1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,222 My name is Harley Felchner and I'm from 2 00:00:02,222 --> 00:00:04,333 Jacksonville North Carolina . So real 3 00:00:04,333 --> 00:00:06,389 close to Camp Lejeune . I'm 19 years 4 00:00:06,389 --> 00:00:09,160 old . I know both of my 5 00:00:09,740 --> 00:00:11,990 grandfathers were in the military . My 6 00:00:11,990 --> 00:00:14,212 great grandfather was in the military . 7 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:16,384 Most of my uncles have been in the 8 00:00:16,384 --> 00:00:18,440 military and I have a couple cousins 9 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:20,718 that have been in the military as well . 10 00:00:20,718 --> 00:00:22,718 I joined the marine corps because I 11 00:00:22,718 --> 00:00:26,340 figured I kind of wanted to live up to 12 00:00:26,350 --> 00:00:28,572 my grandparents and my uncles , right ? 13 00:00:28,572 --> 00:00:30,572 You know , I had one grandparent in 14 00:00:30,572 --> 00:00:32,683 Vietnam . My great grandfather was in 15 00:00:32,683 --> 00:00:34,794 World War II . My other grandfather , 16 00:00:34,794 --> 00:00:37,420 he was in Iraq during the 80's I want 17 00:00:37,420 --> 00:00:39,364 to believe and then my uncles , my 18 00:00:39,364 --> 00:00:41,476 cousins just been filling in the gaps 19 00:00:41,476 --> 00:00:43,531 ever since . So I figured I'd be the 20 00:00:43,531 --> 00:00:45,753 first one of this generation to do it . 21 00:00:45,753 --> 00:00:47,920 Mm My favorite parts of boot camp were 22 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,031 probably doing some things that I was 23 00:00:50,031 --> 00:00:53,280 terrified of like the repel tower or 24 00:00:53,290 --> 00:00:57,010 jumping off of the like 10 15 m 25 00:00:57,020 --> 00:01:00,080 tower for swim qual . I believe that my 26 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,280 mother and my grandfather coming to 27 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:03,160 graduation . 28 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:10,460 So when I first found out that my 29 00:01:10,460 --> 00:01:12,682 family would be able to be here , I was 30 00:01:12,682 --> 00:01:14,516 just super , super happy , super 31 00:01:14,516 --> 00:01:16,682 related . Uh , I remember I called , I 32 00:01:16,682 --> 00:01:18,793 called my mother to tell her what was 33 00:01:18,793 --> 00:01:20,960 happening and we both cried for like a 34 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:23,127 minute while I was on the phone . Um , 35 00:01:23,127 --> 00:01:25,127 and then as , as time goes on and I 36 00:01:25,127 --> 00:01:27,071 started thinking about it more , I 37 00:01:27,071 --> 00:01:29,016 started , I started to feel like a 38 00:01:29,016 --> 00:01:31,016 little proud of it because it's , I 39 00:01:31,016 --> 00:01:30,980 mean this is the first , this first 40 00:01:30,980 --> 00:01:32,980 class that's had a graduation since 41 00:01:32,980 --> 00:01:35,202 coronavirus . And I heard the last time 42 00:01:35,202 --> 00:01:37,313 that , that nobody was allowed on the 43 00:01:37,313 --> 00:01:39,536 island was for the Vietnam War . So , I 44 00:01:39,536 --> 00:01:41,369 mean , that's like that's making 45 00:01:41,369 --> 00:01:43,091 history . That's pretty cool . 46 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:54,440 Yeah . 47 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:05,920 All right .