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No panic button forged in fire11/19/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() I’m not one for car rides that don’t involve me being the driver, so naturally I passed out all four-and-a-half hours to Lycee Militaire de Saint-Cyr (LMSC), located at Saint-Cyr l’Ecole, close to the Château of Versailles. The Bastille Day parade included more than 7,000 military personnel and is the oldest military parade in existence dating back to 1880. With less than a week of notice, I was recently assigned a temporary duty to march in the Bastille Day military parade in Paris, France, one of the largest and highest profile military parades in the world. I love to connect with people and have been described as a very personable woman, my mother believing that I’ve never known a stranger.īut what most people don’t know, including my closest friends and family, is that I struggle daily with varying levels of social anxiety. I whisper out loud to myself as I obsessively rummage through my bags, “Pants, shirt, coat.red debit card, license, CAC, passport….”Īs first impressions go, I am an extreme extrovert. Do I have time to change? Maybe I should ask her if she thinks they are too short….nah. “Are they too short? It’s too hot outside for pants, but what if I’m the only one wearing shorts? Oh, she’s wearing sweats and a hoodie, I feel a little better. I readjust my shorts for the tenth time as I walk toward the group of people waiting around the van, reading the requirements for appropriate clothing.
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