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    Face of Defense: Soccer Dream Comes True for Marine Infantryman

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    Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Alberto Boy has been playing soccer since he was three years old. His love for soccer remained even as he enlisted in the Marine Corps.

    Now, team captain for the All-Marine Corps Men's soccer team, Boy said he has wanted to play for the team since 2010, but was not able to due to serving six overseas deployments, including three tours in and one in .

    Fifteen years into his career, he is finally able to get back to the sport he loves. An opportunity that Boy said “means everything!”

    “Being in the service is what I wanted to do and now being given the opportunity to come play on this team — it's a dream come true,” he added.

    Physical fitness is an important part of the overall readiness of the armed forces. Boy said opportunities to compete at the all-service and joint level are also good for morale.

    “For unit readiness, it depends on how much I take back and get the guys involved from my unit,” he said. “They didn't have the opportunity to come here, so actually getting them the opportunity to participate in sports in the Marine Corps, or in the whole armed forces — that would bring the morale in our unit a little higher. Individually, it's a goal I've wanted to do — tried to do — and I finally got to do it.”

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