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My name is Staff Sergeant McKinley

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White . I am the platoon sergeant for

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the combat engineer platoon here at M .

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W . S . S . 2 73 in the air wing . The

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Combat engineers mission is to provide

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based recovery after attacks as well as

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airfield damage repair , in case of any

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attacks coming onto that airfield and

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infrastructure . We also provide

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vertical and horizontal construction ,

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mobility and survivability as well as

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engineer reconnaissance . You get that

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both you get the ground side of being

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an infantryman , shoot , move and

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communicate . But at the same time you

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get a skill craft of vertical

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construction . So that's something that

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even after the Marine Corps , whether I

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do four years or 20 years , it's

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something that I have in my toolbox

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later on to make me a more successful

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person the way it sounded combat

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engineer . So it is exactly what I

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thought . I get to also go out and play

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with a lot of demo . I chose to be a

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combat engineer honestly because I

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wanted to blow stuff up . My recruiter

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looked at me and told me that I could

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build things and blow things up .

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Marine Corps needs combat engineers

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because we're the first and foremost

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people out there ensuring that the

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route is safe for the mobilization of

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infantry . We suffered through

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excruciating pain , field ops that are

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miserable but we we thrive in the

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suffering when we used to be in

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Afghanistan combat engineers went out ,

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did a lot of the demolition . We were

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involved with wars with mines . Combat

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engineers would lead the way