WEBVTT 00:01.379 --> 00:03.859 Today is our leadership training 00:03.859 --> 00:06.300 exercise . Doing hard and tough things 00:07.019 --> 00:09.579 builds resiliency and it kind of builds 00:09.579 --> 00:11.310 grit too . Right . 00:14.560 --> 00:17.260 The Citadel is the South Carolina 00:17.260 --> 00:20.000 Military College . What our mission is 00:20.010 --> 00:22.700 is to make principled leaders and next 00:22.700 --> 00:24.644 to the service academies like West 00:24.644 --> 00:26.756 Point , Annapolis , and the Air Force 00:26.756 --> 00:28.978 Academy , we're pretty much the largest 00:28.978 --> 00:31.144 producer of officers for the , for the 00:31.144 --> 00:34.169 armed forces . You have so many 00:34.419 --> 00:37.450 leadership chances . You get to face 00:37.450 --> 00:39.250 different , you know , unique 00:39.250 --> 00:41.417 experiences , go to different places . 00:41.417 --> 00:44.125 Go through a rigorous and very 00:44.125 --> 00:46.654 structured day and that's what pushes 00:46.654 --> 00:48.875 you know each other to do better . 00:49.205 --> 00:51.094 Individuals that are down here in 00:51.094 --> 00:53.316 Parris Island today are going to be the 00:53.316 --> 00:55.483 ones that will be directly involved in 00:55.483 --> 00:57.594 training the freshmen that are coming 00:57.594 --> 00:59.705 to the Citadel this year . We've been 00:59.705 --> 01:02.038 able to do things like the Rappel Tower , 01:02.038 --> 01:04.205 Pupil 6 , the confidence course . It's 01:04.205 --> 01:06.764 been great to meet my new team , meet 01:06.764 --> 01:10.250 everyone who's out here . The Citadel , 01:10.379 --> 01:12.620 it's a path less traveled . I've never 01:12.620 --> 01:14.231 seen anybody come out of the 01:14.231 --> 01:16.970 organization that wasn't happy having 01:16.970 --> 01:19.410 committed to it and done the four years . 01:19.580 --> 01:21.802 They always leave the organization with 01:21.802 --> 01:23.913 a sense of accomplishment and a sense 01:23.913 --> 01:23.220 of pride .