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But then you be popping up all over .

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Ok , down

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for it .

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Yeah ,

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good morning . Ladies and gentlemen ,

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on behalf of the Commanding General of

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Second Marine Logistics Group , welcome

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to the relief and appointment ceremony

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where Sergeant Major William J Walton

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will re his post to Sergeant Major

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Wesley O Turner the second . Today's

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parade is being executed by the marines

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and sailors of Second Marine Logistics .

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Ladies and gentlemen , please rise for

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the invocation by Ma Chaplin Lieutenant

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Mark C M chaplain for the United States

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Navy . Let us pray ,

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almighty God and eternal father . It is

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right and it is spitting that we would

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pause at the beginning of this great

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occasion to acknowledge your presence

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in our mids and to ask that your

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blessing would rest on all that occurs

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here today . We know that every good

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gift is the product of your richly

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given grace and is therefore worthy of

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our deepest gratitude . So for the

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beautiful weather we are enjoying today ,

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for the treasured privilege of serving

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our nation in uniform , for the

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priceless legacy secured by brave

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marines throughout our nation's history .

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For the faithful leadership we continue

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to provide to the marines and sailors

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with the second MLG for these and so

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many more blessings . We give you

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things . Today , we ask that this

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exchange of office , authority and

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accountability , be a reflection of

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your Sergeant Major Wal takes leave of

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his office through this time honored

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ceremony . If joy in the fulfillment of

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beauty and satisfaction and leadership

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will assure him of the promise of an

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enduring and accomplished legacy .

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Sergeant Turner assumes this legacy and

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accepts the sword of office . Give him

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ready recall of lessons learned in

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prior assignments and a keen awareness

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of the responsibilities now bore for

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the men and women of this group in

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their favors , inspire him and empower

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him to lead the MLG to new heights of

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excellence . For both of these men , we

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ask that you would bless the families

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and friends who support him with a

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priceless gift of love and

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understanding . You would grant each of

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them grace and wisdom equal in every

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need each of us gather here to

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appreciate the wisdom inherent in this

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ceremony creating within us as it does

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in a sense of continuity and strength

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of its change . Keep us faithful in our

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duties , make us worthy examples . For

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those who follow these things . We ask

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if you owe God the source of all

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courage , the fount of all wisdom and

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the object of all of it .

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Thank you . Please be seated ,

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eat a

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present day parades in the Marine Corps

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have their base in both history and

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tradition , the mass formation of

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troops on one long line at close

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interval made it possible a mass of

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firepower from muzzle loaded muscles of

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yesterday . In those early days , the

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line of battle was just back , a line

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of two or three ranks and the formation

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that you will see today .

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No ,

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I ,

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I tell you .

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Oh ,

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hello ,

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I under the call .

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Yeah , ladies and

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gentlemen , please rise for the march

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on of the colors and remain standing

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for the playing of the national anthem .

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Oh , oh

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no .

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Yeah ,

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please be seated .

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Oh yeah ,

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yeah .

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Um

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oh

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oh oh

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my God . Oh ,

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what ?

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Oh no

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what ? Oh

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oh doctor . Oh no

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important .

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We how this is bridge 27

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all prisoner account for

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combat logistics regime . Two all

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presidents all accounted for

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second supply battalion , all present

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or accounted for

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not a medical battalion , all present ,

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all accounted for

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second dinner over a time , all present

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or accounted for

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second made , all present or accounted

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for

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council . How much your order ?

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A co two head brother

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back secondary Logistics group

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24 . May 2023 today

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today . Hey , who wants to win you the

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game tomorrow tomorrow ?

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Michael E M

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Yeah .

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Mhm . Yeah . All

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so

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that hot . Oh , hey .

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Now taking his position in the

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reviewing area is the commanding

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general , Second Marine Logistics Chief ,

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Brigadier General Michael E mcwilliams .

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Ladies and gentlemen , please rise for

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honor to regular general of

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do that . I

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step P

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Yeah . What ?

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Oh , it is .

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Yeah .

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Yes ,

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Sergeant Sweer front and center

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what ? Since 18 75 ?

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And staff officers who carried the gun

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of their ability up

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surgery pain as the senior in the .

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Congratulations . Today's emblematic

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passing of the sort of office signifies

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the transfer of a sacred trust from one

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sergeant major to another

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commandant of the Marine Corps . Two

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sergeant major , William J Subject

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Relief . Effective 0 924 . May

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2023 you stand relieved of your duties

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as sergeant major . Second Marine

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Logistics Group . You will proceed and

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report to the Inspector General of the

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Marine Corps for duty as Sergeant major

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office of the Inspector general of the

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Marine Corps signed David H Burger

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General United States Marine Corps

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commandant of the Marine Corps

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from comma of the Marine Corps . Two

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sergeant major , Leslie Oak Turner ,

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the second subject appointment

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effective 0901 24 . May

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2023 . You are appointed the duties of

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sergeant major . Second Marine

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Logistics Group signed by David H

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Berger General United States Marine

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Corps comma of the Marine Corps .

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Yes ,

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I

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good morning

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General Bennett and Mrs Purdy uh

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sergeant majors command , master ,

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chief , master guard , commanders ,

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family , friends , marine sailors and

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second M G . Welcome to this , this

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awesome ceremony this morning where uh

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where we say goodbye to , to , to one

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and , and welcome another before I

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continue on , I just want to make a

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couple of Thank you . First . I want to

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say thanks to the Second Range Band . I

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tell you , you guys look awesome . You

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sound awesome and there is no , that is

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worth its weight without you being part

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of it . So , thank you . If I could get

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a round of applause ,

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I'd also like to say thanks to Song

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Maker Fay and your team for putting

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this on . And I'd like to say thanks to

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all the marines and sailors of Second

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MLG and the 8000 that you represent .

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You look awesome this morning and

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everything looked great and we are all

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proud to serve alongside of you . So

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thank you . Um

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So , so as we want to talk about , uh

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it's an honor for me to actually talk

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about uh some major gal and welcome

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some major Turner . You know , since

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Sergeant Major Gal has been here the

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last two years . Second M L G has been

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pretty busy , kind of go back two years

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and think through that time we were

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doing vaccinations across the country .

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We did allies , welcome operation

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allies , welcome . We did try and

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juncture in Norway . We've done

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multiple DS and

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GM requirements . I think we've done 15

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SLT S we've planned and are in the

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middle of execution , middle of

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executing force design transition for

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this . Uh And , and I tell you all that

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and then I could go on and on and on on

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the things that are going on in the

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second M L G . I tell you all that

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major galley has been in the middle of

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all that . He's been in the middle of

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all the things that have been happening

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in . Second MLG over the last two years ,

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providing advice and counsel , first to

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General Poole and then to me to all the

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commanders and sergeants majors in this

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organization , to the leaders of two .

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He's been knee deep in this and I will

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tell you we benefit from that counsel

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and advice and his expertise and his

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impact is going to be felt for years to

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come as we transition . I'd also like

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to highlight his commitment to N C O PM

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E in particular , our , our corporals

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course and our corporal corporal's pe .

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So when he first got here , he took a

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look at our Corals course curriculum

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and made some changes to that . And

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then recently over the last several

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months , he's taken another whack at

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improving our N C O pe in particular ,

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in this case , corporals course ,

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refining the curriculum . And then

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we've expanded corporal scores . So we

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will have one corporal course in second

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M L G where all corporals in this MLG

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will go through . So we have a common

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experience , OK , a common education .

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And then we get to cross pollinate

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across all of our different M OS s and ,

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and , and , and all the different

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commands that's been a heavy lift . OK ?

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It's taken some additional people to

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expand it we've had to do some facility

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stuff . And I tell you the work he's

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done for that , you know , he's going

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to leave before this comes to fruition .

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But I will tell you the impacts that he

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will have on young marines and sailors

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because we send sailors to that too

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here in the young marines and sailors

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will be felt for years and years to

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come . And it's very impressive to

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watch how much time he's spent on this

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and how much time he spends with our

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corporals . Every single course , we've

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expanded the course , et cetera . So I

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just want to highlight that , that his

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impact in this organization

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operationally structurally and

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from a development perspective are

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going to be felt for many , many , many

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years to come . Command Chief and I are

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blessed to have him as a battle buddy

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to have him as a battle buddy over the

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last , you know , for me , 11 months

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for Mass Chief back for the last almost

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two years or so . We've had an

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opportunity to travel the world to see

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our marines and sailors train to

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visit other countries , militaries and

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talk to them and , and talk discussions ,

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deep discussions , bring them back and

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implement changes to make sure we're

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better trained and , and making sure

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we're doing things a little bit better

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here , but he's been a wonderful battle

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buddy . Um Look , I will tell you he's

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also one that we were able to make

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jokes of occasionally um and we were

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probably first to make jokes of him .

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So , so Chris and I didn't get made fun

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of , but , uh , you know , I don't want

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to make fun of him in front of

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everybody for his coffee selections ,

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but I do if I could tell just a small

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story . Right . So , he's a big guy ,

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right ? He's , he's in , in , in good

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shape . He's an intimidating guy . So

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if you're a young marine and you see

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this sergeant major coming , like ,

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like you're , you're intimidated ,

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you're like , that's what I wanna be

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someday until he walks out of the

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coffee shop . Yeah , with a coffee

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that looks like it's milk and it's got

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like six inches of whipped cream and

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he's really proud of the food , food ,

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coffee , he drinks , by the way . Ok ?

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Not the same impression of , of that .

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We kind of anyway , we don't make fun

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of him at ever mostly every day .

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And then , you know , we've had an

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opportunity to travel the world , right ?

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And you think , ok , you travel the

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world and you get to eat good food ,

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especially when you're in foreign

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countries , right ? You want to eat

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some different food and uh , and then

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he just , he likes his , his hamburgers

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and his pizza and he really tries any

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additional additional food . He's not

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here . Um , and then our and cars and

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airplanes , I will tell you that that

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command Master Chief Beck and I have

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got to hear every single flat earth and

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other conspiracy story that you can

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imagine what I would recommend to you

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all is do not ask him about because he

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will pin you down and spend hours

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telling you how the world is flat and ,

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and , and multiple other conspiracy

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stories . So , so just , just a warning ,

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hey , all serious though , the guy has

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never met , he's never met someone that

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he didn't , you know , wasn't a friend .

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What I mean by that is everywhere he

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goes , he'll strike up a conversation

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with anybody , marine sailor civilian

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and immediately they're friends and he

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cares about people . He asks them

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detailed questions , you know , and

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really cares about everybody that he

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goes and meet and it's a really

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impressive quality . He's just down to

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earth guy that , that really cares and

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respects for all men and women and ,

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and you can see that every day when you

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just spend a lot of time with him .

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Some major . I did , I did tell him

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that the meth order says that outgoing

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commanders and senior enlisted get 5 to

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7 minutes to speak . I don't know if

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after 11 months , if he's going to

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start listening to me today , but I

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just want you to know that I did tell

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him that's what the order says , Mary

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for you and your boys . Thanks so much .

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Thanks for all you do for your husband ,

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for your dad . Thanks for your

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commitment to our marines and sailors

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and their families and we're certainly

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going to miss you . Thanks for being a

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great battle buddy . Thanks for all

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you've done for second M L G for two

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and I can tell you we're all going to

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miss you . So thank you very much so ,

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Ray for Heather . Welcome . It's great

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to have you here . Um So welcome the

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second M G . You have a great

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reputation . The marines and sailors

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are certainly fortunate that you're

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going to step in and start to take the

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lead here . I want to thank your whole

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family . You know , at this time in

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your life , you have other choices and

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you chose to stay , you chose to

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continue to serve as a family to lead

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and continue to grind . And that says

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so much about you and you heather and

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your kids . And I just want to say

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thank you for that ladies and gentlemen ,

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thank you so much for being here this

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morning to honor the marines and

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sailors of Second M L G to honor Major

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Gal and Major Turner .

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Ok , Juan , I'm gonna clarify . It's a

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caramel mocha frappuccino , double

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blended whip whipped cream . Uh very

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important . And then of course they

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busted me when , during the seasonal ,

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you know , I had to get the pumpkin

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spice latte . So uh so yes , I do love

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my Fufu coffee drinks . Uh You're right ,

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pizza hamburgers . It's true . But

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don't forget the fish and chips . I do

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like some fish and chips . And not to

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mention in Norway , the 7-Eleven hot

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dogs . I know me and Chris , we

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wouldn't hesitate to pull over to make

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sure we get our nice 7-Eleven hot dogs .

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We don't have seven elevens here in

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North Carolina . Sir . I'll try to make

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the five minutes . My wife just said ,

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don't go up there and every time you're

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on there , you look mean and you're

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yelling . So try not to do that . So

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once again , thank you , general

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officers , commanders , senior listed

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leaders , marine sailors , family

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friends . Once again , thank you for

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coming out here . C G listed all some

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accomplishments . I like to say what I

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did is just try to set conditions and I

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think it's important as leaders , we

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set conditions for our marines to excel ,

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right ? And I think that's what our

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marines did here over the past two

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years in the MG . You mentioned it the

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first year our marines didn't take a

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knee for COVID . They're out there

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still deploying around the globe

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providing vaccination efforts in

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Memphis and Philadelphia . Over

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hundreds of thousands of vaccines given

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to the public operation allies .

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Welcome . Standing that up out of

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nowhere right there in Quantico ,

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Virginia , providing Afghan refugees ,

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a pathway in the United States over

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5000 plus Colonel Mills and obviously

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General pull out there running the

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evolution just amazing . And then if

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you look now the crisis response ,

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we're getting ready to deploy to the

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border to deal with the migrant surge .

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So marines of the MLG are constantly

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out there getting after it from

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operation side . So once we got out of

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COVID , these marines embraced the

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force design and experimentation , our

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CBS out there in Norway Finland and

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Sweden getting after providing

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distributed logistics within the

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electors right there in one of our

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adversaries backyards , it is amazing

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to see them out there . But once again ,

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as we set conditions here in the MLG ,

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I'm going to say thank you to the staff ,

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you and your team . That's exactly what

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you did do , providing us leadership ,

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vision and priorities that allow us to

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kind of get after what we get after .

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And then personally from our , from our

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command deck . We thank you , sir ,

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Major Travis Command Mas chief , where

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are you at ? Command ? Chief , Major

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Dave Wilson . Once again , we

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appreciate your leadership and then

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your mentorship . So once again , thank

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you , sir . The M L G motto is you'll

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never fight alone . I actually like

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warriors , sustaining warriors better ,

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but the new one is you'll never fight

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alone . So my counterparts and division

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the math , the mall . Once again , I

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appreciate every time we go around and

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we travel as we provide debts to your ,

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to your organizations . You don't look

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at your teams never look at them as

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attachments , they look at him as

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family and they treat him as such and I

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appreciate that , but I do have one

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request and that's to General Benedict

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sir , if you can borrow me a couple of

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maintainers , we have ac 130 I think

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we're past due on to PM . So , uh sir ,

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if you could help us out with that , it

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would , we , we would

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appreciate it . Uh Just , you know , I

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had to get permission to , to say that

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joke . No , you are .

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No , I think I'm gonna check , check

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my five minutes is up already . Bam .

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Yeah , I'll get to these

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quick to our community . Uh support .

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Uh Lieutenant Colonel retired uh Mr

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Brown , I'm sorry , Dave . He would .

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He's mad if I use his last name , Dave .

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Appreciate all the support the

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Swansboro Military Affairs Committee ,

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uh recognizing our Marines on a

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quarterly basis . We once again , we

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appreciate it . Me in the general .

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Once again , recognizing us , we thank

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you to the civilians , the civilian

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work force here in the MLG . Thank you .

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Once again the job you do frees up

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marines and sailors to not only get

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after war fighting but then also get

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consumed by the mesh staff as they task

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us . So there's my little jab there for

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you guys to the commanders and senior

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enlisted leaders . Once you get set

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conditions at your organization , the

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way you challenge marines and get after

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that mission is , is , is , is awesome

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to watch . And then once again shows

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the efforts you guys are putting

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forward when you look at our record

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retention rates here in the M G we

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haven't seen retention rates like this

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in decades . And that's the work that

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you guys have been putting in on a

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daily basis . And , and I thank you ,

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my battle buddies . I'm going to

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include our Liberal Colonel Mills

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associated with our battle buddies here .

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No better team . I like to say we're a

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fire team as we move around the battle

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space . I'm going to miss it . It's

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definitely a highlight of my career . I

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don't know if Turner is gonna be able

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to give you all the Facebook facts that

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I come with . Uh and not to mention

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challenging the norm . So I don't know

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how he's gonna make up for that , but

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now I'm going to miss it and I look

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forward to not only see you guys in the

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future once again , congratulations to

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command Chief Beck , who's going to go

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here in the next year . Take over

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command ma chief . Once again , I

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appreciate it . And then special call

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out to my senior enlisted . Sorry , I'm

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fay your team out here for the relief

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and appointment ceremony and all of you .

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I'm telling you right now , there's no

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team . I'll put you up against anybody

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and I know I know we'll come out on top .

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Thank you for everything you've done

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for me while we're here to the family ,

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friends . Thank you for showing up

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today . I know our family and the

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support . , I'm over again , the

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support you give our family once again ,

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I , I appreciate it and to my immediate

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family just so you know , it's my

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wife's birthday today . Yeah .

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Yeah . Yeah , it sounds that that

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sounds good until she looks at you and

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goes really ? You scheduled this on my

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birthday ? Uh so once again , babe ,

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happy birthday to my boys . I'm proud

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of you . Yes , you're gonna go to

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school immediately after this . So uh

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no , you're not gonna get out of it And

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lastly sorry , Major Turner . Uh I know

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you said the same thing I did . I know

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I was talking to you before the slating

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board . You're like , hey , dog , I

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just want to come and replace you .

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Second MLG , I'm like , my position

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isn't even on the board and he wanted

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to come and replace me . So I know you

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thought the same thing with our Major

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black called you . You were like , hey ,

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there's no better place you want to go

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to the second MLG and I think you

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picked the right spot . These marines

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will continue to amaze you and

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challenge you . So I know you're the

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right guy for the job and I look

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forward to seeing you where you go .

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Everyone knows now being a part of the

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I G office , you know , the next time I

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come down here , people are going to go

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great two things . One , I'm going to

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talk to them a lot and two , I have to

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be here for an inspection team . So I

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look forward to watching you guys from

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afar . Good luck , sir , Major Turner

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and it's all yours .

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Am I getting all ? Do I get one ?

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So whatever time that he used , I'm

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going , I'm about to make up for it

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right now . Where is our Major Travis ?

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Oh , yeah , he already told me , hey ,

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you ain't done nothing . Get in , you

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gotta say , get out . So here , so here

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we go . Good morning . General officers ,

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commanders , senior enlisted marines ,

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sailors , family and friends . Hey ,

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thank you very much for making the trip

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for those who make the trip as far away

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as Parris Island , South Carolina . Um

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It's an honor . It's an honor to be

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here . It's an honor to be here . Um

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Jeremy Williams , sir , I look forward

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to getting after at day one , we can go

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today um and just , just getting out

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there and showing the marines and

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sailors , you know , good leadership

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and that we're gonna be ready to go .

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Excuse me , the marines on the M G

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and I look forward to learning from you .

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And I also look forward to working with

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you as we take on the challenges that

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we have in our future and that we get

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ready to do the debating of the United

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States for my wife , family ,

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all those great people that I have in

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the Turner household . It's not really

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Turner household by name only , it's

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her household . But , but anyway , um

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here here we go . Last one , I didn't

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have to pack them up . I didn't have to

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like , hey , you know , the sandwich

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talk for , for those that know that the

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sandwich talk , the crab sandwich . I'm

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keeping my language in the box here .

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Um But the , the crab sandwich talk

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that we know as service members , we ,

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we sometimes have to have with our

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family . I was , I was honored and ,

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and blessed to , to get this assignment

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and I'm very excited to be here . Um

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One thing I'd like to offer , you know ,

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I really appreciate my family , really

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appreciate all of you taking the

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opportunity to come here time out of

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your day . I'm sure you had a million

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other things that you could be doing

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right now , but you chose to be here

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with us and we greatly appreciate that

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ladies and gentlemen

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at this time , flowers are now being

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delivered to Sergeant Major Gay's wife

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Mary and in lieu of flowers , a

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donation is being made to the March of

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Times Foundation .

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Sure .

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Taking his position in the

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command . A review . Hi sir , Ranger

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Ma and

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Right . Right .

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No ,

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ready . What ? What ?

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Right . My shoulder . Oh

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no .

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Oh one oh no .

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Ladies and gentlemen . And you charge

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me like all

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join me ,

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Sergeant major

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the UN senior in K for combat logistics

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regimen .

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A right ? Doesn't mean you're

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lying , Lawrence ,

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right ? Roney seconds

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of his master .

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Right . You're in for second .

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See your kid boy .

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Yes .

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Uh What the unit senior enlisted for

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second , please .

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Ready . Right .

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Maintenance is Gun Sergeant Travis .

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Ladies and gentlemen , please rise for

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the playing of painters away on the

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marines . 10 . It is customary that

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marines were present and absurd .

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The give the

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sharks a trip on you .

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Bye tree .

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First super five , right ?

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And 50 round .

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We are proud to claim the I

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hope of you tonight . Is it ?

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It's Mr Staff , ladies and gentlemen ,

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this conclude today's ceremony .

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We have a problem .