PILOT
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GET A 3.6 GPA
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TRAINING<br>ROUTINE
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{{ft|David Toguchi|I had little chance to achieve them all. But I gave my all, and made them happen. It doesn't take a genius to become an Army pilot. It takes time and effort. Now, every time I put my helmet on, I feel like I'm dreaming. And I can't imagine doing anything else.}}
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{{ft|David Toguchi|I'm U.S. Army First Lieutenant David Toguchi, and I answered my calling.}}
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{{c|What calls you?}}
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[https://www.goarmy.com/thecalling goarmy.com/thecalling]
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{{xx-smaller|©2021 U.S. ARMY. PAID FOR BY THE U.S. ARMY}}
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