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May 3Liked by Jared Paventi

I think my first was as a pallbearer for my grandfather at 16. I was certainly physically ready but not emotionally

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I'm not sure what I was emotionally prepared to handle at 16. It's a sort of arbitrary age for important things. I mean, what 16 year old is truly ready to pilot a 2,000-pound combustion-powered projectile?

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Yeah it’s a major grey area in a lot of ways. Seeing my brother across from me in his dress army uniform while we carried our grandfather to the grave was rough.

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