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The United States Border Patrol
was officially created in 1924.

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Seventy years later, in 1994,
a young police officer in the Midwest

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saw a chance to serve her country beyond
the confines of Riley County, Kansas.

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That young officer Carla L. Provost
applied to the U.S. Border Patrol

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and graduated as a proud member
of Border Patrol Academy Class 277.

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Chief Provost knows the border.

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She has worked on the frontline
in Arizona, California,

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and Texas,
steadily advancing in the ranks

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and earning the admiration and respect
of her subordinates and peers

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as well as the recognition
of CBP leadership

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at Headquarters
in Washington, DC.

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From her earliest days as a member
of the bicycle patrol unit,

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Chief Provost quickly made
her mark in Douglas, Arizona.

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She earned the rank of
Supervisory Border Patrol Agent

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in just three years and then became
a Field Operations Supervisor

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just three years after that.

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It was hard work as any Border Patrol
agent on the front line knows.

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But it was the perfect fit
for Carla Provost,

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who was raised with
a strong sense of duty

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and service
to community and country.

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Chief Provost coupled that
unwavering work ethic

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with a quest for knowledge,
earning a Master of Science Degree

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from the Industrial College
of the Armed Forces

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at the National Defense University
in Washington, DC.

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Now leading 20,000 agents,
Chief Provost

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is no longer that "beat cop"
in Riley County, Kansas.

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Her "beat" is now
6,000 miles of Mexican

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and Canadian
international land borders

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and 2,000 miles of coastal
waters around California,

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Florida, Louisiana,
and Puerto Rico.

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Chief Carla Provost

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Personifying CBP's core values
of Vigilance,

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Service to Country,
and Integrity.

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Exemplifying the Border Patrol
motto of "Honor First."