1 00:00:00,980 --> 00:00:02,940 Oh my God , I've been there for 17 2 00:00:02,950 --> 00:00:05,619 years . That's different being in the 3 00:00:05,630 --> 00:00:07,463 Marine Corps , I guess goes with 4 00:00:07,463 --> 00:00:09,686 flowers . I'm a gunnery sergeant in the 5 00:00:09,686 --> 00:00:11,908 United States Marine Corps stationed at 6 00:00:11,908 --> 00:00:14,074 Marine Corps Logistics Base , Albany , 7 00:00:14,074 --> 00:00:16,297 Georgia . I've been in the Marine Corps 8 00:00:16,297 --> 00:00:18,297 for 17 years . I am from Moultrie , 9 00:00:18,297 --> 00:00:20,297 Georgia . I joined the Marine Corps 10 00:00:20,297 --> 00:00:22,408 into the delayed entry program in the 11 00:00:22,408 --> 00:00:24,463 year of 2005 . Graduated from County 12 00:00:24,463 --> 00:00:26,840 High School in 2006 , immediately 13 00:00:26,850 --> 00:00:29,072 shipped off to Paris Island , the third 14 00:00:29,072 --> 00:00:31,670 battalion for boot camp in June of 2006 . 15 00:00:32,169 --> 00:00:34,280 I'm currently serving as the adjutant 16 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:36,779 chief for the base agents office . 17 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:40,062 What's kept me in the Marine Corps this 18 00:00:40,062 --> 00:00:42,007 long so far is to take care of the 19 00:00:42,007 --> 00:00:44,229 marines that work underneath me and the 20 00:00:44,229 --> 00:00:46,451 marines in the unit that I serve as the 21 00:00:46,451 --> 00:00:48,507 administration chief . I am not only 22 00:00:48,507 --> 00:00:50,562 responsible for the Marines under my 23 00:00:50,562 --> 00:00:52,173 direct charge , but I'm also 24 00:00:52,173 --> 00:00:54,229 responsible administratively for the 25 00:00:54,229 --> 00:00:56,284 Marines in the unit . Well , this is 26 00:00:56,284 --> 00:00:58,409 home so it's familiar everywhere else 27 00:00:58,419 --> 00:01:01,610 I've been has been and always will be a 28 00:01:01,650 --> 00:01:03,706 foreign for somebody who's from this 29 00:01:03,706 --> 00:01:06,300 area . For example , my first duty 30 00:01:06,309 --> 00:01:08,531 station was eighth nine marine barracks 31 00:01:08,531 --> 00:01:10,420 in Washington DC . And that was a 32 00:01:10,420 --> 00:01:12,531 complete cultural shock to what I was 33 00:01:12,531 --> 00:01:14,642 used to growing up down here in South 34 00:01:14,642 --> 00:01:16,753 Georgia . The only thing I can say is 35 00:01:16,753 --> 00:01:18,809 I'm used to the area and I'm used to 36 00:01:18,809 --> 00:01:21,087 the culture and how everything is , is , 37 00:01:21,087 --> 00:01:23,253 is per se . And pretty much some of it 38 00:01:23,253 --> 00:01:25,309 hasn't really changed in the last 17 39 00:01:25,309 --> 00:01:28,220 years . Every year has been different 40 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:30,702 compared to my first year in the Marine 41 00:01:30,702 --> 00:01:32,869 Corps . And now I've obviously matured 42 00:01:32,869 --> 00:01:36,730 as a man and as a marine , some of 43 00:01:36,739 --> 00:01:39,709 the actions and decisions that I make 44 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:43,610 today are for my future versus 45 00:01:43,620 --> 00:01:45,676 maybe what I've done within my first 46 00:01:45,676 --> 00:01:47,898 year of which everything was just short 47 00:01:47,898 --> 00:01:49,120 term at that aspect of my life .