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Hello , I'm Mon San Francisco and I was 

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born in the Philippines , moved to the 

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US and now I'm a US citizen serving in 

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the US Navy . Today , Suda Bay 

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celebrates Asian Pacific Islander 

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Heritage Month . And what makes this 

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month special to me is that this is a 

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month in which I can celebrate my 

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culture and share my heritage with all 

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my other teammates here at Suda Bay . 

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This is also a special month in which 

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we can remind ourselves that we are one 

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team composed of many different people 

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from different backgrounds , different 

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unique individuals in which together 

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form one great cohesive team capable of 

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doing many things , an opportunity for 

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us to learn from all the different 

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teammates , perhaps with all this 

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knowledge from all our different 

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teammates , we can create one group 

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that is greater than the sum of all our 

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contributions for . This is what makes 

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our nation's navy , great US Navy or as 

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I would say in my language .