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Ladies and gentlemen , please rise for

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the presentation .

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Oh ,

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yes ,

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yes .

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What ? Oh ,

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hey .

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Oh ,

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what ? Oh brother .

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What kind of , what's coming old ?

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Prison ? Poor c do something

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out fuel company all present or

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accounted for . Leave a

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company .

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Just order

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34 .

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What ?

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Oh , yeah .

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Mm . Hey .

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Yeah . Is it

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done ? Hey

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John , better to the coast .

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So

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better color .

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Yes .

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Yeah . Hey ,

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so

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come out with 10 car shop .

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Subject of assumption 201 .

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I see . So , so

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so he stop .

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Oh

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right . Yeah .

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Uh so uh general lively , you know ,

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chief uh family , friends and singers ,

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guest . Uh first of all , thanks so

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much for uh for taking the time out .

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You know , we're all busy schedules to ,

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to join us today . Normally when we're

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out here we have to worry about it

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being about 90 degrees and guys

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dropping from heat since it's about 40

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right now . I'm gonna keep it short and

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sweet and kids if I go on too long , I

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need you to let me know fair enough .

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Um you know , if , if you flip through

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about like page five of your , you know ,

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your program there , uh it shows you

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the , the lineage of , you know ,

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second breeds and , and what a story

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fighting on places like one ,

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the nickname bastards . Kinon SaiPan .

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Well , give me a little bit longer . Ok .

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Um , and , uh , and how cool it is that ,

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uh , you know , that pay back

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young marines and sailors .

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Uh , and it's , it's a fine legacy

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sailors . Uh , so , uh , if you would

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find joy for a round of applause for

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the band and these magnets

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and , and how fortunate we are too that

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we have uh leaders willing to step

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up and serve as well . Right ? And ,

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and John , you're a guy who was

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my most Italian

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commander and , and you and your family

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exemplify that same sacrifice . You

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know , that I think a lot of us know

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unfortunately , too well during the Geo

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Bachelor

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and , and you're so fortunate that we

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have people like you when we step up ,

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a guy who has done everything the

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Marine Corps has ever asked of them .

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And then more the both the recruiting

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drought and the planter out and then

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went back to recruiting again when the ,

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and , and really , you know , did , did

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everything that was asked of with a

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smile on his face and he approached

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command and a lot of the same way .

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So I just wanna say you my hats off be

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off and , and uh thank you .

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Yeah , the really cool things about

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this organization more from within

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by far than any other service . And how

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cool would think sometime back in 1996

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19 old PFC Connor was probably

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standing out there for a battalion

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change of command and , and here you

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are and , and that's just awesome

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and , and same thing for you and your

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family . I'm so appreciative . We have

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people like you . This is such a hard

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thing to get vetted for command to

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begin with , let alone command of a ,

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what we call a victory unit , active

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duty infantry battalion . And it's a

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true testament to who you are , Sean

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and you're the right guy to lead this .

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And I want you to know that from the in

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general down for General Odom , our ,

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our division CG to , to myself , the

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whole team is here and we're , we're

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behind you . We want you to be

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successful . We need you to be

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successful because obviously , it's not

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about us about all these amazing hair .

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Uh So with that folks , uh again , uh

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the building

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going , they show six .

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All right . Uh Thank you , uh General

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lively J A bunch

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of folks . Uh Thanks for coming . Uh

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Thank you to the band and thank you

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Marines again . Uh Two weeks in a row .

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We've been out here marching around .

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Uh So I appreciate uh probably more

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drill than you've done since uh boot

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camp . Uh You look good . Uh Yeah ,

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it's a little uh not the same weather

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we were expecting . Uh though the

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hurricane did hold off and we were able

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to be outside a little bit , uh , a

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little bit nicer than All right ,

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thanks everybody for coming . Uh It's

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great to see some folks I haven't seen

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in a long time , uh , or from different

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parts of my career and I appreciate you ,

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uh , taking the time to come here ,

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especially in the middle , in the

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middle of the week . Um All right , I

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got a couple of old folks . Uh , Diane ,

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Bill Tom . It's a long trip for you

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guys .

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All right . Uh Mom and dad , uh owe a

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lot of my suggests to the foundations

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that you gave me . Uh And I'm glad you

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can share this . All right , there's

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some ,

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there's some , uh there's some rugby

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misfits here . Uh So thank you guys for

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bringing me and given me a venue to uh

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take out my frustration and aggression

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uh in a , uh in a productive ,

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productive manner . Uh because this job

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sometimes is , is can be frustrating .

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All right , I got some more . Uh But I

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want to talk a little bit about what

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this battalion has done in the last 22

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months . Uh It started off pretty

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hectic and pretty much stayed that way

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throughout my oncoming change of

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command was postponed a couple of days

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because my son was born and I was

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flying back and forth to uh Cali

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California shortly after that . Our ,

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our deployment schedule got moved up by

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six months . We started adding new

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marines at the ra rate while kilo

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company was in Bridgeport and Limo

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company was in Norway . And it wasn't

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until just before wt I in September

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when the bulk of the leadership that we

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needed to support all of those marines

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actually actually arrived . All right .

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So the marines that were here from the

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very beginning , right . Held it

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together and did a great job stepping

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up into those roles until the

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experience , uh , and personnel

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actually arrived to , to form the

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battalion for no official service level

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training exercise . No problem . All

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right , we'll just take uh wt I and

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we'll attack two on the

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and it up and make sure we've got the

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opportunity to do everything we can do ,

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we need to do . Then we added another

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150 marines uh after wt I uh

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so their first field of exercise with

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the battalion , right was our combat

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right in this evaluation before we

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deploy . Uh So , and , and the marines

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did a great job and performed in an

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excellent fashion , especially out at

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WT I uh and being able to do all , all

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sorts of stuff that most of the

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battalion staff leadership myself

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included had not done before . At that

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scale . We had a little hiccup from

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above uh that adjusted our deployment

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date . Uh But we made it to , ok , made

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it to Okinawa and roll right into the

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fight . We were fortunate enough to do

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two battalion level exercises with our

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allies and partners and you're able to

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tangibly see . And I think tie that

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back and show the marines the tangible

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effects of the real world stuff that we

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did and how that contributed to both

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the Marine Corps's portion of the

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deterrence fight and then also our ally

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and allies and partners development

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over there as we're trying to get them ,

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get them up to speed . Uh We returned

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less than 30 30 30 days ago and here we

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are so out of the past 22 months . Uh

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The battalion , the battalion spent 10

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of those months , months in the field

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or deployed and , and that's not

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counting those two company deployments

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for training or the company and platoon

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field time that we had that

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almost almost . Uh It , it's been an

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incredible uh pace for the marines and

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an incredible sacrifice for uh for the ,

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for their friends and families uh that

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supported them while we were gone . II

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I owe a huge debt uh to Mr Dale Kearns .

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My retiring deployment , Redness

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coordinator who has 30 years of service

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to the US army and 16 years of service

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to Third Battalion Second Marines .

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He's the man who solved all of the

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family readiness problems that I didn't

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know I had . Right . Uh Thank you . Uh

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The battalion's character is gonna

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change dramatically in the next several

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months as the majority of the marines

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and sailors depart or move into new

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roles . I I don't have it in me to go

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through that forming and storming again .

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So Sean , uh , you're coming in at just

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the right moment . Uh , and you have a

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great opportunity to forge a new team

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and sustain the legacy and history , uh ,

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and reputation of the base . We are

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also known as the Bao bastards and , uh ,

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it sure felt sometimes like we were the

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bastards . We are pretty , we're pretty

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good . We , we're fighting organization

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right now , but this team can solve any

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kind of crazy problem issue or last

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minute just adjustment that's thrown

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its way because we had a lot of

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practice . Uh I was lucky enough to

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have a great team . Uh And I kept

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getting great replacements as those mai

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as those marines . I had three opsos .

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Uh Kyle Daly , uh Nick Thompson , Kevin

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Vanni , I had four exos uh Kevin Fitzy ,

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Nick Thompson and Will Malone who's out

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here now . I'd especially like to thank

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second marines , right for taking XO

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number two the week we deployed .

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Appreciate that . So it was a attitude

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challenge . Uh uh Caleb Hoffman Johnson ,

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Mark E , Kevin Zimmerman , uh the guys

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who kept the companies together the

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first couple of months after the last

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appointment without the NCO staff NCO

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leadership that they deserve . And then

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my current for the company that took us

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in the form of a Colt . No , Ian

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Mendoza Matt Johnson , Kevin Vanni and

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Dave Allen , right ? Picked those

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companies up and took them the rest of

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the way through wt I A all

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of the staff and officers that , that I

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had uh rode tremendously hard and all

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did it selfless . I can't name all of

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you . Uh You're doing great however you

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did great , right ? And you all know

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the important contributions that I , I

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will say , I think most would agree .

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Uh Before Captain Joe Hunter is

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probably the hardest worker . Um Though

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that's mostly because he's allergic to

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delegation . Uh gunners , James

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Finney and Justin winners , uh both

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technical and tactical masters , uh and

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creative driven professionals . Uh John

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Landers , my uh battalion running mate

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just enough ahead of us to uh give

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second marines a lot of practice

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getting out of the door and then make

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us look bad . Uh As we were trying to

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figure it out , I appreciate your

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friendship , your advice and you're

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here on many occasions . Sorry , Mayor

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Dan Blackwell , who I , who I , I got

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the opportunity to say a lot of nice

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things about last week at his

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retirement and I could not have asked

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for a better advisor , mentor or friend

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on this journey . I appreciate you

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saving all of your stories until after

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the change

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and tests and in where they go ,

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I lost it . Uh

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Yeah . Uh It's been a long time that

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I've been away . Uh I know we say you

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guys are resilient . Um But that's just

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a polite way of saying that you have to

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it up . Uh And take the abuse that the ,

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that the Marine Corps gives you when

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the Marine Corps is off doing Marine

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Corps things . Uh I love you guys . I

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look forward to more funny , a lot more

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funny things and tricks . Uh

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And you've done a great job holding it

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together . I promise I won't just be

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kid number three when we get settled

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back together . Uh I love you . I will

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be eternally grateful uh for the

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opportunity and experience that you

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afforded me with 32 that your hardship

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and that it's time for me to step

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away . There are many more people I

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could thank uh both from this tour and

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over my career , right ? I've talked

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enough . I've missed a few . I would

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miss more and there's so many different

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stories . I can never capture them all

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at the same time , John , best of luck .

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Enjoy your time . Here it goes quick .

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Uh And welcome to the Bay family .

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Yeah , ladies and gentlemen , good

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morning . Um I'm gonna attempt to be

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brilliant briefly . Um So I'm gonna get

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right into um some Acknowledgments and

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I want to start with my family . So my

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wife Madeline , my son , Jamison in ,

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in the first row . Uh I was late to

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marriage and , and kids uh but it

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worked out perfectly . Um You guys ,

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you make me happy . I love you . Thanks

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uh to my parents uh So major Patrick

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Connor US MC retired . Uh My father is

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a Mustang officer and a Vietnam veteran

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uh back to camp of Ju for the first

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time in a long time . Uh And he's here

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with my stepmom Jean , uh with Lee ,

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her husband Joe all down from

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Pennsylvania . Thank you for making the

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trip and thank you for all the support

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you've given me over the years uh to

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Anna and page and from Blacksburg .

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Thanks for making the turn my briefing

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uh general livewe concern Be here for ,

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for this as well . Our time together at

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Ews was a growth experience for me . I

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learned a lot from you . Continued

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relations . Ew is

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representing pretty well today . If you

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haven't recognized some of the faces

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proud today

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for the opportunity . Thank you . I'm

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gonna stop of next week .

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All of you sailors and soldiers

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that I've worked with in my career have

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shaped to who I am . I'm a better

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marine . I'm a better officer and I'm a

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better person for , for having been

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around the people . I have , I have

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been around . Uh It takes a village in

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my village has been exceptionally

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strong uh to the band . You guys are

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doing what you do , you're crushing it .

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Uh Keep up the good to the marines . I

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know the hard work and time that you

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have put into this today . Uh First , I

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want you to know that it shows you look

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great . Um Second , I , I want to

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acknowledge that this is , this is not

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so much about Colonel Campbell and I ,

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this is about our battalion . This is

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our history traditions are about

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acknowledging that we are part of

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something larger than ourselves . And

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you are representing Third Battalion ,

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Second Marines today and you are doing

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it very well and I appreciate all of

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your hard work and all of your effort .

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Thank um to the first sergeants uh for ,

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for making all this happen for the

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working party that set this up for the

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n for literally everyone that that had

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something to do with this uh very

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professional if you're representing the

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battalion really well , I appreciate it .

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Uh John , we know each other before

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three weeks ago . I gained an immense

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amount of respect for you in a short

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time . Turning over a really strong

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Italian , I hope proud and I hope you

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can spend some more time with your

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family moving forward . Um I will blame

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you for everything that happened , the

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personal

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um and then the final thing you brought ,

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brought me a little weird , but I want

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to thank the Grand selection . Marine

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Corps has far more highly qualified ,

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really capable , really high performing

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lieutenant colonels than it has man

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bills for those individuals . For

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whatever reason I made the cut and I ,

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I'm gonna start wrapping this up by

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just acknowledge , been an idealist .

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So 23 years in , I still really believe

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in what the Marine Corps does and what

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we stand for . I think what we do in

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the world , our training , our

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readiness , our preparation , it

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matters . It makes a difference . We

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don't see it every day , but it does ,

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it does make a tangible difference in

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and our values , honor , courage ,

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commitment . Uh More so than that .

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Just the idea of service of

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selflessness and sacrifice of striving

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towards a collective good and something

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bigger than yourself . Um I , I think

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it's important . I'm proud to be a part

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of it . I'm encouraged that there's so

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many young men and women , um , like

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those behind us that are still willing

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to put their hand in the air and , and

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opt into this lifestyle because it's

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not easy . Um , it's challenging but

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it's something that needs to be done

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and it is , it is worthwhile . Um , and

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if you do it right , you take more out

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of it than you will ever be able to ,

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to give back . Um , I'm gonna wrap this

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up before I start rambling further . Uh ,

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I appreciate the opportunity and thank

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you .

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Sorry .

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Ready .

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Got it .

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Right .

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No . Right .

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Right .

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At the design .