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Before co-owning a growing business with <a href="http://mosquitojoe.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=crains-tampa-bay-blaine-cardinale-elaborates-on-military-life-lessons-and-impact-on-business-ownership-11468" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mosquito Joe</a> in the Tampa Bay area, Blaine Cardinale experienced some tough life lessons after attending the U.S. Naval Academy on the road to becoming a pilot that led him to success. 
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Cardinale told Crain&#39;s Tampa Bay that the lessons he learned through his time in flight school impacted his future greatly. 
 
&quot;I&rsquo;d ridden in fast jets and I knew that&#39;s what I was meant to do and wanted to do. And I could tell you where every bolt was located on those planes,&quot; Cardinale told Crain&#39;s Tampa Bay. &quot;But when I got to flight school, other things took priority over studying and doing well.&quot; 
 
He explained that instead of getting the grades he needed to be eligible to fly jets, he ended up choosing a focus on helicopter training and was able to get winged and become a helicopter pilot.&nbsp; 
 
&quot;I&#39;ve been in the military, going on 17 years now, and I&#39;ve never had to fire a shot,&quot; Cardinale said. &quot;I&#39;ve been able to help thousands of people. And really, at the end of the day, that&#39;s such a great feeling. I feel that God had a plan for me, and my failure turned into one of the things that I&rsquo;m most proud of in my life.&quot;

You can view the entire article <a href="http://tampabay.crains.com/if-i-knew-then/blaine-cardinale/mosquito-joe-tampa-bay?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=crains-tampa-bay-blaine-cardinale-elaborates-on-military-life-lessons-and-impact-on-business-ownership-11468" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. 
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