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what exactly did um , you and all the

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other participants do here today Today .

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We did a CFT , we did a gun range and

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we did what come back fighting comments ,

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fitness , comeback , fitness . This was

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coffee . What was your favorite part of

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the events ? My favorite part was the

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gun range . I love , I was really happy

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to shoot . Uh , what exactly did you do

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with the gun ? I shot , I

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just shot a green paper . Well what

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they , what they do with us was uh ,

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they took all the , they took all the

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wives up to the range and a lot , a lot

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of them through the M- 16 . It was

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kinda cool watching , you know , having

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watching all the lives kind of get to

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interact in a way that we have to on a

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regular basis . Kind of nice . Did you

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learn anything about what your husband

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does on , on a day to day basis ? Yes I

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did . I learned a lot about

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communication and what he does , how he

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prepares for the filled offs and

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etcetera , etcetera . And I was really

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impressed with the summer things

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information that I got back from with

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other marines that I talked to and how

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do you think your appreciation or

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understanding of his job man changed

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since I no more information about his

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job now . I have more respect for him

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and I see him . I do . I

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really know how have more respect for

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him . It's not , it's more of , I see

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him actually doing things , not just

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hearing about it . What do you think

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you and the other marines got out of

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having your families come back here

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today ? And I think as a marine , um ,

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sometimes when we go home we tell our

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significant others what it is we had to

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put up with on a daily basis and having

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this event kind of gives them an

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opportunity hands on . Um , of what it

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is we actually do . Uh , so that's what

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I think myself and a lot of other

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marines enjoyed about it . Just being

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able to have our spouses their hands on

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seeing what it is we do on a day to day

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basis . What was your favorite part

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about ? I think my favorite part was

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the house or demonstration . I been

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in communication . Uh , my side of it

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is mostly making sure that all the

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different batteries can communicate

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with one another . But actually seeing

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them perform was amazing . And then

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watching my wife shoot them 16 and

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having a nice group and then all of

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that was quite amazing . Were you proud

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of your wife ? I was , I think she's

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got better than I did . But yes , I was ,

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I think it's important for the marines

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and families to come spend time

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together . Well , um , from a marine

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standpoint , we spent a lot of times ,

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a lot of our day here on the job and we

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always say we're brothers in arms and

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we are a family . So I think it's nice

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to actually have the families come in

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sometimes and actually be a part of

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that , not just saying , well I'm

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married to this person or um , that

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kind of thing , but actually having

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them meet , you know , like my wife got

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to interact today with the sergeant

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major and it was really nice being able

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to see the highest ranking um enlisted

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person in my chain of command

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interacting with my wife and enjoying

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themselves together , you know ? So uh

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did you meet a lot of new people at the

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event ? Yes , I met a lot of marine

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wise and they were all really sweet

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women . Do you feel like a having met

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all these other families and spouses ?

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You feel like you may have built a

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better support system for when your

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husband may be gone for long periods of

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time . Like how do you feel like this

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may have prepared you for that . Yes ,

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I do believe that um getting the

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otherwise in their phone numbers and

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just communicating with them and

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hearing their stories and the

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information with them . Uh we connected

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on another level . Do you think things

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like this prepare you to go out in the

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field and go on deployment . Do you

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think it prepares you better ? Oh

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definitely . Because from a marine

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course , from a marine standpoint ,

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it's not just so much for the wives ,

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but you know , I'm still in uniform ,

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you're still in uniform but we are

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getting interact on a different level

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now . It's not so much , getting the

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job done it so much . Let's enjoy each

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other's company . So I think that's

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great . It helps to build a little bit

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better report with your fellow brothers

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in arms . So I think it will help a lot .

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How is your perception of the marines

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as a the unit as a whole Change from

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this event ? There are really strong

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men . I see that it's like a

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brotherhood and I really appreciate

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everything that they do in this .