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A good marine is really someone who

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puts others first . It doesn't

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necessarily mean you're the best PT or

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you have to be the best at your M OS

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specifically , just being someone who

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takes care of other marines and then

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you take care of yourself as well . The

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cowbell award is an award given to

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people who innovate , create or solve a

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problem that was happening in a unit or

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multiple units at the same time . In

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our case , it's duty and the issues

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when it comes to people having multiple

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weekend duties or multiple workday

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duties . So we were awarded this award

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specifically for an application we made

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because it , it is something that's

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going to help the unit and hopefully uh

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many other units as well when it comes

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to duty . My main motivation to help K

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I went out with this app is the amount

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of time being wasted planning and um

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having meetings for duty . There was a

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lot of times where people were put on

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days where they had medical

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appointments where they were on leave .

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And that motivated me to actually go

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beyond and work on this app . Uh So

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that way these issues won't happen

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again .