WEBVTT 00:06.789 --> 00:09.029 I am Corporal Calvin Harrison . I'm an 00:09.039 --> 00:11.170 administrative specialist at BA one , 00:11.260 --> 00:14.199 I'm from Warsaw Poland . So in my 00:14.210 --> 00:16.377 hometown , so there's a lot of farms , 00:16.377 --> 00:18.488 everyone kind of knew each other . It 00:18.488 --> 00:20.599 was really tight . So I say it's kind 00:20.599 --> 00:19.870 of similar to Marine Corps sometimes 00:19.879 --> 00:21.990 because , you know , you kind of know 00:21.990 --> 00:24.101 everybody . I joined the Marine Corps 00:24.101 --> 00:26.379 in 2020 of August . The reason I joined 00:26.389 --> 00:28.500 the Marine Corps is because my friend 00:28.500 --> 00:30.722 was joining and he said , you know , we 00:30.722 --> 00:30.399 could do the buddy program and it's 00:30.409 --> 00:32.520 kind of like a summer camp together . 00:32.520 --> 00:34.520 My dad was the Marine Corps , which 00:34.520 --> 00:36.631 kind of influenced a little bit . But 00:36.631 --> 00:38.742 for primarily that's why . So some of 00:38.742 --> 00:40.520 my hobbies , definitely my most 00:40.520 --> 00:42.520 prominent one is weight lifting and 00:42.520 --> 00:41.849 bodybuilding . It's kind of the same 00:41.860 --> 00:43.916 thing at first when I was put in the 00:43.919 --> 00:46.141 leadership position . Honestly , it was 00:46.141 --> 00:47.975 really uncomfortable . It wasn't 00:47.975 --> 00:50.308 something I was used to putting , right , 00:50.308 --> 00:49.790 just like it was one day I wasn't one 00:49.799 --> 00:51.910 day I was fitness , obviously kind of 00:51.910 --> 00:53.799 helped me easy transition to that 00:53.799 --> 00:55.743 easier . But every day that I kept 00:55.743 --> 00:57.910 working hard and I kept trying to lead 00:57.910 --> 00:59.855 and it felt a lot easier for me at 00:59.855 --> 01:01.688 first . The reason I started was 01:01.688 --> 01:03.855 because I was honestly really skinny . 01:03.855 --> 01:02.990 People would make fun of me . People 01:03.000 --> 01:05.167 would bully me , people would make fun 01:05.167 --> 01:07.389 of my looks . So I think it was kind of 01:07.389 --> 01:09.500 a thing for me to just get stronger . 01:09.500 --> 01:09.069 And of course , it kind of coincided 01:09.080 --> 01:11.302 with the Marine Corps and helped me get 01:11.302 --> 01:13.580 better in that , in my fitness journey . 01:13.839 --> 01:15.895 Fitness is a hobby . And some people 01:15.895 --> 01:18.117 say don't make your hobby a job . But I 01:18.117 --> 01:20.006 think if it's something I'm truly 01:20.006 --> 01:19.489 passionate about and there's a way I 01:19.500 --> 01:21.556 can make money off of it . And , you 01:21.556 --> 01:23.889 know , it's something I enjoy every day . 01:23.889 --> 01:26.056 I think it gives me more opportunities 01:26.056 --> 01:28.278 to do the things I enjoy and I can help 01:28.278 --> 01:27.470 other people in the process , which 01:27.480 --> 01:30.620 I've already done . If I had to give 01:30.629 --> 01:32.796 some final words to anyone that's in a 01:32.796 --> 01:34.851 similar situation , I would say just 01:34.851 --> 01:37.073 for whatever you're doing , it could be 01:37.073 --> 01:39.240 anything , just stick with it , go see 01:39.240 --> 01:41.462 it through the end , no matter how hard 01:41.462 --> 01:39.730 it gets .