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My favorite memory from working with

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the 31st is when we were able to use

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all the crisis response capability that

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we trained so hard to develop in action

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in a real world crisis response mission .

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That's when there's a volcano that

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erupted in the autonomous region of

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Bougainville , Papua , New Guinea . And

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with very little notice just a couple

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of days , we were able to redirect the

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ships get offshore and start supporting

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the people that had been evacuated from

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their homes , providing them critical

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supplies . Over the course of about 10

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days ,

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the 31st me , we were able to partner

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with the Japanese , the Koreans ,

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Philippines , Australia and a number of

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NATO partners . And every time we work

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with them , we build our

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interoperability and we're also able to

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demonstrate resolve that assures them

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that we're going to be with them in a

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time .

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Both command teams that have been here

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over my time here , Colonel N and Easy

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and S Major Smith and Colonel Danner

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and S major peoples . Those four

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gentlemen are 100% all in

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devoted to the mission of this

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organization and have loved and care

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about the marines and sailors assigned

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to this command as much as anybody in

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the Marine Corps I've ever met . And

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we've been very fortunate over the last

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3.5 years to have those two teams

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setting the environment for us to be

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able to succeed .

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31st , Mute departed .