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Good afternoon , ladies and gentlemen ,

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and welcome to the 2024 Marine Corps

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rifle and Pistol Championship awards

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ceremony . Please rise as we render

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honors to Brigadier General Farrell J .

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Sullivan followed by the national

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anthem .

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Ok ,

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please be seated .

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Ladies and gentlemen , the commanding

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officer , weapons training Battalion

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Marine Corps Base , Quantico Colonel

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Gregory L Jones . Hey , appreciate

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everybody for coming . Uh Certainly ,

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uh General Sullivan , thank you for

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your time . Um And , and uh support to

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the program . If you guys didn't know

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those comment match M-16s that you shot ,

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the General Sullivan made sure we got

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money for that . Uh So PWS could build

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those and to give you guys an edge in

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competition . So thank you for your

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time , sir . It means a lot to the

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shooting team and for us to have you

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here um for any , any unit leaders that

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are here . And obviously , if you're ,

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we've got folks from Okinawa to Camp

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Lee . So if you're , you're C OS R

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major companies , you know , battalion

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squadron aren't able to come here .

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Definitely , please tell them . Thank

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you for me . I know we pay for this .

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Uh But , but we can't make up for

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really between your regional mic and

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your time here , Marine Corps

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Championships . We can't make up what

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you do in your unit . Uh , for the two

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weeks you're gone . I see some ITV

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instructors , uh , et cetera . So it's ,

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it's a big deal for you to be here .

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And uh , uh please tell your , your

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leadership that I personally , uh I'm

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thankful to the family members . We

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have somebody here . Uh Thank you .

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What learned at this battalion is a

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competitive Marman shift is an

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addiction and you probably know better

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than I do cause that impacts the uh the

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pocketbook . Um if they're shooting on

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their own out in town , but also

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impacts uh time away from home . And as

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marines , we do quite a lot of that um

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for distinguished uh distinguished uh

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marksmen Shooters Association . Thanks

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for being here , a continuance of

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support . We appreciate uh uh again ,

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our veteran service organizations for

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paying attention to what we do and

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continue to support the program . It

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means a lot to us . Um I'd like to

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thank the , the shooting team . Um They

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uh they go to every mic mic but on

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every regional mic mic and they , they

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really , in my mind went above and

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beyond what I asked them to do as we ,

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as we're thinking through , um what ,

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what is the best shooting discipline

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and the type of shooting that we asked

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you guys to do to , to accomplish the

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mission of the combat uh combat and

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arms program , uh , which is to

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increase the lethal of the total force .

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I think they did a really great job of

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that . So , let's give them a round of

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applause , please .

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I think the confirmation brief , uh ,

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and all , all the , all the things they

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threw at you . I did it , uh , it , uh ,

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it warmed , it warmed me and I , I

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smiled because Marine NC , OS and Staff ,

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NC OS certainly are devious and uh

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they're devious . Uh setting up hard

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competitions for you . And if you're

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Russian or Chinese , you should , uh

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you should be really concerned because

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uh we have the best NC Os and Staff NC

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OS around and then to the competitors

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again . Thank , thank , thank you guys .

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Right . I it's not easy to go ask your

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boss uh to , to leave again . Um And

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again , you are important to where you

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come , where you come from . So thanks

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for , for being dedicated to the

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program . And I , like I said , I

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believe that we , we did accomplish the

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mission of the competition in arms

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program this last week . And uh while

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in the competition there is a first

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person that means there's a last person

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but realize you guys , you doesn't

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matter . I don't care what you placed .

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I know you guys care what you place and

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I don't because you're here and , and

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you tried and every once in a while I

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try , I shot mm East and uh my

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performance wasn't too hot . Um But you

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tried and , and you take this

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profession of arms seriously . And , uh ,

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and I'm proud of you for that . Um So

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just , I'll , I'll be brief . We wanna

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turn it over to General Sullivan and

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really get the awards to the , to the

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folks who did the hard work . But I get

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asked a lot in this job as we look at

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modernizing marksmanship . You know ,

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what is , what doing in the Marine

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Corps is every marina rifle and still

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important . I just wanna talk about

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that a little bit . Um Sort of , it's ,

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it's what I like to talk about a lot .

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But , uh , General Smith just published ,

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uh Frango 11 T 2024 . And he said , I

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quote , we will remain our nation's

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exci shock troops that can deliver

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combat power from sea to land and now

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from land to sea . So when I think

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about shock troops , um I think about

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you guys shooting close bay at night .

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Uh , if , if you don't , I know I'm not

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gonna say who the award winners are ,

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but the top three , we've got a boat

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fuel or a comp strap marine and an

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infantry marine again . Um , when we

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talk about shock troops and , and , and

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increasing the lethality of the total

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force that , that tells you something .

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And I , I mean , that was just a

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amazing to watch you guys this week at .

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Um , and so you're definitely shock

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troops , expeditionary . I think we ,

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those of us in uniform , we know what

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that means . It means living out of a

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uh uh our house that we're carrying on

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our , on our back and eating challenge ,

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a plastic bag . It's not too fun , but

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as you think through um where we're

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going with , with um eabo distributed

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operations , if you're at a FARC for

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the uh arming reviewing point , uh or

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you're at a fire gab to , to shoot a

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naval strike missile and sink a Chinese

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ship . You're not gonna get , those are ,

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those jobs are done by non infantry

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marines . You're not gonna get a

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battalion of infantry marines to come

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protect you , right ? Cause we need to

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minimize our physical signature cause

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we're fighting , we have guys that have

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a lot of the same capability . We do ,

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they have drones , they have sensors ,

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they have satellites and they're gonna

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be able to find a bunch of people on

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the ground , right ? Doing what we do ,

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digging fight holes , uh approved

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positions , et cetera . And you , I

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don't think in this fight that you're

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gonna get an infantry battalion or even

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an infantry company or maybe even an

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infantry batoon to secure that eab so

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your ability regardless of M OS to

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remain , every marine rifleman is

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usually important . And again , you all

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definitely did that . I wanna talk a

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little bit just for the audience . Uh

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So they know a little about what the

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teams threw at at , at you guys this

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week . And again , I was , I was really

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impressed with , uh , the I idea . So

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we always think through like ,

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obviously the purpose of championships

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is to focus on marksmanship . Uh ,

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General Sullivan runs a fitness

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instructor competition . We do do a

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marksmanship stage there , but the

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purpose of that is , is more physical

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fitness and even the marksmanship stage ,

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we really wanna see , see how you can

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shoot under duress . But , but we're

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really pushing you to get a good , a

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good run time here . We wanna focus on

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marksmanship . But , um , uh , but ,

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and we threw a lot of stuff at you .

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You shot it at night , uh , with lasers ,

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talk about a little bit already closed ,

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face , a more CQB type shooting out of

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distance . We shot a lot of robots . We

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flipped tires , we did casualty drags .

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Uh , we low crawled and threw grenades

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and that was a great stage after , uh ,

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named after Sergeant Cole from World

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War Two who was a French horn player .

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Uh , didn't like that M Os . So he

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wanted to be a machine gun and got a

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metal arm post . You guys , uh , I

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think honored him well in your

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competition . Um , and we even did some

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mechanical breaching and I think for

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probably for some of you all , it's the

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first time you ever knocked open a door ,

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kicked open a door and then float

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through it and , uh , and took down

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some targets but why did we do ? Why

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did we do that ? All right . Well , we

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did that because uh Gunny Highway is a

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fictional character and , and uh

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Heartbreak Ridge is the movie and I

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cannot actually shoot back at you . And

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so in a competition where we do wanna

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focus in on your marin shift skills ,

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we also , we wanna put you in a dilemma ,

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right ? Cause I can't shoot back at you .

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But one of these , hopefully you're

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never shot at in harm's way . But if

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you are , I want you to be comfortable

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in your ability , right ? Flip a couple

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of tires , get your heart rate up and

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able to put two targets , a nice center

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mass or , or in the chest or in the

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forehead . And again , you guys did a

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great job doing that . Um So again ,

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just enclosing super great competition ,

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uh really proud of the teams for

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putting it on and really proud of the

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competitors for showing up and just

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giving it your all by a Sunday when I

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showed up to PT and I , I noticed we

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weren't , we were , we weren't doing

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anything about 930 . I'm like , yeah ,

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we were tired , we were tired . Uh But

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again , the teams didn't cut it . Uh I ,

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I didn't think cat mods would cut off

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some stages . I knew we , we would just

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roll star X and I don't think you got

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finished yesterday till about seven

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team 30 something like that . And then

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the teams were there , you know , like ,

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uh so again , that's what we do in the

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Marine Corps , we excel under duress

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and , and , and we , we are as perfect

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as we can be in the artist of

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situations . And again , you all , you

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all prove that I think just to be able

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to come here to complete the course of

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fire . You're , you're a winner in my

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book . So congratulations to all the

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competitors and obviously we'll get

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some uh specific uh congratulations to

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each award , but thanks to serve over

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to you . I

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OK . Uh good afternoon , everybody .

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Let me just uh get a thumbs up in the

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back if you can hear me . Ok , good .

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Um So Greg , uh so you and your man

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John uh Meron Capo , thanks . Uh You

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don't have to thank me for being here

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last year . I wasn't here because I was

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traveling and uh for those that don't

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know uh weapon training battalion is

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one of uh 1706 commands and training

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command that spread across the country .

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So , um but I made it a , a purpose to

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be here this year . So uh I'm thanking

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you for inviting me again . Um Before I

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get into my uh brief remarks , I just

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wanna say congratulations to all of you

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that came here to compete . Um There's

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other things you could have been doing

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right now other than uh spent in the

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last week or so here , we all have

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important things going on . Um But for

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reasons that I will express to you

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personally , uh I thank you for being

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here cause cause it's important to be

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here . Uh And for those who are gonna

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be about to be awarded uh even more um

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appreciation , gratitude and thanks to

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you uh for taking a keen interest in

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plying your trade , whether he has a

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rifle mar , a rifleman or as an empty

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marine . And then for those that are

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gonna go on to the inter service um

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competitions , my uh guidance to you is

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give them help . And uh when marines

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are on the battlefield or on a range

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with a rifle , people expect something

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out of you . Uh And they expect you to ,

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uh , to show the other services what we

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can do as marines . Um Let me ask a

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question to , uh to all who are here ,

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but the competitors in particular , my

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question is , uh why are you here

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as a competitor ? My question to you is

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why , why you're here ? It's a

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rhetorical question . I don't expect

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you to actually answer out loud . Um

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But it's , it's at the core of uh

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what's important to me here . And

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Colonel Jones , uh talked about a

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little bit right . You may answer that

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question by saying I need some

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ballistic therapy , but , uh I need to

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get away from what I do normally . Um

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This is a good way for me to , uh to

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relieve stress and that's , that's a

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fine answer . This , I'm not saying

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that that's not a good answer . You may

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answer it by saying it's fun but

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whether you've been doing it cause you

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grew up uh in the country somewhere or

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you're newer to it . Uh You know , you ,

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you start as a kid uh because your ,

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your parents are some mental introduce

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you to it or it's something that you've

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uh come to love later on in life . Uh

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The fact that it's fun is , is also not

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a bad reason for being here . It may be

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a pa a personal passion of yours

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because this is a skill set that you

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can continue to refine over your

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lifetime at a certain point . You're

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gonna get to , to my age and uh no

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matter how hard you try , you probably

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die off a little bit if you were

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wondering if I was , I just forgot to

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put my badges on . I didn't forget and

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I don't have any shooting badges like

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most of you do um of just a simple

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entry mark , right ? But if it's a

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personal passion for you because you

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wanna be faster , more accurate . Uh

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and you can measure that and get better

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and better , then that's a good answer

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too . Um You may like competition and

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uh being here to compete with the best .

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Um There's a good reason too . It , it

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puts you under stress and adversity and

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only under stress and adversity . Do we

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grow and some people like to avoid that .

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But , uh , that's the only way we

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really , uh , can make mistakes , learn

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from those mistakes and grow . Uh It

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may be because , um , you wanna be

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individually better as a marine , right ?

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You wanna be more ready for the fight

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that uh , Colonel Jones was , was

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talking about . All right , there was a

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marine , uh , lie Rael who was a higher

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squadron commander . Some of you

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probably remember this in 2012 , he

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died , uh fighting off a , the Taliban

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penetration of Bastion airfield , which

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is a subsection of Lebanon . All right ,

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there was no brunch there to be , had

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he grabbed his rifle , uh , got the

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other marines who were maintainers on

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aircraft . So pilots in the ready room

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and they counterattacked and then that

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counterattack , he died , right ? But

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they quickly close that penetration and ,

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uh , and got out of the business . All

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right . So individual improvement is a

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good thing . But at the end of the day

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and I think , you know , where I'm

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going with this , uh This is really

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important because of unit readiness

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because those of us that have been in

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the Marine Corps for 30 years or

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something approaching that , uh , we

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have fought in , in multiple wars .

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We've been on multiple combat

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deployments . Uh But if you were to

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average the amount of time between

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conflict from World War One to today ,

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it's roughly between 5 to 10 years that

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we're in some kind of major dustup that

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requires you to deploy marines into a

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combat zone . Uh , and if you're gonna

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stay in for five years , you're gonna

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stay in for 15 or 20 or longer . Uh ,

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that will be you again someday and you

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may be heading for the exit and getting

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out of the Marine Corps , which is

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perfectly fine , but you will leave

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marines behind who will go into combat .

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All right . So this is only important .

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Everything that happens here . What

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this friend of battalion is only

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important because it prepares marines

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to go into combat again individually

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and as a unit . Right ? And I don't ,

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please don't read into that . I applaud

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you for the individual accomplishments .

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That's important to recognize that , to

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recognize that expertise but lethality

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in our use of small arms that will

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never go away no matter what you think

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about force design 2030 what it says we

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can now do , we can attack from shore

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to sea with long-range weapon systems ,

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high explosive uh weapon systems .

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Those are important . But at the end of

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the day , we will have to put marines

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on foreign soil at some point in the

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future to achieve our nation's goal ,

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whatever that may be right . And they

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will have to employ their small armed

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individual weapons and do that

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collectively to be successful . Now ,

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um , I don't know if you know this and

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I'm sure it was time . Um , it wasn't

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accidental but if you were to go to uh

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Recor Association publication called um ,

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the Leather Neck Magazine . Last month ,

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they published an article about

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Brigadier General Watch Island , right ?

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Who I knew nothing about , uh , until I

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took this job last year and was made

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aware of the different uh awards that

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you're presented here . But that , that

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award right there . Uh If you were to

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go back into a picture of him in 1920

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that , that award that's now encased in

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wood is the same exact trophy that was

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handed out back then and back

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then he was a major and he was a lawyer .

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He just graduated law school as a

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marine and they put him in charge of uh

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being the inspector of target practice .

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That was his job . That was his

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official title . I think we got that

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wrong in terms of what the official

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title was . But his responsibilities

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were to develop uh and construct live

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fire rangers to institute a co

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competitive marksmanship program in the

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Marine Corps and to oversee the

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execution of the Marine Corps shooting

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team in international and national

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competitions . All right . Sounds a lot

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like the CEO of weapons training

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battalion . Uh Although you have more

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responsibilities today , but I can

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guarantee you when he , when he took

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over that job , none of this existed .

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So if you're wondering what one person

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can do and he probably had no idea

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where this would go and then you'd have

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a room of people like this sitting

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together who have followed his

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footsteps , right ? But if you're

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wondering what one person can do , um

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And what that legacy could look like .

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Uh going back to girl's responsibility

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uh in terms of taking what you learned

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here back and giving back to your

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organizations back in the Fleet

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Rainforest . Or if you're getting our

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out , like I saw , saw Cardenas over

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there , uh He knows why I'm not wearing

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these , uh , anything here because he

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uh put me through AM TP at least a

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portion of it . Um , but I know you're

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getting out but you have paid the

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service already . And so , uh you've

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either already done it or you need to

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do it . Just like for General Lothe did

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and uh someone's gonna receive that

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trophy here in a minute now in closing

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um , weapons training the day . Uh

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Thank you for what you do here for this

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and uh what you do for the Marine Corps .

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Um I did not understand for John and

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Nassar Capo , uh the value of the

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Marine Corps shooting team , but I've

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never shot , done it before when I was

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a platoon commander , company commander

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Tan or whatever . I , I knew there were

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matches going on and Marines went off

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to the matches . But uh we were

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involved in a work up or , or whatever

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it was and , and I probably should have

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paid more attention back in the day .

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Uh , but after spending two years

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almost in this job . I have no doubt

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that we absolutely positively need a

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Marine Force shooting team . All right .

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So all you all , all , what you did to

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set this up , all the region matches

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that you ran to get us here today . Uh ,

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I very much appreciate it for both .

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You , you two and your rifle and pistol

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teams . I know a lot of work went into

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that and , um , I don't think people

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understand the grassroot impact that

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has on the pool . And I have , I

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certainly have a much better

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understanding of that now . But also if

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you have any of your MP MS uh team here

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with the engine room that drives

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innovation , uh , like protecting the

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things that we know are good and then

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innovating in the ways we know we must ,

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uh , as well as , uh , the schoolhouse ,

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formerly known as the Sky Su uh

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schoolhouse and transition to FS and

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precision marketing . Uh , what you do

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too is a tremendously important

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precision weapons uh attachment that

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you have , uh , everything that you

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guys do is important . And , um , and I ,

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and I greatly appreciate it . And with

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that , um , I'll humbly conclude my

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remarks and again , thank you for

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having me here here . You're welcome

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from its inception . The competition

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and arms program has enhanced the

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marksmanship proficiency and lethality

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of the Marine Corps by providing a base

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of highly skilled marksmanship

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instructors , scout snipers , coaches

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and range personnel . It also

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stimulates the individual marines ,

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competence and desire to excel with

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service weapons while facilitating the

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development and exchange of ideas to

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improve equipment and shooting

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techniques . In accordance with the

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competition and arts program , the

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Marine Corps Championship is the

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culminating event for the top

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competitors from the five Marine Corps

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marksmanship competitions . National

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capital region held in Quantico ,

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Virginia . Far East , held in Okinawa ,

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Japan Pacific held in Hawaii West ,

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held at Camp Pendleton , California and

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Far East held at Camp Majo , North

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Carolina . Competitors placing in the

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top 10% at each of the marksmanship

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competitions . Earn the privilege of

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competing at the Marine Corps

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Championship . At this time , we will

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present the individual rifle awards .

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Those Marines Marine competitors

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previously awarded a distinguished

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badge and who placed in the awards

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bracket will receive a previously

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distinguished certificate . It is a

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tradition at the Marine Corps

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Championship that the competitor who

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finishes one place out of the metal

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bracket receive an award referred to as

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first leather by recognizing this

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marine's accomplishment . He or she is

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encouraged to remain active in

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competitive shooting and to further

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develop their shooting abilities .

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Please hold your applause until all of

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the award winners have been recognized .

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Racing 12th . Receiving the first

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leather award is Staff Sergeant ,

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Steven Corson of the Marine Corps

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shooting team

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placing 11th , receiving third bronze

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is Staff Sergeant Kenneka Beck of the

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East team

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placing tent , receiving a previously

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distinguished certificate is Sergeant

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John Treat the second of the Marine

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Corps shooting team .

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Bye

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placing ninth , receiving a

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distinguished marksman badge in lieu of

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second bronze is Sergeant Greg Robinson

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of the East team .

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Ladies and gentlemen , the Marine

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Corps's newest distinguished marksmen

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placing eighth receiving a previously

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distinguished certificate is Staff

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Sergeant Robert Dinello from the West

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Team

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Lacy seventh , receiving a

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distinguished marksman badge in lieu of

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first bronze is gunnery sergeant

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Michael Martinez of the Marine Corps

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shooting team .

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Ladies and gentlemen , the Marine

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Corps's newest distinguished marksmen

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placing sixth , receiving a

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distinguished marksman badge in lieu of

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second silver is Sergeant Adam Haswell

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of the Marine Corps shooting team .

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Question .

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Ok .

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Ladies and gentlemen , the Marine

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Corps's newest distinguished marksman

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placing fifth receiving a previously

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distinguished certificate is Sergeant

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Joshua Cardenas of weapons training

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battalion , Quantico . What

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placing fourth receiving a certificate

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due to being awarded a higher medal .

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And another Marine Corps championship

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match is Sergeant Mitchell mcsherry of

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the East team

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that

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placing third receiving first sewer is

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Captain Philip Williams of weapons

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training battalion Quantico . Thank you .

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Placing second . Receiving a previously

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distinguished certificate is Staff

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Sergeant Peyton Garcia of the Marine

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Corps shooting team .

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Ok . And the

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2024 Marine Corps rifle match champion

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receiving the macdougal trophy and

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distinguished marksman badge in lieu of

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first gold is staff Sergeant ,

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Christian Kola of the Marine Corps

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shooting team .

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Ladies and gentlemen , the Marine

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Corps's newest distinguished marksman

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and 2024 rifle match champion .

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Ok . No ,

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no . Thank you .

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We will now recognize the individual

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award winners for pistols . Please hold

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your applause until all the award

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winners have been recognized .

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Placing 18th , receiving first letter

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is Major Parker Tommasi of the East

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team .

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Any questions ? Placing

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17th , receiving a distinguished pistol

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shot badge in lieu of third bronze is

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staff Sergeant , Paul Wilkerson of the

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West team .

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Right ? Yeah ,

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ladies and gentlemen , the Marine

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Corps's newest distinguished pistol

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shot

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blazing 16th , receiving a

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distinguished pistol shot badge in lieu

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of second bronze . It thats her Kenneka

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Beck of the East team .

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Ladies and gentlemen , the Marine Corps

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newest distinguished pistol shot

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placing 15th receiving a certificate

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due to being awarded a higher medal .

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In another Marine Corps championship

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match is Sergeant Sean Moeller of the

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Marine Corps shooting team . You said

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you all , what are the answer ?

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It's a great question . Blazing

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14th receiving a distinguished pistol

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shot badge in lieu of first bronze is

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Sergeant Mason Shaw of the West team .

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Ok , very much to us .

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Ladies and gentlemen , the Marine

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Corps's newest distinguished pistol

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shot

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facing 13th receiving second silver is

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Sergeant Paul Lou Gorman of the

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national capital region team . She said

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did the same to go

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racing 12th receiving a certificate due

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to being awarded a higher medal in

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another Marine Corps Championship match

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as Sergeant Jacob Zuke of the Marine

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Corps shooting team .

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Congratulations

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racing 11th . Receiving second silver

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is Sergeant Dylan Kelly of the East

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team that much .

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Sure .

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Right . Receiving

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10 . Placing temp receiving first goal

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is Captain Sean Chang of the West team

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that was

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placing Knight receiving a previously

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distinguished certificate as Major

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Frank Gao of the national capital

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region team . Our patients

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also teach the regulation

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were more like placing eight

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receiving a previously distinguished

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certificate is Sergeant Adam Haswell of

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the Marine Corps shooting team .

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Placing seventh receiving a previously

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distinguished certificate is Staff

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Sergeant Kevin Graham of the Marine

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Corps Reserve shooting team

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on the good .

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Hold on . Placing six receiving a

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previously distinguished certificate is

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Sergeant Mitchell mcsherry of the East

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team . Thank you very much . Thank you .

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You know that Lacy fifth

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receiving a previously distinguished

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certificate is Staff Sergeant Stephen

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Corson of the Marine Corps shooting

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team . Congratulations ,

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placing fourth , receiving a previously

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distinguished certificate is Sergeant

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John Treat the second of the Marine

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Corps shooting team

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racing . Third , receiving a previously

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distinguished certificate is Staff

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Sergeant Payton Garcia of the Marine

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Corps shooting team .

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Lacy's second receiving a previously

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distinguished certificate is Corporal

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Tanner Wright of the East team

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and the 2024 Marine Corps pistol match

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champion receiving the Waltz trophy

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badge . And a previously distinguished

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certificate is Sergeant Joshua Cardenas

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of weapons training battalion ,

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Quantico , ladies and gentlemen at the

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point .

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So it was just spread .

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We will now recognize the award winners

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for the multi Gunn match . Please hold

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your applause until all the award

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winners have been recognized .

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Placing 11th receiving first leather is

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Sergeant Paul Lo Goman of the national

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capital region team .

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Placing 10th , receiving third bronze

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is Sergeant Ar Reginald Hancock of the

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East team . What do you want ?

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Question ?

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Placing ninth , receiving a

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distinguished pistol shot badge in lieu

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of second bronze is Major Parker

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Tommasi of the East team . Right ?

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Ladies and gentlemen , the Marine

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Corps's newest distinguished pistol

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shot

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placing eighth receiving a certificate

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due to being awarded a higher medal in

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another Marine Corps championship match

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is Sergeant Adam Haswell of the Marine

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Corps shooting team . Hold on

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placing seventh . Receiving a

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previously distinguished certificate is

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Staff Sergeant Stephen Corson of the

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Marine Corps shooting team . Quick ones

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on facing

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sixth receiving first bronze is

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Corporal Tanner Wright of the Far East

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team

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placing fifth receiving a distinguished

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marksman badge in lieu of second silver

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is Sergeant Mitchell mcsherry of the

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East team .

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Ladies and gentlemen , the Marine

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Corps's newest distinguished marksmen

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placing fourth , receiving first silver

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is Sergeant Jacob Zuke of the Marine

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Corps shooting team . So not so I

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that

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placing third receiving a distinguished

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pistol shot badge in lieu of first goal

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is Sergeant Sean Muller of the Marine

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Corps shooting team .

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Ladies and gentlemen , the Marine

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Corps's newest distinguished pistol

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shot

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placing second receiving a previously

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distinguished certificate is Sergeant

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Joshua Cardenas of weapons training

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battalion Quantico as well .

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And the 2024 Marine Corps multi Gunn

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match champion receiving a previously

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distinguished certificate is Staff

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Sergeant Peyton Garcia of the Marine

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Corps shooting team , ladies and

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gentlemen , the 2024 Marine Corps multi

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Gunn match champion ,

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the major general Hammer Hartsville

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trophy is awarded to the highest first

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year competitor in the competition and

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arms program referred to as the High

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Tyro in 2022 this trophy was donated by

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the Marine Corps Distinguished Shooting

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Association and retired major General

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Hart . Major General Hartzel joined the

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Marine Corps in 1981 as an enlisted

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marine . before earning his commission

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in 1983 . During his career , he earned

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a distinguished pistol shot badge and

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was a member of the 1992 Eastern

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division team who won the inner

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division pistol team trophy . The

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Hartsel trophy is being presented by

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retired gunnery sergeant , Nelson

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Ocasio of the distinguished shooter

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association .

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Ok . Is she gonna Yes , go ahead .

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Mhm .

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Yeah . Reaching .

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This is fun . Take .

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Yeah . No , the high

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tyro for the 2024 Marine Corps

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Championship and winner of the .

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Mhm . Ok . So that is wrong .

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The Lock Heimer trophy was presented to

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the United States Marine Corps in 1921

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by the family of the late adjutant and

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inspector of the Marine Corps ,

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Brigadier General Charles H Lock Heimer

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in 1901 . Then a major , a major

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General Lock Heimer established

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competitive marksmanship in the Marine

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Corps . He also captained the first

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Marine team to enter rifle competitions .

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The large bronze trophy has since its

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inception , been awarded to the

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competitor attaining the highest

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aggregate score of the individual rifle

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and individual pistol match . The

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winner of these shooting disciplines

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receives a gold medal miniature of the

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trophy while the 2nd and 3rd place

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receives silver and bronze medals

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respectively . Placing third ,

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receiving a bronze lock Heimer badge is

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Sergeant Mitchell mcsherry of the East

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team . You just ?

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Ok . Yeah ,

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placing second , receiving a silver

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lock climber badge is S Joshua Cardenas

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of weapons training battalion ,

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Quantico .

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Ok . And the 2024 Marine Corps

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Championship Lock Heimer winner and

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receiving a gold lock Heimer badge is

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staff sergeant Peyton Garcia of the

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Marine Corps shooting team . Ladies and

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gentlemen , the overall winner of the

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2024 Marine Corps Championship .

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Mhm .

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We got there . What ?

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Mhm . Yeah .

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The final portion of the competition

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consists of the team matches where each

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region put their best competitors

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against other teams in order to win the

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inter division rifle team match , inter

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division pistol team match and the

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fleet Marine Forces combat infantry ,

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bro . The match , all these

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competitions share not only a rich

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history and comp competitive market

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ownership but hold a very important

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significance to all who participate .

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The inter division rifle team trophy is

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awarded to the team with the highest

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aggregate rifle score from the rifle

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team match . The trophy is dedicated to

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the memory of those marines

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instrumental in the furtherance of

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rifle matches who gave their lives in

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World War Two . The winner of the 2024

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inter division rifle team trophy is the

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East team . The team captain is

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Sergeant Toby Schindler . The team

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coach is Sergeant Kyle Turbe . The

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firing members are Sergeant Mitchell

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mcsherry , Sergeant Greg Robinson ,

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Corporal Michael Mayo , staff sergeant

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Kenneka Beth , staff sergeant ,

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Christopher Simpler and staff Sergeant

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Garrett Troll .

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You said

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that

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right ?

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Look better .

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So

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yes .

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And that was the

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ladies and gentlemen , the 2024 inter

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division rival team match champions ,

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right ? Basic too much .

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The inter division pistol team trophy

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is awarded to the team with the highest

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aggregate pistol scores from the pistol

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team match .

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The winner of the for the 2024 inter

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division pistol team trophy is the East

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team . The team captain is staff

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sergeant , Garret Troll . The team

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coach is staff sergeant , Kenneka Beck

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and the firing members are Sergeant

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Mitchell mcsherry , sergeant Dylan

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Kelly , veteran sergeant Joshua Hasel

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and Sergeant Greg Robinson .

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Ok ,

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dictation was

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but

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ladies and gentlemen , the 2024 inter

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division pistol team match champions .

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All right , face

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the fleet Marine Force combat infantry

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team trophy is awarded to the rifle

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team with the highest aggregate score

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during the infantry trophy team match .

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The winner of the 2024 infantry trophy

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team match the Far East team . The team

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captain is Corporal Kevin Kane . The

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team coach is Sergeant Victor Vargas .

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The fire members are staff sergeant ,

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Alexis Santiago , staff sergeant Tyler

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Trundle , sergeant , Sam Duma ,

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corporal York Bay , corporal Tanner

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Wright and Corporal Elijah Ra .

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Yeah .

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Yeah .

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Ok , see for

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third time . Listen ,

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just that much .

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Yeah . Yeah .

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Ok .

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And uh uh it was

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ok . Got you . Ok .

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It

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ladies and gentlemen , the 2024 Fleet

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Marine Force Combat Infantry trophy

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team champions ,

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right ? Thank forward to Washington

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competitors . You are tasked with

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taking the knowledge and skills you

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have learned here back to your parent

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commands and share them with your

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fellow marines and sailors . We would

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like to ask all awardees to please

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remain for pitchers . After the

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conclusion of the ceremony , ladies and

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gentlemen , please rise for the playing

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of angers away and the marines he

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followed by the departure of the

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official party .

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Yeah , on that day ,

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survive for and

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to give us the ,

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we are proud to blame the top

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of United States .

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Ladies and gentlemen , this concludes

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our ceremony and we thank you for your

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attendance .