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Oh no no .

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When you put this cover on , you're not

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just United States Marine Corps drill

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instructor . But

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You're carrying 110 years of Marine

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Corps tradition .

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Oh

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For 110 years this island has turned

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civilians into United States Marines .

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Watching that transformation , that

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progress as time goes on week by week ,

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it's amazing to watch how you can take

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somebody that comes from nothing and

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turn them into a United States Marine .

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Honor , courage , commitment , that's

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what this island reads .

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Just the pride and taking those

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individuals , you're shaping them ,

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you're molding them and you start

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knocking away at this boulder and by

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the time Thurs phase comes around , you

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got something that looks just about

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like an eagle globe and anchor and then

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just before . You walk them across a

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parade that you hit that final chisel

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and you got an eagle globe and acre ,

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just having those individuals walk

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across that prey deck emulating you and

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the rest of the drilling struggles was

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just phenomenal and you know from that

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moment on , it was a job well done .

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Every civilian that steps on the yellow

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footprints is a blank slate . It's my

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duty . It is my duty . It is my duty .

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It's my duty to make them into United

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States Marines . Every marine that I

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made has my stamp . I wanted to make

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sure my stamp went out in the fleet

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Marine Force and did successful things .

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We're called the backbone of recruit

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training because we make everything

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happen . We shape and mold and we turn

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these civilians into basically trained

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marines . We're training young men how

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to be lethal war fighters . The

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training that they receive here gives

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them a baseline to build off of . And

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the poor is gonna be in good hands

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because we have men and women out there

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that aren't putting in everything

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because they know it takes everything

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to protect the nation . It feels good ,

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you know , to know that we as an

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institution have been doing it right

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for , you know , 110 years now . You

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are training your replacement , you

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know , one day these individuals are

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gonna have to replace us . I knew that

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the corps was in good hands because of

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the individuals that I trained as

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recruits to Marines , these brand new

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Marines will be serving alongside us

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very soon as either as our junior

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Marines or sometimes even as our peers .

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I have run into him , you know , during ,

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uh , career . Either go save their life

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or they gonna save yours , you know .

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The uh goal there was to prepare them

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to step into my shoes later on down the

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road and serve in combat with them .

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The hardest part about Ben and Joher

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would have to be sort of like the time ,

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although it's one of the most beautiful

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rewarding things , it's , it's very

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painful , you know , you don't get to

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spend much time with family . We miss

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family events . We miss checking our

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kids in at night , but when we see

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those recruits turn into marines is

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worth every second . I don't believe

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I've done anything in the Marine Corps

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that's more worth it than being a join .

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Giving the Eagle Globe an anchor to one

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of the recruits transforming them into

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a United States Marine . It's probably

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one of the most humbling events knowing

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that you took them from knowing

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absolutely nothing to now someone that

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is a part of that brotherhood . It's a

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surreal feeling when you do it , it's

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almost like every time you remember

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what it felt like when you got that

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Eglobin anchor placed in your hand . As

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a drone striker when I give . That

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recruit an EGA , and I call him a

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Marine for the first time . It's , it's

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the greatest feeling I've ever felt as

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a Marine next to getting my EGA . We're

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very proud of the individual , not just

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from who they are , but what they've

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gone through to earn that title of the

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United States . It's very impactful

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knowing that you changed your life

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forever . Drone instructors are marked

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by this campaign cover . Putting this

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campaign cover on each and every day

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and going to work , probably one of the

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proudest things to be able to do it

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wearing this campaign cover it's a

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symbol of what the Marine Corps stands

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for . It's bigger than yourself , it's

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bigger than you , it's bigger than who

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you are as a person and it's just

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making sure that you're carrying on

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that legacy that tradition . Is a

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representation of the legacy of the

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Marine Corps . I have to hold myself to

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a standard first before I could even

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hold recruits to the standard . What it

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means to me specifically to have the

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campaign cover , it makes me more of a

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mentor in order to train recruits . You

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have to be hard on them , but you also

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have to mentor them . The moment I knew

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I had an impact on recruits' lives was

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Being able to get those messages when

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that individual comes up to you upon

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graduation and says thank you sir .

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Come up shake your hands , sir , I'm so

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glad I had you as a drill instructor .

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Months and even years down the road ,

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you get a message and all of a sudden

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it's an individual telling you how you

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changed their life now understanding

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why you held them to such a high

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standard . And their parents will come

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to you and they tell you like you made

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a change in my child . I don't

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recognize my son like he's completely

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different he's mature he's much more

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aware his body posture , everything is

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different , how he talks , how he

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stands , and I just wanna thank you for

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partially raising my son . When that

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recruit walks across that parade deck

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and marine , they come up to you and

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shake your hand and say thank you for

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everything and your hard work . I think

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that's what means the most to me .

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They're always gonna remember who you

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are . One thing they always remember is

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the Joe Sawers' names . Everything they

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do here has one goal to prepare them

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for the fight . And wherever that fight

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takes us they'll be ready .

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No The transformation begins here .

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And it always will . 110 years in the

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making and we will continue to shape

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the Marine Corps for 110 years to come .

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No no no no .

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Heard a