Crayola Factory Enlistment

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I am the local asset you did not know existed. I was the principal agent responsible for initiating the renegotiation of a $98.1 million government contract on the CT7-8 program. I have 16 years of aviation experience, eleven of that with 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) at Fort Campbell, KY.
I wrote on the walls of the Crayola factory when I was in first grade. While in sixth grade I imagined working for GE from across the street at Hackney Cooperative, where my father worked; my uncle painted the wheat head that adorned the silo, until a few years ago.
I have desired to work at General Electric for most of my life. Before my third enlistment; I asked that my re-enlistment incentive was the opportunity of attending the T701C/D

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