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00:00There is no leeway for things missed.
00:26There's no leeway for if I mess up a procedure.
00:30Because it's not just me.
00:39It is supporting that 18, 19-year-old on the ground that's about to jump into a building.
00:48Everyone that cares in this business and eventually is good is hard on themselves.
00:54Because it is extremely hard and you strive for perfection even though you're never going
01:04to get it.
01:04But there is a balance of like being overly critical in yourself to the point where it
01:10then degrades you.
01:11What did I tell you before this?
01:15It's going to be painful.
01:17Yes.
01:19It's the whole point, dude.
01:19If it wasn't painful, we didn't do our job right.
01:25There was a lot of lessons learned.
01:28That is the point of all of this.
01:30We threw the kitchen sink at you, man.
01:34But the one thing you have to do and cannot lose is your composure.
01:39This is what we're testing.
01:41Can you recover from that and not, you know, do a downward spiral and then fall apart?
01:45I think a lot of nerves were there.
01:50Whenever I heard that tiny dancer went down, immediately it's just a sinking feeling.
01:55So there's that shock.
01:57I just let down not only him, but his family.
02:01Yeah, it's training, but I mean, it's still tough to think about.
02:07It doesn't matter what Jacob does.
02:09When Jacob takes up a cause, it's all or nothing.
02:14But he's his own worst critic.
02:15And when he starts getting hard on himself about something in the Marines or just about
02:19something in life, that's when I'm the go-to.
02:26My stepdad has been such a mentor to me.
02:29My goal was to be as close like him as possible.
02:34So I went the enlisted route.
02:36I picked the job that he had.
02:40I don't even know what's in here.
02:45Oh, man.
02:48I let my family talk me into getting out of the Marines.
02:51Let's see what else.
02:53And I instantly knew I made a mistake when I came home.
02:56Instantly knew.
02:57But I had made a decision, and I was going to stick with the decision because I was hard-headed.
03:03If I'd have been smart and not hard-headed, I'd carried my ass back into the Marines.
03:11Navy Achievement Medal.
03:12I did something good.
03:15I don't remember what it was.
03:21The Marine Corps has given me a lot.
03:25I joined whenever I was a teenager.
03:27I met my best friends through it.
03:28I've had the coolest experiences through it.
03:30My life as an adult now.
03:33But I also don't have a wife or kids.
03:36And whenever I look into the next ten years of my life, ultimately that is something that I want to do.
03:44Terry, great, great guy.
03:47He passed away a couple of years ago.
03:52Terry was my best friend.
03:56He named his son after me.
04:00I just never regained
04:04that type of friendship or bond with anyone since.
04:15For people like us,
04:19I kind of feel empty in a way for the rest of your life.
04:22I was a small member of the Marine Corps.
04:32But my job mattered.
04:34And they made me feel like I mattered.
04:38I'm always going to be hard on myself.
04:40All of my instructors are equally as hard, if not harder.
04:43Because they know that we're better than what we think we're capable of.
04:47And dude, you're a confident guy.
04:50Be confident.
04:51Like, this is your section.
04:52Okay?
04:53It's not Vader's section.
04:54He's not the actual section lead.
04:55I'm not the actual section lead.
04:56You're the actual section lead.
04:58Okay?
04:59Treat it that way.
05:00Yeah.
05:00So, that's why I tell Jacob,
05:05son, stay where you're at.
05:07You got everything you need.
05:08Tension the Elf up.
05:29Tension the Elf up.
05:30Gentlemen, at 0710 local time,
05:33fan sheet sustained.
05:3412 casualties.
05:35Eight urgent.
05:36Four routine.
05:37This is determined to be a mass casualty event.
05:40The shock trauma team is available on Kim Blue.
05:43However, their equipment has been packed up and is moving back.
05:46So, we'll need the equipment from America to make them operationally capable.
05:49Oh, hold on.
05:50Hold on.
05:50So, we got the shock trauma team is on the beach,
05:54but their equipment is...
05:56Their equipment's being retrograded now, sir.
05:58Packed up.
05:59Packed up.
05:59So, I would say that the immediate care and triage of the patients that are coming to the beach has got to be the first problem we solve.
06:08Concur?
06:08Yes, sir.
06:09Concur.
06:15Cherry picker, cherry picker, cherry picker.
06:16Buddy, you're going to be okay.
06:18You're going to be okay.
06:19Part of any exercise is simulated casualties called cherry pickers.
06:24First squad, give us two.
06:25We have to make sure that we can actually evacuate them back from shore to ship so they can be treated by a higher level of care.
06:31Ah!
06:32It's very good.
06:32It's very good.
06:33Ah!
06:34Help me!
06:35Sir!
06:36Oh, my mother, I love her, please!
06:38Come on with the patient.
06:39Take his weapon.
06:40Ah!
06:41Ah!
06:42What's wrong with the patient?
06:43Gunshot wound, left leg.
06:44The next fight that we're looking at is very different from any fight that we've had before.
06:51Never has a battlefield been more lethal.
06:55Looking at, you know, Ukraine versus Russia, whether it be the use of drones or the use of armor,
07:00or even a kind of reversion to old tactics of, you know, these elaborate trench systems.
07:08It's scary stuff, especially with how advanced weapons are getting.
07:11What's fortunate is that I think for the first time in my lifetime, at least,
07:17we're actually able to look at a foreign conflict and learn lessons from it.
07:21Right now, we look at Ukraine, and something like 90% of the casualties are now being caused by drones,
07:27which were weapons that were virtually unheard of 20 years ago.
07:31I mean, imagine if drone technology had been available in Afghanistan.
07:34We had a hard enough time with the Taliban, and they didn't even have drones.
07:39No air force, no artillery.
07:41Hey, give us a shot!
07:44But if you think about the casualties that America suffered,
07:477,000 American fatalities in the war on terror,
07:51relatively speaking, is a pretty light cost.
07:54That would be different fighting China or fighting Russia.
07:57that's large-scale mass warfare.
08:25That's large-scale mass warfare.
08:27Attention eight o'clock.
08:32Attention eight o'clock.
08:34Two cherry pickers en route to the America ETA.
08:38Eight mics.
08:39Over.
08:39Roger.
08:45When you take command of a unit, everything looks different.
08:50When something goes wrong, you're the one that writes a letter to someone's mother or father
08:53explaining why this went wrong and what happened.
08:59Have you had to write those letters?
09:00Yes.
09:02How did that feel?
09:04How do you think it felt?
09:14You see, he got killed.
09:17So there was evaluators, and he was standing behind me, and I kicked Bando off the gun,
09:22and I was shooting, and he was like, you got shot in the head.
09:27I'm still alive.
09:28They usually wear desert camis.
09:30Yeah, notionally, I got shot in the head.
09:33I don't know how I got killed.
09:35We survived.
09:36We executed.
09:38Mission complete.
09:40Last night was the closest thing to combat that you can get in the world today.
09:45During the raid, my gunner, his night vision went down.
09:52Thank God I brought extra double A's with me, and I had, like, literally one in my pocket.
09:56And he hot-swapped it, like, there on the spot.
10:00Later, there was misfires.
10:01Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
10:03Pull it back!
10:06As a machine gunner, if you have a misfire, you have a stoppage.
10:10Every millisecond that goes by that your gun is not up is a millisecond that your brothers are vulnerable.
10:17Get that gun up, let's go.
10:18Get the fucking gun up!
10:20Three, two, one.
10:23Being able to remediate that stoppage was so important.
10:26A lot of that shit that we practiced for happened when we were doing the surtex, and we acted accordingly.
10:33Like, we fought like we trained.
10:40All right, we're going to do a company formation right here, facing this little open area.
10:45Good?
10:45Go!
10:48Boonies on, chest rigs on, weapons flung towards the back.
10:53Company, out to hoot.
10:55Report.
10:56Report.
10:561st platoon, all present are accounted for.
10:592nd platoon, all present are accounted for.
11:013rd platoon, all present, all accounted for.
11:033rd platoon, all present, all accounted for.
11:04Lance Corporal Seymour, report to the company commander.
11:06Fuck.
11:07To all who shall see these presents gringed, know ye that reposing special trust and confidence in the fidelity and abilities of Price T. Seymour, I do appoint this Marine a corporal meritorious.
11:35In the United States Marine Corps, you are charging carefully and diligently to execute the duties and responsibilities of a corporal of marines.
11:43And I do strictly direct all personnel of lesser grade to render obedience to appropriate orders.
11:48As a corporal of marines, you will lead your marines with firmness, fairness, and dignity.
11:54Signed, Benjamin T. Watson, Major General, United States Marine Corps, commanding.
11:59All right, Corporal Seymour, the floor is yours.
12:06First of all, I want to thank guns, weapons in general, assault, that's everybody, for advice, chin up, chest out, talk the talk, walk the walk, and get that fucking gun up, baby.
12:20All right, gentlemen, congratulate them, let's get our packs on and get staged.
12:25We're stepping in five.
12:27We need force pass.
12:28I will.
12:29Congrats, Seymour.
12:30Well earned.
12:31Yes, sir.
12:32Fucking keep it up, Sergeant.
12:33Won't be far off.
12:34Yes, sir.
12:35Thank you, sir.
12:36Seymour is one of the best marines that I've ever had the pleasure of working with.
12:41You guys, brother.
12:42Oh, dude, I'm so pumped.
12:43Congratulations, bud.
12:44Thank you, Sergeant.
12:45That guy's a leader among his peers.
12:58He's just phenomenal.
13:00I'm promoted.
13:01I'm an NCO now.
13:02Fucking pump, man.
13:03That's sick.
13:04I've been wanting this for a while, man.
13:06That's awesome.
13:07Olsen.
13:08Olsen.
13:09Now I got another group.
13:11Yeah, you, hey, that's three, bro.
13:14That's three.
13:15Oh, I'm so happy.
13:17I'm so fucking happy.
13:18Dude, I'm on top of the world right now.
13:21Here, just group us.
13:22Oh, shit.
13:23I'm in the thought of a better marines.
13:33Tray this in the day?
13:34Yeah.
13:35All right.
13:38Oh, shit.
13:39Uh, I've seen one of you getting promoted.
13:42Like, he performs well.
13:44He loves his job.
13:45And he, like, works, like, really fucking hard.
13:47So I definitely expected him to get the promotion.
13:50I'm happy he did and proud of him, so...
13:52These letters are the only line of communication that we had with our boys.
14:05And this one's from Price.
14:07Hey, y'all.
14:08Today was a good day.
14:09I got a promotion.
14:11I made squad leader, and it's looking like I might be guide soon.
14:15Roland and I are thriving in all parts, really.
14:18Anyways, at night, I think about how nice it would be to be at home watching movies and eating some of your cookies.
14:27I just need some encouraging words.
14:29I miss you guys.
14:30With all the love in the world, Price.
14:33I think that Price really thrives and needs that positive reinforcement.
14:42I think that if you've ever lacked in that area, once you hear the positive, then it's something that you really do hold on to.
14:51And he deserves it, and he needs that.
14:58These boys, you know, they have got to do what they need to do to be happy.
15:04But being a Marine mom or whatever, I mean, I feel like I'm constantly on this emotional roller coaster.
15:11Because you are so proud of what they're doing and the men that they are, and the men that they are becoming, and scared at the same time.
15:24So this was our first one that we received from Roland.
15:29Hey, Mama.
15:30Happy Turkey Day.
15:31I love you so much, and I'm so thankful God blessed me enough to have you guys, have you as a mom.
15:37Is it their sacrifice to protect this country, this way of life?
15:51So, Mom, I say no.
15:54But I'm not the same person that they are, even though they have pieces of me, you know?
16:02I'm not, and I don't understand all that, and that's why we have the men that we do that serve.
16:08Because that is who they are, and what they're called to do.
16:14And if that is something that they feel like they're called to do, then I have to let them go and do that.
16:23And I can't hold them back.
16:32Okay, all right.
16:55Attention on deck.
16:56Okay, thanks. Carry on. Take your seats.
16:58Stand easy, folks.
17:02Good morning, CO, Commodore, Commanders, Staff.
17:05This will be your post-Certex outreach.
17:08When you went through this crucible, we really tried to ramp up the intensity over time.
17:13So this way, at the end of it, we know that when you go forward, you are as prepared as we possibly can.
17:19With that, I'll turn it over to the evaluators.
17:22Lieutenant Colonel Chiraboga, the Deputy Senior Evaluator.
17:25One issue is the intership communication is just difficult, right?
17:29Delays, not knowing what side you're on, right?
17:32All these things just impact your ability to have a good picture in command and control.
17:36It is not easy to sit here and hear over and over and over every shortcoming of this unit that you've poured your heart and soul into and you love deeply.
17:46We did not effectively set up two key organizations that are needed in order to conduct an amphibious operation.
17:53And where this bit us in the ass is when you guys started taking a high number of cherry pickers, there was not an entity to take those cherry pickers and care for them.
18:04There was no medical or casualty collection point, so they had to take care of those cherry pickers while they were trying to conduct this operation.
18:13Once you get comfortable doing something, you don't want to change and you continue to make the same mistakes unless there's some new energy injected in the situation.
18:21Good morning, General.
18:22Colonel Grant, Senior Evaluator.
18:27It became very apparent to me early on that you're losing a degree of synchronization.
18:32We've got to improve the coordination between ships.
18:34However, you and your staff were highly proficient.
18:37You gentlemen know the steps.
18:40With all of these observations that I aggregated and reported to, I'm making the recommendation that the 31st MU be fully certified for their 24.2 patrol.
18:53Yeah.
18:54Okay.
18:55I was kind of hoping you'd just get up here and say best ever and the room would burst into applause and that would be the end of it.
18:59But, uh, obviously that wasn't the case.
19:02So from the bottom of my heart and the rest of the command team here, especially Sergeant Major and I, just want to say thank you for all the work that goes on.
19:10There was a couple things that clearly we need to work on, but I could not be more happy with how the team performed.
19:16Just the volume and velocity of learning and the amount of effort that everybody at every level has put into getting better is really remarkable.
19:25You've done a phenomenal job with this patrol and really herculean work from you and your team.
19:31And so hats off to you, Chris, for the job well done.
19:34Thanks for the brief today. Awesome.
19:36Sure.
19:37Woo-hoo!
19:38And she a beaut.
19:39Dude, that thing is crystal clear.
19:40I mean, dude, when you're trying to look at a nose-on fighter coming at you, you need that thing crystal clear.
19:52We're attached to the view.
19:55And ultimately, if they're satisfied with the work that we've done, we'll be able to go home.
20:01Being back home, back on land, that's where I want to be. That's where the family's at.
20:07My wife and I are high school sweethearts, and we welcomed our first daughter a little under a year ago.
20:15In total, I've probably spent four or five months of the past seven months away from her.
20:20You know, anytime I'm flying, I'll tuck that in in case I divert. I got a little piece of them with me.
20:26You know, my daughter's first words were dada. I'm very proud of that.
20:32Her first birthday's approaching soon. She's about to take her first steps. I hope I don't miss those.
20:38So I'm excited.
20:41I'm gonna be able to get home tomorrow. It's been coming for a long time and about to let her know.
21:11decisive Score
21:22start in the high school ofında
21:25Sorry, that food!
21:26Everyone say Arigumme
21:32We'll travel!
21:35You need a brake rider and a handa bag?
21:37You need a brake rider!
21:39Good morning, Team America.
21:41If you've been watching the news lately, as you get it out here at sea,
21:46recently the Houthis in Yemen continue to conduct unprovoked attacks on shipping in the Red Sea.
21:54So as a result of the shifting of forces, that's driving some changes to your upcoming schedule.
22:02You're going to proceed down to the South China Sea in the vicinity of the Philippine Sea
22:06for activities down there.
22:10The situation in Gaza and in the Middle East had changed,
22:14and some ships were moved into the Persian Gulf,
22:18and we had to backfill some of those requirements.
22:21The retasking is about providing presence literally all over the Indo-Pacific region,
22:28and so our group will be splitting.
22:30The Green Bay will be moving down to Indonesia while the America sails north to South Korea.
22:36Right now, it's not necessarily going to be a combat mission,
22:42but our forces need to be present to stand up for our partners and allies in this region.
22:48Things are very tense.
22:50We're prepared at any point that if things were escalating,
22:53we're ready to go to conflict across the range of operations.
22:56Are you asking me to gather here?
22:59Got it, okay.
23:04I'm not going to be there for my daughter's first birthday.
23:08I get it.
23:09That's part of the gig.
23:09That's part of the business.
23:10But it doesn't make it any easier,
23:16and I know that she's not necessarily going to remember it,
23:19but it's definitely going to be something that I remember.
23:21I'm not going to be there for my wife,
23:23who's been a single mom for so much of this first year.
23:26I would really love to just celebrate with her,
23:28and I'm not going to be there for her,
23:28and I'm not going to be there for her.
23:29I'm not going to be there for her for her for her.
23:33Woo!
23:37Sorry to not think that was going to get emotional.
23:43It's tough, but it's what we signed up for.
23:47My daughter's seven, right,
23:52so she's going into second grade now.
23:55She's living her best life.
23:56She's going to summer camp.
23:57She's going to grandma's house.
23:59She's going to the pool on the weekend.
24:01But still, right, you know,
24:02you see her after a couple months,
24:04and you're like, oh, you're bigger.
24:06I missed a lot.
24:07That's, uh, that's not good.
24:09Yeah.
24:13It's tough being away from your family,
24:15but I just pour everything into my job.
24:20I have to know that what I'm doing
24:22is worthwhile out here on the ship
24:24and worth it and not at home with my baby.
24:29It's just a part of this job
24:31I don't think many people see,
24:33what parents kind of have to, like,
24:36have under the surface at all times.
24:45Medical emergency, medical emergency.
24:48Medical emergency, medical emergency.
24:51We have a shipmate who's got a medical problem,
24:54so I'm going to turn around
24:55and get our shipmate to where he's going to be able
24:57to get the care that we need to get him.
25:00Dang, man.
25:01That was a mess.
25:02You got a frankenankle.
25:04It was the famous foot.
25:05The famous foot.
25:06Yep.
25:07At first, we were thinking,
25:09it's probably okay, it's fine.
25:11Um, it kind of got worse.
25:13The antibiotics weren't working.
25:15And so the fleet surgical team said,
25:17you got to get him a short.
25:19We were heading the exact opposite direction.
25:22We were about to be genuinely in the middle of nowhere,
25:24like a hospital medical desert.
25:26So we turned right around,
25:28knowing that in about 24 hours,
25:30we would be within 100 miles of a hospital
25:32in the Philippines.
25:34We ask a lot of our young Marines.
25:41We ask them to put their lives on the line every day.
25:44And so I think it's important to show
25:45that we take care of everybody.
25:48Whenever you talk about a medevac situation,
25:51that means that a Marine is in danger in some sort.
25:55The flying itself is pretty simple,
25:57but the coordination piece to get into a foreign country,
26:01there's a lot more friction induced with that.
26:03The engine's on, one side.
26:05All right.
26:14Got it now in control,
26:17there's about that, three, four.
26:20Boys, just take a second
26:21and understand we're flying
26:23in this new country
26:25and how sick that is.
26:27This is awesome.
26:28I'm very proud to be a Marine,
26:36and there's a handful of reasons that I join.
26:41Today pretty much is one of the sole reasons
26:44because Marines take care of each other.
26:47Do you guys see American military helicopters often or no?
26:55No.
26:56No?
26:56No.
27:01It's not often that we get to do, like,
27:04real-world things.
27:06It's all just training and repeat
27:07and training and repeat.
27:08So the fact that we got to go do something
27:10and help out someone who actually needed some help,
27:14that's a good feeling.
27:17That's what it's all about.
27:18We're off the coast of South Korea
27:42on a beautiful day.
27:44It's a good naval tradition
27:46where you man the rails and show respect.
27:50You're always trying to put your best foot forward
27:52with your allies and partners.
27:54You want to be the partner of choice.
27:57China watches everything we do,
27:59and they make their own conclusions
28:00about our readiness, our will, our capabilities.
28:08Here we are now.
28:09We're operating with an Indonesian frigate.
28:12We're driving along with them.
28:13I can see them right now
28:14out the front windows of the ships.
28:15That's kind of neat.
28:17So we can actually be really proud
28:18of what we're doing down here
28:19and because there's 200 million people in Indonesia
28:23and we want them on our side.
28:31All right.
28:39We get a pretty cool opportunity
28:41every once in a while
28:42when the Navy has somebody selected
28:44for the next senior rank.
28:46So, without further ado,
28:48XO, please stand up in front of the crowd here.
28:50Yes, sir.
28:54All right.
28:56Please raise your right hand.
28:59Got this all written down, so don't mess it up.
29:01Yes, sir.
29:02Repeat after me.
29:02I, state your name.
29:04I, Angelina Rose Violante.
29:05Do solemnly reaffirm.
29:07Do solemnly reaffirm.
29:08That I will support and defend
29:09the Constitution of the United States.
29:11That I will support and defend
29:12the Constitution of the United States.
29:14Against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
29:16Against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
29:17That I will well and faithfully discharge the duties.
29:20Will well and faithfully discharge the duties.
29:22Of the office I'm about to enter.
29:23Of the office I'm about to enter.
29:25So help me God.
29:25So help me God.
29:26All right.
29:27Thanks, sir.
29:28Congratulations.
29:30I have made commander.
29:33To be a commander in the Navy
29:34means you've reached the rank of 05.
29:37And that's just one of the prerequisites
29:39to becoming a captain of a ship.
29:42My goal is command at sea.
29:44So, I have a check in the box,
29:48but I'm not there yet.
29:49All right, team.
29:50One more round of applause
29:51for Commander Violante.
29:53I'm going to hand you off to the XO,
29:55and I'm just going to leave you
29:56with these four words.
29:57Keep the pack on, shipmates.
30:00All right.
30:00Touch on deck.
30:01Carry on.
30:03Dismissed.
30:07Oh, thank you.
30:14The deployment as a whole has been fine.
30:17There's not really much expected of you
30:19other than stay out of the way.
30:20I mean, it does feel like
30:22just a babysitting period.
30:24It doesn't feel like
30:25you're really accomplishing anything.
30:26Like, to go home and people be like,
30:28thank you for your service.
30:30Like, I worked out,
30:31and I got three meals a day.
30:33And it just doesn't feel like
30:34you're really doing your part.
30:36Thank you for participating
30:38in today's Mod Lockdown.
30:41Here we are,
30:42getting to the tail end of this deployment.
30:45You haven't thought much
30:46about where you want to go,
30:47what you want to do.
30:47You're staying in, you're getting out.
30:48I was scared of getting out
30:50a little while ago.
30:53Now I'm just like,
30:54nah, I guess.
30:55Scared why?
30:56I was scared because I was like,
30:58oh, how different is it going to be,
31:00you know?
31:00And the more I think about it,
31:02the more excited I am to get out.
31:04Only because, like,
31:05there's nothing here for me anymore.
31:07And I don't really have
31:08any hard feelings about it anymore.
31:09Only because
31:11what good is it going to do.
31:14You got to do exactly
31:14what good is it going to do.
31:16At some point,
31:17you're just going to have to be, like,
31:18somewhat content
31:19with whatever decision you make.
31:20Because otherwise,
31:20if you're not,
31:22then nothing but resentment
31:23is going to take its place.
31:25If you go to college
31:26or a trade school
31:27or straight into
31:29being a dirty ranch hand somewhere,
31:31That's pretty likely, too.
31:33You will likely never, ever
31:35have to put in the amount
31:37of physical and mental
31:39toughness and endurance
31:40you had to do
31:41just during that
31:42Scout Sniper screener.
31:44My whole thing in life right now
31:46is, like,
31:46what am I needing to do
31:48to become a man?
31:49And, like, a man to, like,
31:51a standard that
31:51the guys I read about.
31:53And I look at
31:54what I think is, like,
31:56a grown man,
31:57like a man that I would like to
31:58learn from and become,
32:00you know?
32:00And you are one of them
32:01and you have been
32:02since I got in.
32:03Thanks, man.
32:04And, uh...
32:05Appreciate that.
32:05So I always listen
32:07to, like, what you're saying,
32:08you know?
32:08I always try to.
32:12I'm not really concerned
32:13about any of my snipers
32:15in or outside
32:16of the Marine Corps
32:17because they are overachievers
32:20and they're always searching
32:22for the next best thing.
32:26The things they learn
32:27from being a Scout Sniper
32:28I think will serve them well
32:29in a lot of careers.
32:32I've learned
32:33kind of who I am now
32:34and I'm getting
32:35a better grasp
32:36of how I can be
32:37and who I can be.
32:39And now it's time
32:40to just move on
32:41to the next hard thing.
32:45It is a different team now
32:47than embarked
32:48a month ago.
32:50The team's grown
32:51and developed
32:52and just get better
32:53and better.
32:54We did all right.
32:55We did everything
32:55that we were supposed to do
32:56and should have
32:58or could have done.
32:58I would like to think
32:59if the 200 years
33:00of Marines
33:01that have gone before me
33:02could have seen us
33:03they would have said
33:03hey they're all right.
33:04We still make them
33:05like we used to.
33:06You ready?
33:23Okay.
33:24So she's been away
33:25for 18 months.
33:28This is the first appointment
33:29that either of us
33:30have experienced
33:30with a child involved
33:32as well.
33:32they just don't know
33:34how Elliot's going to react.
33:37Elliot, you're okay.
33:38He could get really upset
33:40not want to talk to her
33:42but it's not anything
33:43that she's done
33:44it's just the situation
33:46that he's in.
33:48So there's like
33:49a little bit of nerves
33:51about that
33:51just because
33:53it's a bit of an unknown
33:55and it's been a long time.
33:59Elliot.
34:01Elliot.
34:02That's not me.
34:03Quick.
34:04That's not me.
34:05I'm going to go.
34:06I'm going to go.
34:08Ready?
34:12There she is.
34:24Hi.
34:25Hi sweetie pie.
34:28I was on a phone.
34:30Hi.
34:30Oh, hello.
34:31Hi.
34:31Oh, hello.
34:35Hello.
34:35Oh, hello.
34:38Hey you.
34:43Originally, I was up
34:45for command
34:46this December.
34:47In fact,
34:48it was the week
34:48we were getting home
34:49but now that I'm here
34:52I think that would have been
34:53a really difficult conversation
34:55with Rich and Elliot
34:58and I don't think
35:00our family was ready
35:01for that yet.
35:03Right now,
35:04I want to be
35:05at home with my family.
35:09I'm so used to my career
35:10trying to go like
35:11more, more, more.
35:12Maybe I just
35:17just wait a year
35:18calm down from deployment
35:20and I think I'm
35:22where I need to be
35:22so I'll find out
35:25next year
35:26if I get to become
35:28a captain of a ship.
35:30Are we going to go home soon?
35:34I think it's my home
35:36but I would love
35:37to come home with you.
35:39Yeah.
35:40Yeah.
35:53I'm back home
35:55here in Morris, Illinois.
35:57I won't be re-enlisting.
36:01It's like
36:02a scary step
36:04because my brain
36:05has been
36:05only wrapped around
36:07the idea of being
36:08a scout sniper
36:08so it's like
36:09what do I do now?
36:17Say hi, Uncle Jack.
36:18Hi.
36:21Hi.
36:22Are you home for good?
36:23I'm home for good.
36:24As of now?
36:25Yep, as of now.
36:26I thought you were going
36:27to just until you were
36:27running back at 18.
36:28Uh-uh.
36:29Shut the fuck up.
36:30Yes.
36:31You're home for good?
36:32Yes.
36:33Oh, look.
36:34Are you?
36:35You can get
36:36all the baby snuggles.
36:38All of the snuggles
36:39you want.
36:40For me,
36:41it was like
36:41the longest time
36:42I always told myself,
36:43all right,
36:43you got to be a man,
36:43you got to be a man.
36:44You know,
36:44and I would constantly
36:45remind myself
36:45I got to be a man,
36:46you got to be a man.
36:48When those thoughts
36:48go away,
36:49that's when you really
36:49know that you're transitioned.
36:53I'm no longer
36:54trying to change myself
36:55and think like
36:55how a man would think.
36:57So, what's next?
36:58I submitted my resume
37:00to the DEA
37:01and U.S. Marshals.
37:01I'm just waiting
37:02for them to get back
37:02to me.
37:03I'll be fine.
37:05You'll just shine on me.
37:08What's happening here?
37:09You know,
37:10started feeling more
37:10like a man,
37:11not a kid anymore.
37:14Being in the sniper community
37:15is like an in your heart,
37:16you know,
37:16it's in your mind.
37:17Mm-mm-mm.
37:19No one can take
37:20the title sniper from me.
37:22No one can do that
37:22to the rest of the guys.
37:23It's going to be ours forever.
37:35Marine sailors,
37:36families,
37:37friends,
37:38and members
37:39of Victor 1-4,
37:40past and present,
37:42we're gathered here
37:43to pay tribute
37:44to one of the most
37:45storied battalions
37:46in the history
37:47of our beloved Corps.
37:49What an incredible reunion
37:51this has turned out to be.
37:52Being a Marine,
37:55so many old-timers
37:56come up to me.
37:59This dude
38:00gave me a hug,
38:02I hugged him back,
38:03and telling me stuff
38:03he hasn't told his wife
38:05he's been married to
38:05for no telling
38:06how many decades.
38:07And he was like,
38:08well, because he's a Marine.
38:09And he thanked me
38:10for my service.
38:11I've only been to Okinawa,
38:13and that dude
38:14was in Vietnam.
38:17All those veterans
38:18that were sitting
38:20in those seats,
38:21they had these very fixed
38:23memories in their mind
38:24of what this Marine Corps
38:26was to them.
38:28These were people
38:29who were your age,
38:31went overseas
38:31for the first time,
38:33got into combat,
38:35killed people,
38:36lost friends,
38:37experienced
38:38incomprehensible violence,
38:41and lived that warrior
38:42culture of the Marine Corps.
38:45And to them,
38:46this battalion,
38:47it's a unit that is
38:48the foundation
38:48of those memories.
38:49I guess for me,
38:52then,
38:53being a Marine
38:55isn't so much about me.
38:57I think at that moment,
38:58I realized it's about
38:59those dudes
39:01who came before us
39:02and made the organization
39:03what it is.
39:08And they're the ones
39:09who gave it the legacy
39:10and the story
39:11and the legends
39:12that there are.
39:13and I'm lucky enough
39:14to be a part of it
39:16and for them
39:16to count me
39:17as a member of it.
39:19It's about the dudes
39:20who came before you
39:21and it's about
39:22the dudes beside you
39:23so you can have it
39:24prepped and ready
39:25to go for the dudes
39:26who come after you.
39:26I definitely understand
39:33the desire
39:34to test themselves
39:35in combat
39:36and I was there
39:38100%.
39:39And then you get there
39:40and you go,
39:41this isn't so great.
39:42Right?
39:43I'm scared shitless.
39:46But those who wait
39:48also serve.
39:49Being ready
39:49is service in itself
39:51because the culture
39:53and climate
39:53you create in a unit
39:54will live longer
39:56than your time
39:57in the unit.
40:00I don't know
40:01when my day
40:02will come
40:02in the Marine Corps,
40:03right?
40:03But like,
40:04I want the Marine Corps
40:05culture to live on.
40:07Right?
40:07It has given me
40:08everything that I have.
40:10Like my closest friends,
40:11the experiences.
40:13For all intensive purposes,
40:15I will take a break
40:16from flying.
40:17I'm very excited
40:18to go back
40:18to the infantry.
40:19You know,
40:19we'll see where
40:20the next portion
40:20of the Marine Corps
40:21takes me.
40:28I'm in a helo company
40:29now,
40:30which is quite different
40:31than boat company.
40:33And I'd say better
40:34because I'm tired
40:35of being wet.
40:36I'm tired of it.
40:37I know that we're
40:38jumping out of a Huey.
40:40We did the live
40:41fast roping.
40:42That was really cool.
40:43I've never even
40:43been on a helo.
40:45I want to move
40:46to a higher echelon.
40:48I like being in
40:48over my head,
40:49you know?
40:50I just,
40:50I like that.
40:51I feel like that
40:51makes a hard man.
40:54It's the first time
40:55in my whole
40:55Marine Corps career
40:56that Price has
40:57been my roommate.
40:58So it's definitely
40:59a little bit different
41:00as something
41:00you have to get used to.
41:02But I just got promoted.
41:03It feels pretty good.
41:05I'm really excited
41:06to be a corporal now.
41:07You know,
41:07it's the first
41:08somewhat big rank
41:09I feel like
41:09in the Marine Corps
41:10because it's whenever
41:10you're expected
41:11to be a bigger leader.
41:13So I'm pretty excited.
41:16I was looking to get
41:17into the local PD
41:18and or get into ICE.
41:20But if war broke out,
41:22I feel like as a dude,
41:24I have to go through it.
41:25I have to feel it.
41:26I have to see it.
41:27I have to, like,
41:27experience it.
41:29It doesn't matter
41:30what age I'd be.
41:32If war broke out,
41:34I'll go back.
41:35I have to feel it.
42:05I have to feel it.
42:35I have to feel it.
43:05I have to feel it.
43:35I have to feel it.
43:37I have to feel it.
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