WEBVTT 00:00.403 --> 00:03.403 (soft techno music) 00:34.570 --> 00:36.750 - My job as a heavy equipment operator 00:36.750 --> 00:40.540 basically assists and supports other units. 00:40.540 --> 00:42.430 Firebreaks, it basically just helps 00:42.430 --> 00:44.770 the base from not burning down. 00:44.770 --> 00:46.090 Important information about it, 00:46.090 --> 00:47.710 being a heavy equipment operator, 00:47.710 --> 00:50.520 is basically you're not gonna be always great at this job, 00:50.520 --> 00:52.830 especially starting out, it's gonna be rough, 00:52.830 --> 00:55.800 you're gonna have to fail a lot to learn and become great. 00:55.800 --> 00:58.110 I have had a lot of mentors that taught me, 00:58.110 --> 01:00.920 Corporal Christian, Sergeant Armando, Sergeant Barony, 01:00.920 --> 01:03.480 basically they taught me the rights and wrongs, 01:03.480 --> 01:05.960 how to be a good person and overall 01:05.960 --> 01:10.538 just try to be the best I can and to complete the mission. 01:10.538 --> 01:13.538 (soft techno music) 01:18.270 --> 01:22.650 - So I think what I do starts at the very bottom 01:22.650 --> 01:25.010 and I kinda contribute to the bigger picture. 01:25.010 --> 01:28.540 Being the only 1341 at Bravo Company, 01:28.540 --> 01:31.490 I would definitely put in some long hours, 01:31.490 --> 01:34.108 make sure that all the engineer equipment 01:34.108 --> 01:36.000 was ready for any kind of field op, 01:36.000 --> 01:36.920 whether it be Bridgeport 01:36.920 --> 01:39.410 or just a little roadwork maintenance 01:39.410 --> 01:41.770 here on the ranges on Camp Pendleton. 01:41.770 --> 01:44.910 Maintenance platoon here definitely has 01:44.910 --> 01:47.170 some of the hardest work in the Marines in the battalion. 01:47.170 --> 01:50.410 The work never ends here and all the Marines know that 01:50.410 --> 01:52.867 but day in and day out, they come in, put in the work, 01:52.867 --> 01:55.890 get the job done, make sure that the rest of the battalion 01:55.890 --> 01:57.843 or MOG can complete their mission. 02:01.740 --> 02:03.021 - So being in 7th ESB, 02:03.021 --> 02:05.930 it gives a lot more opportunities to get more licenses 02:05.930 --> 02:08.160 and help support the whole MOG. 02:08.160 --> 02:12.500 You got a driving range to take in dozers to Red Beach 02:12.500 --> 02:14.950 or tomato patch or wherever they need to go. 02:14.950 --> 02:18.060 Driving 16870, we can take AT equipment out 02:18.060 --> 02:20.090 to like, fix the rollers around the base 02:20.090 --> 02:22.398 or when we're on record duty 02:22.398 --> 02:23.848 we're here for the whole MOG. 02:25.150 --> 02:27.523 - Without whole petroleum products, 02:28.420 --> 02:30.490 we can't extend the reach of the Marine Corps. 02:30.490 --> 02:33.420 Everything runs on fuel, and as such, 02:33.420 --> 02:35.990 it's not only a major logistical asset 02:35.990 --> 02:38.790 but also a major engineering feat, 02:38.790 --> 02:42.270 being able to set up fuel in remote locations. 02:42.270 --> 02:45.570 And like Mattis said in 2006, General Mattis says, 02:45.570 --> 02:48.423 we are tethered to the leash of fuel. 02:49.680 --> 02:50.970 And that's what we do, 02:50.970 --> 02:52.960 is extend that reach of the Marine Corps. 02:52.960 --> 02:54.360 - We boost morale, 02:54.360 --> 02:57.840 a simple shower during the field is amazing. 02:57.840 --> 02:59.710 I was in the field for two weeks, 02:59.710 --> 03:03.780 and just a simple shower during the week was- 03:03.780 --> 03:05.430 You walk out of the shower at the end of the day 03:05.430 --> 03:07.870 and you kind of feel like, de-stressed, 03:07.870 --> 03:10.760 a little more motivated to keep pushing, keep trying, 03:10.760 --> 03:12.060 like, you find that drive. 03:13.170 --> 03:15.630 Us as utility, it's a lot of work, it's chaotic, 03:15.630 --> 03:17.460 sometimes you're stressed out, 03:17.460 --> 03:18.590 but at the end of the day you have like, 03:18.590 --> 03:19.590 this sense of pride. 03:20.631 --> 03:23.714 (soft guitar music)