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- Marines, it's time once again

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to say goodbye to a
valued member of our team,

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Sergeant Williams.

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He's moving on to the
1st Marine Division Band

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out in beautiful San
Diego with his family,

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wife and brand new baby girl.

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He was an extraordinary
clarinet player for us,

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as well as a Public Affairs team member,

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and our librarian.

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He will be missed

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- Sergeant Williams,

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I wanna first thank you for
your dedicated faithful service

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as not only an instrumentalist

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but also as a fire team leader,

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squad leader, and fellow Sergeant.

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The wisdom and experience that you shared

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not only made sure that your
Marines were taken care of,

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but also the Sergeant's core
was stronger as a whole.

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I wish you well on your future endeavors.

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And I hope that we can serve
together again someday.

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- Sergeant Williams.

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Unfortunately I've only
had a few short months

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to work with you,

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but I have to say that
I've always been impressed

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by your intellect, and your
positive can-do attitude.

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I know that if you applied the
lessons that you've learned

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from this duty station
onto your future career,

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you will do well.

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I wish you the best of
luck to you and your family

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and Semper Fidelis.

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- Sergeant Williams,

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it has been an honor, and a
pleasure serving with you.

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The growth you have made

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as a musician and a
leader has been inspiring.

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Thank you for the memories, the laughs,

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and all the hard work
that you have put in.

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Have fun out in California,

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and I know you'll do great things.

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- Sergeant Williams,

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working with you has
been an absolute delight.

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Not only are you an incredibly
talented instrumentalist,

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you're also a very gifted writer,

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which has come in so
handy as we work through

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writing narrations,
preparing for concerts.

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I've enjoyed being able
to perform with you,

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not only as a clarinetist,
but working in Public Affairs.

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we are desperately gonna miss you.

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You've done great things here,

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but I also know that
you've done a great job

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training up your replacements

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and preparing us for the future.

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So best of luck as you
depart for Pendleton

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and Semper Fidelis.

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- Sergeant Williams,

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I just wanna tell you thank you very much

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for all the efforts you've done here.

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I know that a lot of
the things you did were

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seemingly behind the scenes,

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but they made a big impact on our mission.

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I wish you, your wife and
your brand new baby girl,

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all the best in your
travels over to San Diego.

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Enjoy the weather.

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Remember all the great things
that you've learned here

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and go make those Marines better

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because of all of your experience.

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Thank you again. Semper Fi.

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(band music)