1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,407 I'm Christian Nelson . I served in the 2 00:00:02,407 --> 00:00:04,840 Marine Corps for 22 years . My name is 3 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:08,320 Bradford Fish . I served for 23 years 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:10,098 in the military . My name is Al 5 00:00:10,098 --> 00:00:12,209 Oliveira and I served for three years 6 00:00:12,209 --> 00:00:14,376 in the Marine Corps . Yeah , I started 7 00:00:14,376 --> 00:00:16,042 right here at Parris Island , 8 00:00:16,042 --> 00:00:19,140 graduating in March of 1982 . And then 9 00:00:19,140 --> 00:00:21,830 I retired in quantico Virginia . Um 10 00:00:22,010 --> 00:00:25,290 after 22 years I started out as a 11 00:00:25,300 --> 00:00:27,540 helicopter crew chief stationed in 12 00:00:27,540 --> 00:00:31,360 tustin California . Flying ch 46 is I 13 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:33,471 got out of the Marine Corps in 1986 I 14 00:00:33,471 --> 00:00:35,638 joined the Army National Guard at that 15 00:00:35,638 --> 00:00:37,860 point I became a Huey crew chief and an 16 00:00:37,860 --> 00:00:40,050 O . H . Six crew chief and I ended my 17 00:00:40,050 --> 00:00:42,820 tour in 2005 and retired for 23 years . 18 00:00:42,830 --> 00:00:45,490 Once I left the Marine Corps , I went , 19 00:00:45,500 --> 00:00:48,250 I started school and my engineering 20 00:00:48,250 --> 00:00:51,670 degree , my bachelor's degree . I 21 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,590 started it was , it was an easy fit 22 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:56,960 facilities engineering with civil 23 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,182 engineering in the Air National Guard . 24 00:00:59,182 --> 00:01:01,349 Every time you come back to the island 25 00:01:01,349 --> 00:01:04,240 in an instant you flash back to that 26 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:06,840 night you drove across the bridge and 27 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:08,840 stood on the yellow footprints . So 28 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,780 it's always a an emotional experience . 29 00:01:12,790 --> 00:01:15,070 But it's it's always fond memories . My 30 00:01:15,070 --> 00:01:17,490 two boys graduated from here and became 31 00:01:17,490 --> 00:01:19,780 marines . So this is my fourth time 32 00:01:19,780 --> 00:01:22,180 back and it's the same as usual . It's 33 00:01:22,590 --> 00:01:24,646 it's a little shiver down your spine 34 00:01:24,646 --> 00:01:26,757 when you get here . We couldn't run a 35 00:01:26,757 --> 00:01:28,812 three mile run at this point . I can 36 00:01:28,812 --> 00:01:31,034 guarantee you that , but it feels great 37 00:01:31,034 --> 00:01:33,146 coming back home . The easy answer is 38 00:01:33,146 --> 00:01:35,312 the latin translation . right ? Always 39 00:01:35,312 --> 00:01:37,312 faithful . But I think it goes well 40 00:01:37,312 --> 00:01:39,534 beyond that . It's a kinship . It's a , 41 00:01:39,534 --> 00:01:41,534 it's a brotherhood and sisterhood . 42 00:01:41,534 --> 00:01:43,479 It's , it's , you know , meeting a 43 00:01:43,479 --> 00:01:45,710 marine 40 years later and just being 44 00:01:45,710 --> 00:01:47,877 able to pick up a conversation because 45 00:01:47,877 --> 00:01:49,988 you have that shared experience , you 46 00:01:49,988 --> 00:01:52,210 know , brother to brother and sister to 47 00:01:52,210 --> 00:01:54,377 sister . So I think that's really what 48 00:01:54,377 --> 00:01:56,543 it means . I believe It's instilled in 49 00:01:56,543 --> 00:01:58,920 you and the 17 years I spent in the 50 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:01,390 Army , National Guide And active duty 51 00:02:01,390 --> 00:02:04,280 army for 18 months , a lot of the army 52 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:06,391 guys that I serve would go , that's a 53 00:02:06,391 --> 00:02:08,391 marine coming out of them because I 54 00:02:08,391 --> 00:02:10,880 still had those marine values and how I 55 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,310 treated people once were a marine . 56 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,640 You're , you're a marine for life . We 57 00:02:15,640 --> 00:02:17,640 have internal tattoos , I call it . 58 00:02:17,940 --> 00:02:18,570 Were there