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I am Staff Sergeant Marty A . Timoney 

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and I'm currently serving as the sixth 

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Marine Corps District musician 

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technical assistant . It is incredibly 

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valuable to have access to such a 

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talented student pool . First and 

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foremost , these young students are 

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going to be leaders in their 

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communities . Eventually one of their 

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paths could include them going to 

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college and then from there , coming 

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back as educators within their local 

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hometowns . Or maybe a few of them 

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decide to pursue becoming military 

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musicians within the Marine Corps or 

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serving the United States Marine Corps , 

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either within an enlisted or 

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commissioned job opportunity , being 

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able to engage with these students very 

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young . Um , and at an event such as 

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this allows us to demonstrate how the 

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United States Marine Corps , through 

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the vehicle of music education can 

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allow them to serve their communities 

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and achieve their goals .