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(crowd exclaiming)

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- [Sergeant Todd Hunter] Marine Week
gives the American public an up-close look

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at the men, women, and equipment
of the Marine Corps.

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(applause and cheering)

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(jet engine roaring)

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Today in St. Louis is no different.

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(engine roaring)

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- All hell is going to break
loose over the Mississippi River.

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Louis and Clark, in their 
deepest, darkest fantasy,

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had a dream of doing this,
but they didn't quite do it right

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because they did not have Marine
reconnaissance in the league

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nor did they have Amtracs or
Harriers or Ospreys or anything,

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stuff that we have to show 
these fine people of St. Louis today.

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(boat motor buzzing)
- [Marine] Go!

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- [Hunter] That means a demonstration,

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(crowd cheering)

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with thousands of onlookers watching
the Marine Air-Ground Task Force.

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Up close,

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in action,

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first hand.

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(crowd cheering)

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(engine roaring)

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- You know, just a beautiful day
and seeing all the equipment

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flying around and seeing it in
a really cool setting like

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the Gateway Arch grounds.

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That was probably what
was most awesome.

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- Starting off in Chicago,
moving on to Boston,

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and now here this year in St. Louis,

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the scenery of Marine Week
is constantly changing.

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But there's one part
that always stays the same.

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- All the Marines all around here
when you go "oo-rah, oo-rah, oo-rah."

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The whole bit, it's wonderful, yeah.

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(jet engine roaring)

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- Well, you know what, 
I think it's very impressive.

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I mean, everyone appreciates
what you guys do and

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then to see it first-hand and have 
the kids interacting is really neat.

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(helicopter chuffing)

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- [Hunter] The demo itself is 
just one facet of Marine Week.

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(helicopter chuffing)

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It's also one of the greatest examples

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of Marine Corps capability.

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- [Marine] So all of the parts of the
MAGTF had to come together to do this.

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And because we do it every day,

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we could do it.

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And it demonstrates that not
only can we do it in St. Louis,

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but we can do it in
far off distant lands.

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(motor buzzing)

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- [Hunter] Far away,

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here at home,

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(engine roaring)

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and in any clime and place,

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there's no doubt the Marine Corps
knows how to put on a show.

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From Marine Week St. Louis,

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(shouting)

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I'm Sergeant Todd Hunter.