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310th Soldier's 42-year journey to service in the Army Reserve

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Married into Greatness
July 9, 2020 — A need for a summer job changed the trajectory of Gina Great's life. Between semesters at Concordia University-Wisconsin, the Missouri-native needed a job to remain financially independent from her parents. It's unclear how she stumbled upon the Army Reserve, but an offer of a cash bonus, and opportunity to "manage the battlefront," got her into the recruiters' office. She walked out — a generator mechanic. "I didn't know what the inside of my car looked like," she laughed. "I panicked. I was almost finished with a college degree, and I thought I would talk to these people and get out of it, but that's not how the Army works." ...

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