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what exactly did the battalion and

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spouses So far ? We've done a little

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bit of rifle range . We've gone and

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shot some weapons , um , about 15

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rounds in different positions . We've

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run the , of course , which is a series

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of obstacles . Um , we've checked out a

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few different kind of weapons . Uh ,

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saws and things like that . And we've

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done a lot of drilling and what was

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your favorite part I like to shoot . So

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the shooting , we did that first . So

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that was pretty fun . What exactly did

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you do ? Uh we got a lesson first as to

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how the weapons work and to make sure

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that we know when they were live . Um ,

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we got instruction as to how we were

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gonna be positioned . We did a prone

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position , which is laying down a

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sitting position , which is kind of

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indian style and then a standing

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position kind of slanted to shoot five

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rounds in each position . How do you

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feel the getting into those different

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positions ? And uh , it was fun . It

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was pretty fun . Kind of gives you an

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idea of the fun that our husbands get

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to do on a daily basis . Would you say

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events like this ? Events like jane

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wayne day ? Give you a better

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appreciation for what is the marines

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doing database . I don't know if they

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give us a better appreciation . I think

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they give us an insight as to what they

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might do , but they make jane wayne day

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fun for us And I'm sure not every

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single day is fun for our marines . So

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it just gives us an opportunity to kind

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of see what they do on a kind of a

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daily basis , but nothing obviously to

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the extent of what they do . Did you

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meet any new people at anyway . I did .

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I met a couple of new faces that

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husbands are stationed with my husband

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now . Um we're kind of running around

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with them in the seven ton trucks . So

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do you think it's important for the

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spouses of the marines to meet each

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other ? I think it's good for

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camaraderie . It allows you to have a

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link outside when our spouses get

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deployed , who we get to hang out with

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and who we get to spend time with . And

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it kind of gives us a support system .

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If you meet more people with these kind

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of events , how exactly would you say

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that support system helps the families

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when the husbands are on long training

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training Ops or deployed ? Well , if

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you have an opportunity to meet other

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wives then you can schedule play dates ,

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you can go out to dinners , you can

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kind of have a little bit of a , just a

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therapy moment if you will to kind of

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just talk and see how everyone's doing

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and kind of do a check up on how

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everyone's doing on a day to day ,

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especially during deployments . Do you

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think you think that helps the marines

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to know that their wives and their

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spouses , their families have that

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support network build up . I hope so .

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I would hope that if my husband knew

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that I had a village , if you will of

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spouses that we're watching out for

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each other , it's one less thing for

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him to worry about . I only want him to

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concentrate on what he's doing out

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there and not necessarily what's going

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on at home . How often do does the

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battalion bring families out , meet

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each other . There are several events ,

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especially during deployments , but you

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can probably average at least two

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events every month and then more if you

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go specifically down to the companies .