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Check with a boy what he hopes to be when he grows up, and you’re not likely to listen to the response of “circus ringmaster.” And even if a youngster is intent on stepping into the middle ring, most would not understand how to get rolling on such a vocation path.

That path is often rather circuitous, as it was for Tyron Stucks McFarlan Jr., who grew up a “navy brat” and enlisted in the Army Countrywide Guard at age sixteen. He done State-of-the-art training when attending…