WEBVTT 00:19.629 --> 00:21.685 This recruit is from Bowling Green , 00:21.685 --> 00:23.462 Kentucky . This recruit is from 00:23.462 --> 00:25.407 Nashville , Tennessee , Moultrie , 00:25.407 --> 00:27.740 Georgia , Cape Coral , Florida , Tompka , 00:27.740 --> 00:27.629 Alabama , Chesapeake , Virginia , Long 00:27.629 --> 00:29.462 Island , New York , Fort Myers , 00:29.462 --> 00:31.573 Florida , Franklin , North Carolina , 00:31.573 --> 00:33.518 Murfreesboro , Tennessee , Texas , 00:33.518 --> 00:35.573 Pennsylvania , New York , Maryland , 00:35.573 --> 00:37.685 Connecticut . This recruit joined the 00:37.685 --> 00:39.851 Marine Corps for 3 reasons my family , 00:39.851 --> 00:41.796 the title of being a United States 00:41.796 --> 00:43.796 Marine , and a dress producer . The 00:43.796 --> 00:45.907 military was always something that he 00:45.907 --> 00:48.129 wished he had done earlier in life , so 00:48.129 --> 00:50.296 this recruit finally decided . To pull 00:50.296 --> 00:49.805 the trigger and go for it . So he had 00:49.805 --> 00:51.805 everything you could ever ask for . 00:51.805 --> 00:53.916 It's this recruit's turn to fight for 00:53.916 --> 00:55.972 freedom and fight for this country . 00:55.972 --> 00:58.194 This recruit joined the Marine Corps to 00:58.194 --> 00:58.104 serve God and his country and to fight 00:58.104 --> 01:00.215 for the freedoms that our forefathers 01:00.215 --> 01:02.104 fought to defend . This recruit's 01:02.104 --> 01:04.326 father was in the Marine Corps , so she 01:04.326 --> 01:06.660 wants to keep her father's legacy alive , 01:06.660 --> 01:06.404 sir . His father was a Marine . He 01:06.404 --> 01:08.737 wanted to be a part of something bigger . 01:08.737 --> 01:11.014 This recruit wanted to be a part of an 01:11.074 --> 01:13.296 organization that would make her family 01:13.296 --> 01:15.296 proud , to follow the legacy of her 01:15.296 --> 01:17.352 family . Her brothers were in . Uh , 01:17.352 --> 01:19.241 this past year , and she wants to 01:19.241 --> 01:21.352 compete for the rest of her life with 01:21.352 --> 01:23.352 him . Two of his buddies are in the 01:23.352 --> 01:22.680 army and he wanted to show him he could 01:22.680 --> 01:24.902 do it as well . This recruit joined the 01:24.902 --> 01:26.958 Marine Corps to show her nieces that 01:26.958 --> 01:29.124 females can do things too and not just 01:29.124 --> 01:31.291 men . She felt that she needed to give 01:31.291 --> 01:33.620 back everything that her mom , um , 01:33.839 --> 01:36.879 sacrificed to pay her mom back for 01:36.879 --> 01:38.879 everything that she gave her during 01:38.879 --> 01:40.990 those struggles . This recruit joined 01:40.990 --> 01:43.101 the Marine Corps because he had . A 7 01:43.101 --> 01:45.046 year old daughter and he wants her 01:45.046 --> 01:47.101 future to be better off to provide a 01:47.101 --> 01:49.323 stable lifestyle for his son . Disco is 01:49.323 --> 01:51.546 a single mom , so she tried to give the 01:51.546 --> 01:51.044 circle daughter everything that this 01:51.044 --> 01:53.266 girl's ever had . This has a 2 year old 01:53.266 --> 01:56.464 son back home , and he just wanted to 01:56.464 --> 01:58.520 provide a better future for him . He 01:58.520 --> 02:00.575 had a bad problem with authority and 02:00.575 --> 02:02.742 wanted to get rid of that problem , so 02:02.742 --> 02:02.464 he was kind of running with a bad crowd 02:02.464 --> 02:04.631 back at home . He wanted to break away 02:04.631 --> 02:06.686 from that and just really unlock his 02:06.686 --> 02:08.797 full potential . Both as a leader and 02:08.797 --> 02:11.600 just as a man to become better as a man , 02:11.800 --> 02:13.856 be more disciplined to challenge and 02:13.856 --> 02:15.744 improve herself both mentally and 02:15.744 --> 02:17.689 physically . This recruit needed a 02:17.689 --> 02:17.559 change and wanted to do something more 02:17.559 --> 02:19.503 exciting and challenging . She was 02:19.503 --> 02:21.559 looking for a challenge in life , to 02:21.559 --> 02:23.670 give herself a challenge and a better 02:23.670 --> 02:25.670 life . A lot of people end up doing 02:25.670 --> 02:27.837 something they hate . And this recruit 02:27.837 --> 02:27.160 didn't want to end up like that and 02:27.160 --> 02:29.438 wanted to do something with their life . 02:29.438 --> 02:31.549 This recruit wanted to build a better 02:31.549 --> 02:33.382 foundation for her future . This 02:33.382 --> 02:35.549 recruit felt that at 28 , his life was 02:35.549 --> 02:37.660 lacking purpose . This recruit joined 02:37.660 --> 02:39.827 the Marine Corps in order to find that 02:39.827 --> 02:41.938 purpose and accomplish something with 02:41.938 --> 02:41.839 his family , kids and grandkids would 02:41.839 --> 02:45.149 ultimately be proud of him for . They 02:45.149 --> 02:47.205 come from all over and they come for 02:47.205 --> 02:49.205 different reasons , but here at the 02:49.205 --> 02:51.316 Academy of Discipline and sacrifice , 02:51.316 --> 02:55.169 they unite to become Marines . For 250 02:55.169 --> 02:57.570 years , those before us have paid what 02:57.570 --> 02:59.681 is owed to breathe the blessed air of 02:59.681 --> 03:02.339 freedom . We can do no less .