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Good afternoon . Ladies and gentlemen ,

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on behalf of Commanding General , Major

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General William H Swan , welcome to the

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Marine aircraft route 31 change of

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command ceremony where Colonel Dustin

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Byron will relinquish command to

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Colonel Michael Casty . Today's parade

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is being executed by the officers and

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marines of marine aircraft route . 31

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please rise for the invocation given by

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Commander Christopher West Mac 31

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chaplain United States Navy .

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Good afternoon . I invite you , I

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invite you to take a moment , bow your

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heads and pray with me . Eternal father .

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We come before you today in humble

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thanks for our great country and the

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freedoms we have enjoyed as Americans

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as we celebrate the passing of the

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mantle from one commanding officer to

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the next . We acknowledge that all

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leadership is ordained by you and

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welcome your presence as an unseen

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witness to today's proceedings and

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bidding farewell to Colonel Dustin

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Warren Byram . We are thankful for a

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strong leadership during a very

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challenging time for the group and we

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pray for your guidance and wisdom to

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follow him to his next command in our

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nation's capital , as well as

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tremendous amounts of patience that he

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will need to navigate the traffic there .

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We pray for safe travels for him , his

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wife Christine and their Children ,

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Thomas Lucy and Henry as they relocate

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to their new home , as well as strength

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within the family as they adjust to

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their new surroundings , new schools

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and cultures . We also pray for Colonel

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Michael Spam Cassidy and for blessings

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upon his leadership . We pray for

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wisdom in his daily decisions ,

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understanding in his relationship with

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his marines and sailors and strength in

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the face of any adversity he may

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encounter during his command of mag 31

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we pray a very special prayer for his

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wife , Maya and pray that they feel a

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sense of welcome during the transition

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to life in the low country . We also

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ask for guidance and strength for our

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nation's leadership as they navigate

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the turbulent waters of this moment in

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history . How many

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ladies and gentlemen , please be seated .

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Present day reviews in the Marine Corps

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have their basis of both history and

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tradition . The mass formation of

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troops on one long line at close

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interval , made possible the massing of

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firepower from muzzle loaded muskets of

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the past , the adjective formed the

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line of battle . And in those early

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days , that line consisted of two or

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three ranks much like in the review

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you'll see today

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of the

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what , how to what

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hold on man . Cool . Alright . Uh so

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45 40 . Ok .

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So as it is called ,

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right ?

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Yes . Oh my

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right . No . No .

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Oh yeah .

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Oh , ready

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cut .

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The point is not . Is

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oh no .

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Right , strict

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ready go

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great fighter attack squad at 312 , all

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president are accounted for

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fighter attack quarter 533 all present

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or cat

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fighter attack training squad in 501

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all present or accounted for

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Breed Aviation logistics squadron 31

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all present or accounted for .

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Oh , crazy . So

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I sent it to owner their daughter

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marine aircraft crew . 31

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28 2 , 2021 .

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These are they is that strong ?

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You are smart and just just

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on the come ,

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you must stay free . You go that day .

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Ladies and gentlemen now taking his

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position in the reviewing area is the

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commanding general Second Marine

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Aircraft Wing Major General William H

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Swan . Please rise for honors to Major

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General Swan that

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oh , ready

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come on stack present f

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that order are

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Oh

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right , good ,

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great judge .

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Please be seated . Now taking his

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position in the reviewing area is the

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commanding officer for Marine Aircraft

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Group 31 Colonel Dustin Byron . He that

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great good .

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Instead present hot

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step order hot .

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Oh God . Oh ,

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right

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me go .

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Sergeant Major . Deliver the colors to

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the commanding officer . We now come to

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the ceremony's most solemn moment . The

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actual passing of command . The battle

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colors of a Marine Corps unit symbolize

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the authority and accountability of

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command . Transferring the colors

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during the ceremony symbolizes the

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relinquishing of command by Colonel

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Byron and by accepting the colors .

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Colonel Cassidy accepts command and

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confirms his total commitment to the

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marines and sailors that he will

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command . Sergeant Major George Vega is

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delivering the co to the commanding

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officer .

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Please

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dead freeze in f

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from calm down the Marine Corps to

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Colonel Dustin J Byram . Effective 1728

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June 2024 . You will stay detached from

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your duties as commanding officer ,

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Marine Aircraft Group 31 and report to

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the Commanding General Aviation

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Department Headquarters , Marine Corps ,

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Washington DC signed Eric M Smith ,

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General United States Marine Corps

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Commandant of Marine Corps .

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From comment on the Marine Corps to

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Colonel Michael R . Cassidy effective

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1728 June 2024 . You are directed to

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assume your duties as commanding

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officer , Marine Aircraft Group . 31

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signed Eric M Smith General United

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States Marine Corps Commandant of the

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Marine Corps .

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Oh . Oh ,

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great strict

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ready cut .

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Now taking his position in the

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reviewing area is the reviewing officer

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for today's ceremony . Major General

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Swan

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officer to be decorated and all colors .

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March carry

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to it .

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Ready come

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detail forward . Come on

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offer to be decorated and all colors

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present very well .

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Breath dad . Oh ,

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that reason . Fine ladies and

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gentlemen , please rise for the playing

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of the national anthem .

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That to what ?

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Great ,

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great cut .

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Oh . Oh .

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Hm .

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Ok . Please be seated .

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The president of the United States

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takes pleasure in presenting the legion

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of Mary to Colonel Dustin J Byron ,

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United States Marine Corps for servers

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is set forth in the following for an

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exceptionally meritorious conduct in

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his performance of outstanding service

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as Commanding Officer Marine Aircraft

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Group 31 from May 2022 to June 2024 .

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During this period , Colonel Byram ,

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superior leadership knowledge and

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mission focus served as a foundation to

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his successful command tour . Under his

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direction , the squadrons of Marine

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aircraft group 31 provided support to

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all areas of the globe spanning from

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support to the United States Indo

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Pacific Command unit deployment program

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to reinforcing multinational cooper

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operation in the Baltic Sea and

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strengthening North Atlantic Treaty

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Organization relationships with Nordic

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allies ever mindful to the drastic

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changes faced by the tactical air

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community . He adeptly steered the

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group's focus to emerging technologies

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in the tactical air transfer plan and

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directed the support of multiple

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command post exercises and various

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naval training evolutions while

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sustaining exceptional F-35 bravo

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lightning performance metrics . He

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remained engaged with the ongoing

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maintenance of the legacy F-18 Hornet

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platform . As a result of his skillful

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management , the F-18 Hornet squadrons

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routinely achieved and sustained high

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emission capable status in aircraft

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reads . In total . His group obtained

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the highest squadron training readiness

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levels and flew more than 21,900 hours

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across the 4 F-18 hornet squadrons and

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2 F-35 bravo lighting squadrons by his

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bold leadership wise judgment and

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complete dedication to duty Colonel

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Byron reflected great credit upon

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himself and upheld the highest

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traditions of the Marine Corps in the

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United States Naval Service for the

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President , Eric M Smith . Comment out

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of the Marine Corps ,

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right ?

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D ladies and

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gentlemen , the commanding general of

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Second Marine Aircraft Wing , Major

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General Swan .

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Stuff matter of truth ,

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please put the Marines at rest .

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Ok . They're already at rest . Shake it

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out , marines . I missed that . He said ,

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yeah , hey , welcome everybody . Uh

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Super excited to be here today in , in

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the little country . Uh and at the mag

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31 change of command , special welcome

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to General Hailston , sir . Great to

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see you General Byron and all the DVS

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and family and friends that made the

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trip . I know these two gentlemen ,

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Warren and spam really appreciate you

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making the trip out here and it says a

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lot to these two uh for you being here

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to honor us with your presence . So ,

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so really thank you a couple of other .

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Thank yous for starting major Bega and

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your team , the Paris Island Band and

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all the marines standing in front of

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you today that represent the nearly

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2000 marines and sailors in mag 31 . We

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really not only thank them for

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everything they did to put this

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ceremony on today , but for what they

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do for our nation and our core on a

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daily basis , please join me in a round

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of applause for everyone .

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Thank you . You know , the uh the

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narrator and the chaplain talked about

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the change of command and the , and the

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passing of the colors that flag

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represents the history and legacy of

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this unit dating all the way back to

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World War Two . And when the commander

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takes that flag , I see three

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priorities . One to be ready to execute

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the mission . Two to take care of his

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marine sailors and their families . And

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then three build on that legacy here in

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Meg 31 . All the old CS in the crowd .

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I see one of them right there . They

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wondered , how did Warren do ? I'm here

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to tell you , Warren crushed it . He

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did , he did an amazing job through

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some hard times , do some hard times .

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But your leadership uh can't go

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unnoticed and I really appreciate

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everything you did for this hair group .

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It doesn't go without being said that

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behind every great marine leader is a

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great marine family . Christine , you

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and your three kids , Henry Lucy and

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Thomas , you can't do it without you .

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And I thank you for what you support

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you provided to Warren , but also for

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all the families and their spouses here

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in Mag 31 . I really appreciate it .

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And thank you . Well done . I wish you

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all the best as you head back up north

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and as the chaplain said , good luck

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with the traffic spam and maya .

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Welcome back . How , how fitting to

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have a harrier guy . Welcome home to

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Beaufort , South Carolina . You know ,

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I got to work with you in the hallway ,

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spam . I can't think of a better

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officer , better leader , better family

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team to take mag 31 to the next level .

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I wish you all the best and look

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forward to providing any support that I

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can . Uh as we continue this journey ,

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ladies and gentlemen , a round of

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applause and the former commander of

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Marine Aircraft Group 31 my friend

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Warren by

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Jo Swan . Thanks sir for the kind words .

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Thanks for your mentorship over the

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past 10 years and always uh thanks for

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your support to the breeds and families

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here at ma 31 . I appreciate everything

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Joe Hailston . Dad . Thanks so much for

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coming out to uh to be with us today .

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Hey , ladies and gentlemen ,

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distinguished guests , uh marine

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sailors and uh and of course , like

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everybody here that that's here today .

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I , I appreciate you guys so much for

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being here and uh and make the time to

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come to our change command . I'm a firm

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believer that uh that the length your

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market should be equal to one over the

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heat in that . So I'm gonna keep it

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short . So I'm not able to individually

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recognize you today . We'll buy a cold

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beer at the club . We'll call it good .

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Ok , first of all , though , I do want

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to thank some people like uh the CG

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said , hey , the Paris Island Band for

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the last two years . They've been at

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every change of command . They've been

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at every , uh , Marine Corps ball .

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They've been in everyone on our

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retirements . They sound great . We

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love seeing these guys at the air

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station . I really appreciate them

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being here . They're , they're

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fantastic , uh , to , uh , to my wife

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Christine , uh , the CG said I couldn't

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have done it without you . So I

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appreciate , uh , all your advice and

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support when I was around , like at ,

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uh , and then your patients

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understanding that I wasn't able to be

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there and uh and your love over the

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past quarter century , lucky for me .

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I'm the only one who keeps looking

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older . So I , I OK , thank you . Hey ,

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so my kids , thanks for being awesome .

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It's been , I'm proud to watch what you

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guys have done here in the last few

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years in uh in Buford and I can't wait

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to see uh what you guys are doing uh in

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Virginia . Hey , to uh to Colonel

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Snotty boredom and your whole team at

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uh at Marine Corps Air Station , Buford .

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Hey , uh I mean M CCS everybody . You

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guys are fantastic . Uh I can't tell

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you every day how happy I am to be part

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of this air station to be on this air

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station to be on the premier fighter

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base in the uh in the Marine Corps .

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And uh I tell you what makes it the

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best is all the work that you guys do

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to make things better for our marines ,

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our sailors and families . You do that

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tirelessly every day , day , in , day

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out . And I can't tell you how much I

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appreciate what you have done

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personally , as well as every member of

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your staff . You guys are fantastic .

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All right to , uh , to my sergeant

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major . Where do you go ? George George

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Vega . So , uh , hey , I think my best

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decision on , uh , in command was , uh ,

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was time your real list of papers on my

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second week , uh , When I was here , I

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was like , yeah , I'm not sure . I

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don't know this guy yet , but uh but

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hey , thank you for your advice and

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mentorship , your friendship . Uh

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Thanks for helping me carry my flag

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here all over the world . And uh and

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thank you for uh for most of all your

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100% dedication to the marines and

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sailors of Mac 31 . I've learned so

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much for your leadership . Thanks

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George eight of my ex os . Uh K fed

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that , sorry , mug that

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kids . You're a boss

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whos and especially school . Hey ,

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thanks so much for running the mag when

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I was out gallivant around the world

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with the uh with the sergeant major and

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shirking my responsibilities . Uh Thank

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you for all your leadership , not just

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to the staff but to every marine and

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sailor here at uh at mag 31 . And uh

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thanks for never being afraid to close

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the door when I was going off high and

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right and give me back to a wings of

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latitude . I appreciate you guys so

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much , man . I could have done it

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without you guys . Hey , to the staff

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here at Mac 31 . Uh when I came here ,

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I told you my number one priority was

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supporting the squadrons and you guys

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took that and ran with it and producing

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spades . I can't , I've never worked

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with a more high performing staff with

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a better group of people and everything

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that the mag has done over these past

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two years has been enabled by you guys .

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You've been a fantastic uh staff . I

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mean , it's a model and , uh , and I've

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been an honor to be a part of it . All

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right , to the CEO S , hey , everyone

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of you guys took the guide on or took

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your , uh the colors on day one and you

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spread it all the way through your

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command tour . It's been such a

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pleasure to watch you guys build your

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teams , train your marines and go out

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and accomplish that mission that you

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had no matter what it was . And it was ,

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uh , it was , I learned a lot from ever

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watching every one of you guys . And I

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thank you for your leadership over

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these past two years and you know ,

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beyond and , and going forward as well .

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All right . Hey , the marines and

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sailors that you see out here along

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with nearly 1800 others that they ,

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that they represent in the past four

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years have or the past two years ,

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about four Western Pacific deployments ,

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you know , two deployments to the High

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North to support our NATO allies , you

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know , three WTIS as well as countless

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other uh clothes for training in the

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United States and uh and elsewhere ,

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you know , cast rags . They've done

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everything that we asked of them and

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they've done that because of tireless

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work , day night and weekends by these

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marines behind us to put up up aircraft

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in uh into the uh into the air to have

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trained marines and qualified air crew .

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So they could take the fight to our

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enemies anywhere in the world . And

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marines are mag 31 . I've been honored

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to be part of your team super fides .

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No , you say , hey , hey ,

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stay and Maya , I'm so so happy to uh

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to be passing this off to you .

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Congratulations , like welcome to the

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Mac 31 family . We're so happy to have

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you guys here and uh I can't think of a

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better person to be taking over Mac 31 .

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I can't wait to see what you do over

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the next two years . It's gonna be

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awesome . All right with that , that

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actual commanding officer of marine

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aircraft 31 1st . Stand out .

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I'm so excited to be up here today .

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I'm gonna jump the gun a little bit

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there . Sorry about that . Uh General

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Swan . Thank you very much for being

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out here , sir and participating in

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today's ceremony . I look forward to

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working with you again . Uh And I'm

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sure both of us can agree that we'd

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much rather be here right now than

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rolling up at the Pentagon General

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Hailston . It's been a long time . I

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think I was probably uh not a full

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functional adult when I last saw you .

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It's great to see you here today , sir .

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And uh and welcome and General Byron ,

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welcome as well to the Marines and the

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band . Hey , thank you . You all look

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fantastic today . I know you put a lot

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of hard work into what you did . Um But

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our bottom line is these ceremonies

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aren't worth , not , not worth it , but

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aren't what they would be if you did

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put in that hard work . So , thank you

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very much and I promise I'll keep this

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short because I follow Warren's uh

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guidance on when it's hot out to get

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this done quick . I got a couple uh

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groups of individuals . I'd like to

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thank first , family and friends that

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have traveled from far and wide to come

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here . Some as far as why to be with me

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today . Hey , bottom line is you have

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been the support for me ever since I

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was young and I have people here that

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I've known all my life that I've known

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since elementary school that have met

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along the way . So , thank you very

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much . I appreciate it from the bottom

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of my heart . Also , my dad , Barry

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Cassidy Marine F 4 F-18 pilot I've got

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Colleen Husin , my mother-in-law who's

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a navy , retired navy nurse . They've

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also been with me some longer than

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others , but they've been with me

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throughout the entirety of my Marine

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Corps career , supported me along the

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way and bottom line . They've been to

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the majority of these type of

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ceremonies for me and these would not

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be the same if it wasn't for you . I'm

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so glad you're here today to the

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marines that I've worked with before .

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Whether or not you were a mentor and

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led me to the point where I am now ,

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whether or not you're one of the people

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that were my peers . You got me through

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the hard times and gave me the advice I

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needed or whether or not you were one

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of the people who worked for me and you

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did all the hard work . They got me

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here . Hey , thank you . You are the

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reason I've stayed in the Marine Corps .

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One of the primary reasons it's all

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about the people and you are the , for

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reason why I wake up every morning and

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come to work is because I get to work

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with you . That was one of the primary

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decisions that kept me going finally to

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my wife Maya , who's the other reason

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I'm still in the Marine Corps because

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she continues to loan me out day by day

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to the Marine Corps and I promise her

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I'll pay off the loan one day . I've

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said this about 20 times now , but I'm

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not sure that I uh have done it yet .

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One day , I promise , I promise she

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continues to sacrifice to allow me to

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do what it is that I love to do so

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through all the deployments , through

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all the continued things we do . She

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makes the sacrifices and you support me

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throughout this career that I've done .

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I love you very much from the bottom of

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my heart . I'm so glad you're with me .

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Love you .

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All right , Warren Christine , you've

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been such gracious hosts since we've

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been here . Ever since you found out

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that I was coming to mag 31 . You reach

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out to me and you are leaving me and

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honestly , world class organizations .

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That's , that's the first thing . The

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second thing is you've welcomed me in

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and you have given me everything I've

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needed to be successful here . You've

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jumped through hoops to make sure

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that's the case . That , that , that is

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an absolute testament to Warren's

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character . He's an absolute uh or

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absolute rock star , world class

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individual . Uh And I appreciate that

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good luck brother of the Pentagon . All

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right . Finally , I promise to make

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this short . So I will make it short .

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Bring the sailors of mag 31 . I am

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absolutely honored and privileged to be

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standing before you as your commander

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today and I can think of no place . I'd

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rather be right here and right now

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tackle the challenges of the future

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with that I am growing thirsty and I'll

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take warn up on his his offer . I think

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it's time to go to the club except for

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fine you . God bless you .

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Marine aircraft route 31 would like to

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thank Miss Christine Byron for her

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support to the marines , sailors and

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civilians of marine aircraft route . 31

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while extending a warm welcome to Miss

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Maya Cassidy and the Cassidy family .

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That ok , look ,

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we started

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the colors can read that white color

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six for ready .

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Cut K March . March

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the word March . ST laugh

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tra step forward is not

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P

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oh oh because

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ready strip

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great . Go ahead .

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Now , taking his position in the

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reviewing area is the commanding

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officer ra aircraft rate 31 Colonel

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Michael Cassy , I command and review .

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Hi sir ,

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Carrie John .

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Ready go

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and review .

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Bye . Hey .

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Oh ,

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what ?

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Ok . Right

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today of

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major surgeon

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commanders for

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squadron commander , free fighter

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attack squadron 533 Lieutenant Colonel

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Zachary ,

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the collar sergeant , three aircraft 31

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guard is sergeant .

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Some great fighters have training

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the squadron commander . Why

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please rise ?

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Yeah .

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Mhm .

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As a

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I understand what you say . Yeah ,

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they cut it .

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Ladies and gentlemen , this day care .