WEBVTT 00:02.859 --> 00:04.692 I was born and raised in Miami , 00:04.692 --> 00:06.803 Florida . But my family is originally 00:06.803 --> 00:09.159 from Jamaica and Colombia . Before I 00:09.170 --> 00:11.392 joined the Marine Corps , I was working 00:11.392 --> 00:13.670 at a grocery store for about two years . 00:13.670 --> 00:16.450 And before that , I was actually in 00:16.459 --> 00:18.770 college for football , but that didn't 00:18.780 --> 00:21.200 work out . The main reason why I joined 00:21.209 --> 00:24.389 the Marine Corps was because I didn't 00:24.399 --> 00:26.455 have any like real satisfaction with 00:26.455 --> 00:28.232 the job I was doing . It wasn't 00:28.232 --> 00:30.288 anything that I can see myself doing 00:30.288 --> 00:33.479 for a career . I kinda like got into my 00:33.490 --> 00:35.810 head and I just told myself I need to 00:35.819 --> 00:38.041 do something pretty good . My dad was a 00:38.041 --> 00:40.263 marine , so I just looked at him . So I 00:40.263 --> 00:42.375 just went and I took a shot with it . 00:42.375 --> 00:45.520 I'm a 4571 comic videographer . And 00:45.529 --> 00:47.529 what I do for the Marine Corps is I 00:47.529 --> 00:49.085 shoot video to showcase the 00:49.085 --> 00:51.140 capabilities of the Marine Corps and 00:51.140 --> 00:53.490 what it has to offer basically showing 00:53.500 --> 00:55.556 everybody back at home , showing the 00:55.556 --> 00:57.778 public of what we do on a daily basis . 01:00.000 --> 01:02.222 I was selected for the CRP which is the 01:02.222 --> 01:04.550 Commandants Retention Program where 01:04.559 --> 01:07.160 they go and find all the M Os s in the 01:07.169 --> 01:09.225 Marine Corps and they choose the top 01:09.225 --> 01:11.279 percent of those marines that are 01:11.290 --> 01:14.440 eligible and you get to have different 01:14.449 --> 01:17.019 incentives if you do a re enlist and 01:17.029 --> 01:18.807 some of the incentives are like 01:18.807 --> 01:20.918 enhanced duty station incentive where 01:20.918 --> 01:23.085 you get to choose the unit , you would 01:23.085 --> 01:25.085 wanna be at , at a certain location 01:25.085 --> 01:27.307 being selected . It's one of those that 01:27.307 --> 01:29.418 it's an opportunity for me and I will 01:29.418 --> 01:31.473 take advantage of the opportunity as 01:31.473 --> 01:34.870 soon as possible . So the reason that I 01:34.879 --> 01:36.709 wanna be on this is because I 01:36.720 --> 01:38.831 definitely want some security in , in 01:38.831 --> 01:41.279 my job in this career and being a 01:41.290 --> 01:43.401 marine is probably one of the biggest 01:43.401 --> 01:45.512 securities that you can have . I also 01:45.512 --> 01:47.734 wanna look out and whenever I do have a 01:47.734 --> 01:49.957 family of my own , I'll be able to look 01:49.957 --> 01:52.099 out for them as well for the marines 01:52.110 --> 01:54.277 that are actually trying to get on crp 01:54.277 --> 01:56.443 biggest advice I can give you just put 01:56.443 --> 01:58.277 in as much hard work as possible 01:58.277 --> 02:00.277 because that hard work is gonna get 02:00.277 --> 02:02.499 noticed by your , your leaders . I just 02:02.499 --> 02:04.554 challenge you guys to strive do your 02:04.554 --> 02:06.499 best and it's gonna get noticed no 02:06.499 --> 02:10.050 matter what . Let's 02:10.059 --> 02:10.500 go .