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  • How a Madison resident became top recruit at Navy boot camp

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• Daniels Earns Military Excellence Award at Recruit Training Command (dvidshub.net) — A Madison resident, Fireman Guy Daniels, has been honored as the top recruit at the Navy’s Great Lakes boot camp, earning the prestigious Military Excellence Award. At 33, he credits his Madison-based family and life in the U.S. for inspiring his late-in-life enlistment and says the recognition motivates him to keep raising his standards as his Navy career begins.
   

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