WEBVTT 00:04.040 --> 00:05.984 sorry major , What's the objective 00:05.984 --> 00:08.330 today of the simple ride event that's 00:08.330 --> 00:10.530 going on ? Well , today , obviously 00:10.540 --> 00:12.762 we're hosting yet another annual safety 00:12.762 --> 00:14.930 fair here today as we enter the 101 00:14.940 --> 00:17.230 critical days of summer uh and also to 00:17.230 --> 00:19.020 promote uh to promote force 00:19.030 --> 00:21.390 preservation out here . And of course 00:21.400 --> 00:23.850 the idea and objective of inviting not 00:23.850 --> 00:26.017 only First Marine Division units , but 00:26.017 --> 00:27.961 marines of the one meth and Marine 00:27.961 --> 00:30.017 Corps base out here today is to make 00:30.017 --> 00:32.128 them consciously aware of the threats 00:32.128 --> 00:34.294 and dangers that exist out there , but 00:34.294 --> 00:34.130 more importantly , to make them more 00:34.130 --> 00:36.330 conscious riders here today uh and 00:36.330 --> 00:38.870 observe uh safety features of not only 00:38.870 --> 00:41.037 the machines that they actually ride , 00:41.037 --> 00:43.203 uh , but also to make them consciously 00:43.203 --> 00:45.203 aware of the threats , uh endangers 00:45.203 --> 00:47.092 that exist out there . Giving our 00:47.092 --> 00:49.259 civilian community Okay , and how many 00:49.259 --> 00:51.426 riders are expected to have today ? Oh 00:51.426 --> 00:53.592 my gosh , we're expecting upward of at 00:53.592 --> 00:55.814 least 1000 riders here today to show up 00:55.814 --> 00:57.870 in attendance for this annual safety 00:57.870 --> 00:57.630 fair . Okay , now , is this the first 00:57.630 --> 00:59.574 time we've run one of these ? No , 00:59.574 --> 01:01.630 certainly not the first time that we 01:01.630 --> 01:03.852 actually ran a motorcycle safety fair . 01:03.852 --> 01:05.741 Uh it's just that the scale keeps 01:05.741 --> 01:07.741 growing larger and larger each time 01:07.741 --> 01:07.650 that we do it because we get so much 01:07.650 --> 01:09.900 fanfare of conscious awareness that it 01:09.900 --> 01:11.956 actually brings commanders , staff , 01:11.956 --> 01:14.178 noncommissioned officers . Everybody is 01:14.178 --> 01:16.950 very proactive uh , with utilizing this 01:16.950 --> 01:19.280 venue has yet another tool to make our 01:19.280 --> 01:21.447 young subordinate writers a little bit 01:21.447 --> 01:23.613 more consciously aware of uh , of what 01:23.613 --> 01:25.447 exists out there in the civilian 01:25.447 --> 01:27.558 community . How much organization did 01:27.558 --> 01:29.558 it take to get to pull off an event 01:29.558 --> 01:31.391 such as today's Oh my gosh , the 01:31.391 --> 01:33.558 commanding general has a tremendous uh 01:33.558 --> 01:35.336 supporting staff of people that 01:35.336 --> 01:37.113 surround him . Uh and of course 01:37.113 --> 01:39.280 obviously our G7 tremendously took the 01:39.280 --> 01:41.502 lead on this thing here . But uh for us 01:41.502 --> 01:43.613 to uh pull the string on a lot of the 01:43.613 --> 01:45.724 agencies are really didn't require an 01:45.724 --> 01:47.891 overwhelming amount of support because 01:47.891 --> 01:50.002 everybody is willing to a rise to the 01:50.002 --> 01:51.780 occasion when it comes to force 01:51.780 --> 01:53.447 preservation uh to partake in 01:53.447 --> 01:55.502 preserving the the integral lives of 01:55.502 --> 01:57.280 our marines and sailors of this 01:57.280 --> 01:59.447 division . Okay , so by the end of the 01:59.447 --> 01:59.260 today , after all of his writers 01:59.260 --> 02:01.427 actually come back from their ride and 02:01.427 --> 02:03.371 the presentations and so on and so 02:03.371 --> 02:05.482 forth . What what do you hope will be 02:05.482 --> 02:07.316 the final end state of the final 02:07.316 --> 02:09.482 objective for each individual writer ? 02:09.482 --> 02:11.704 Uh well , obviously what I'm hoping for 02:11.704 --> 02:13.940 here today is certainly as the riders 02:13.940 --> 02:15.996 of first Marine Division network and 02:15.996 --> 02:17.996 dialogue with a lot of our sponsors 02:17.996 --> 02:19.996 here today , a lot of the demo acts 02:19.996 --> 02:21.773 that we have here today uh just 02:21.773 --> 02:23.551 increases their awareness , but 02:23.551 --> 02:25.551 moreover , more importantly , uh it 02:25.551 --> 02:27.773 makes them consciously aware of dangers 02:27.773 --> 02:29.884 that do exist out there . But it also 02:29.884 --> 02:31.773 promotes a greater uh safe riding 02:31.773 --> 02:33.940 ability of each and every uh writer to 02:33.940 --> 02:35.884 make them consciously aware of the 02:35.884 --> 02:38.107 power of the machine that they actually 02:38.107 --> 02:40.329 ride now , how does this event tie into 02:40.329 --> 02:42.990 those 101 critical days of summary ? 02:43.000 --> 02:45.056 Well , obviously , as we're into the 02:45.056 --> 02:47.340 101 critical days of summer here , uh , 02:47.350 --> 02:49.970 economy plays uh , tremendous factor , 02:49.980 --> 02:53.000 uh , in motorcycles out here , uh , 02:53.010 --> 02:55.820 fuel prices and so forth , uh , lesser 02:55.830 --> 02:58.460 uh , or cheaper means of transportation , 02:58.640 --> 03:01.470 uh , summer sunshine , People want to 03:01.470 --> 03:04.510 be outdoors constantly . Uh , it's it's 03:04.510 --> 03:06.399 a part of the southern California 03:06.399 --> 03:08.454 atmosphere out here . All right , so 03:08.454 --> 03:10.454 Major , is there anything else that 03:10.454 --> 03:12.788 you'd like to add to the interview ? Uh , 03:12.788 --> 03:15.121 No , other than the fact that certainly , 03:15.121 --> 03:17.121 uh , we hope to reach our goal here 03:17.121 --> 03:19.121 today , and obviously the goal here 03:19.121 --> 03:21.288 today is uh , safety consciousness and 03:21.288 --> 03:23.510 awareness today . Sorry , Major , Thank 03:23.510 --> 03:21.890 you .