1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:02,860 - You know this idea that you know, 2 00:00:02,860 --> 00:00:04,560 at one point we're gonna reach this level 3 00:00:04,560 --> 00:00:06,640 and we're done, it just doesn't exist. 4 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,230 Continue the attack implies, hey we're always trying 5 00:00:09,230 --> 00:00:11,650 to get better, always moving forward. 6 00:00:11,650 --> 00:00:13,830 We're always trying to knock down obstacles 7 00:00:13,830 --> 00:00:16,440 and improve things so that if and when 8 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:19,560 we have to compete on that combat battlefield, 9 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:21,330 the ultimate competition, that we're ready 10 00:00:21,330 --> 00:00:22,830 and we're gonna be successful. 11 00:00:26,010 --> 00:00:27,510 Stuff we're doing really good. 12 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:33,010 Number one is operationally, we're killing it. 13 00:00:33,010 --> 00:00:36,240 Everywhere marines are, overseas, whether in Syria, 14 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:40,520 or Iraq, or Afghanistan, or Norway, or in the Pacific, 15 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,393 everywhere we go people just rave about us. 16 00:00:44,950 --> 00:00:46,340 The second thing we're doing really well 17 00:00:46,340 --> 00:00:50,503 is we're recruiting good people. 18 00:00:51,740 --> 00:00:53,413 You put yourself in that category. 19 00:00:56,300 --> 00:00:58,340 And recruiting is hard, making mission. 20 00:00:58,340 --> 00:00:59,890 We had made mission every month 21 00:01:01,790 --> 00:01:03,893 shoot, I think since 2006. 22 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,970 We run a world of global competition of pure adversaries, 23 00:01:08,970 --> 00:01:11,590 where we haven't been for many, many years. 24 00:01:11,590 --> 00:01:13,600 Something that's important for marines to realize 25 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:16,410 that just like we pay attention what other 26 00:01:16,410 --> 00:01:19,400 potential adversaries do, they're paying attention to us. 27 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:20,930 And we want them to pay attention to us 28 00:01:20,930 --> 00:01:23,170 because we may have to compete against them. 29 00:01:24,210 --> 00:01:26,350 Finally, marines have always adapted well 30 00:01:26,350 --> 00:01:29,000 to the changing demands of the operating environment. 31 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:31,273 Through innovation. 32 00:01:32,260 --> 00:01:34,740 The battlefield is the ultimate competition 33 00:01:34,740 --> 00:01:36,660 and that our nation expects if we compete 34 00:01:36,660 --> 00:01:39,080 on that battlefield that we're gonna win. 35 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:40,950 Where there is no other option. 36 00:01:40,950 --> 00:01:43,010 So, we've gotta be ready to go. 37 00:01:43,010 --> 00:01:45,280 And you may not get a practice stand. 38 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:46,920 You gotta be ready to go tonight 39 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:48,320 and you've gotta bring your A-game. 40 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,423 And you've gotta be successful. 41 00:01:51,710 --> 00:01:53,520 The strength of an elite organization 42 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:55,750 is the ability to self correct. 43 00:01:55,750 --> 00:01:57,580 To see where they are falling short 44 00:01:57,580 --> 00:02:00,010 and need to change, in order to remain effective 45 00:02:00,010 --> 00:02:02,820 without suffering a loss or a defeat. 46 00:02:02,820 --> 00:02:06,270 We've gotta change, and that's on me. 47 00:02:06,270 --> 00:02:08,700 We must eliminate any conduct that 48 00:02:08,700 --> 00:02:11,450 prevents us from going to the next level of excellence. 49 00:02:12,890 --> 00:02:15,670 Behavior such as drunkenness, sexual assault, 50 00:02:15,670 --> 00:02:19,860 sexual harassment, inappropriate conduct on social media, 51 00:02:19,860 --> 00:02:22,440 hazing, recklessness, and a general 52 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,670 lack of discipline do nothing to help 53 00:02:24,670 --> 00:02:26,883 our readiness and to prepare for the fight. 54 00:02:28,390 --> 00:02:30,100 The path to success is simple. 55 00:02:30,100 --> 00:02:33,480 There is no rocket science here, there is no substitute 56 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,140 for hard work and commitment, for grit. 57 00:02:36,140 --> 00:02:39,240 When things get hard, that's when we double down. 58 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:40,970 So in the year ahead, we must continue 59 00:02:40,970 --> 00:02:42,543 the attack on multiple fronts. 60 00:02:43,975 --> 00:02:46,070 I've never met anybody who hasn't had an issue 61 00:02:46,070 --> 00:02:48,440 or a problem or some sort of trauma in their life 62 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:50,680 that they haven't had to overcome. 63 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,660 And there's no dishonor in acknowledging that 64 00:02:53,660 --> 00:02:57,230 or saying that sometimes you come off short individually. 65 00:02:57,230 --> 00:02:58,870 But there is no honor in quitting. 66 00:02:58,870 --> 00:03:00,170 We just, you can't quit. 67 00:03:00,170 --> 00:03:03,220 It's not part of what we are as Marines. 68 00:03:03,220 --> 00:03:05,570 So we don't ever quit on each other. 69 00:03:05,570 --> 00:03:08,180 We never leave each other on the battlefield. 70 00:03:08,180 --> 00:03:11,800 We never leave each other anywhere when a Marine is in need. 71 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:13,800 It's just not the way we live our lives. 72 00:03:14,860 --> 00:03:18,290 Once a Marine, always a Marine isn't some empty slogan. 73 00:03:18,290 --> 00:03:20,980 But is part of a creed branded on our soul 74 00:03:20,980 --> 00:03:23,030 from the first moment we earn that title. 75 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:25,570 I charge all of you to continue 76 00:03:25,570 --> 00:03:28,000 to be marines of character and virtue. 77 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,560 We have done these tasks for the past 78 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:31,990 243 years for the nation. 79 00:03:31,990 --> 00:03:34,070 And as long as the United States exists, 80 00:03:34,070 --> 00:03:35,810 Americas will expect their Marine Corps 81 00:03:35,810 --> 00:03:37,977 to be there to fight and to win.