EXTRA: Why I'm On This Earth

StoryCorps

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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As StoryCorps' 20th anniversary approaches, we'll be looking back at important moments both in our history and the country's. This week — one more short story from our Military Voices Initiative. Sergeant Ocean Subiono tells his father, Russell Subiono, about what happened when he tried to enlist.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Dave Isay, founder of StoryCore.
0:03.0	Support for this podcast and the following message come from Dignity Memorial.
0:06.9	Did you know that a prepaid funeral plan is one of the greatest gifts you can give your
0:10.2	family?
0:11.2	Plan your life celebration in advance to protect your loved ones.
0:14.6	For additional information, visit DignityMemorial.com.
0:17.6	Hi, I'm Michael Garofalo.
0:25.1	I'm Jasmine Morris and this is the StoryCore podcast from NPR.
0:29.4	It's our 20th anniversary and we're marking two decades of StoryCore with a special season
0:34.8	hosted by Jasmine and me.
0:36.9	It's sort of a StoryCore then and now.
0:38.9	And to kick things off, we're bringing you stories from our Military Voices Initiative.
0:43.2	Last week we shared the very first story that we broadcast and this week we're going
0:47.4	to share the most recent.
0:48.9	We started this initiative 11 years ago and things were very different.
0:53.7	We heard a story last week that was a story from Baghdad.
0:57.8	And we're hearing a lot more now about what it means to be a service member in the States.
1:04.4	That's what this story is about.
1:05.9	From a very young age, Ocean Subiono wanted to be a soldier.
1:09.1	He joined his high school JROTC program as a freshman, hoping to become a helicopter pilot.
1:14.6	At StoryCore, he spoke with his father Russell about what happened when he tried to enlist.
1:19.1	Well, 17 at the time and I made it like 95 percent of the way through.
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