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qualifications, talents, and assigned position. Additionally, the has made will have long-lasting positive impacts. By working
abilities to balance priorities, focus on the task at hand, and be hard, knowing what we don’t know, and asking peers for help,
a lifelong learner keep the rounds on target and in the bullseye we have succeeded where others have failed. To be clear, we
(aka, the 10 ring). are never perfect, but we are always progressing.

This is all predicated on the character and competence of the Thanks as always for your energy, contributions, and, most
individual and then the organization. As an organization, importantly, your time.
SOMA tries to embody these characteristics. Although we
aren’t perfect, we try to get it mostly right, and none of the fan- Be well,
tastic things we have done could have been possible without
you, the SOMA members and supporters. There is substantial Steve Viola
evidence that “we” are greater than “me.” I want to thank SOMA President
you all (the we) for an experience that has been spectacular, Command Master Chief (SEAL) (Ret)
fulfilling, and very rewarding! The contributions everyone SOCM, ATP, NREMT-P

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