WEBVTT 00:05.840 --> 00:08.480 we've got speed . Yeah . Morning sir . 00:08.580 --> 00:10.740 Morning you please stay here . Full 00:10.740 --> 00:13.560 name . My name is Adrian Gutierrez . 00:14.640 --> 00:16.650 So what's your rank , sir ? First 00:16.650 --> 00:18.761 Lieutenant . And what is your bill it 00:18.761 --> 00:20.983 sir ? My abilities on the currently I'm 00:20.983 --> 00:22.761 the company Xo for Mp . Company 00:22.761 --> 00:24.817 division Mp sir . Which what are you 00:24.817 --> 00:26.817 playing with your hometown sir ? My 00:26.817 --> 00:29.039 hometown is currently I escondido since 00:29.039 --> 00:31.372 my wife and kids . I have a house there . 00:31.372 --> 00:33.620 So . Okay sir . At least tell us a 00:33.620 --> 00:35.731 little bit about you your compliments 00:35.731 --> 00:37.960 in your units and it's in Afghanistan . 00:37.970 --> 00:40.260 It lead to you received this award . 00:40.840 --> 00:43.180 Mhm . There was definitely a lot of 00:43.210 --> 00:45.930 accomplishments we had as a unit . We 00:45.930 --> 00:48.550 had 18 mps out there from division Mp 00:48.550 --> 00:52.050 company With deployed 1 5 00:52.740 --> 00:55.700 In my team . I only had 13 guys that 00:55.700 --> 00:57.867 were part of my team . And some of the 00:57.867 --> 00:59.922 accomplishments was that we took the 00:59.922 --> 01:02.144 NSF the Afghan national security forces 01:02.144 --> 01:04.180 and we were able to make them self 01:04.180 --> 01:06.920 sufficient . Which was the main goal we 01:06.920 --> 01:09.620 had out there with 15 . Ah We started 01:09.620 --> 01:12.320 off with the ANc up the Afghan National 01:12.320 --> 01:15.030 Civil Order Police controlling six 01:15.050 --> 01:18.150 police , I guess . Substations per se . 01:18.640 --> 01:20.870 Uh and we were able to expand that all 01:20.870 --> 01:22.926 the way up to 15 by the time we left 01:22.926 --> 01:25.190 there uh in October so that that was 01:25.190 --> 01:27.301 definitely a big accomplishment to be 01:27.301 --> 01:29.301 able to spread them out so they can 01:29.301 --> 01:31.190 have more control over the area , 01:31.190 --> 01:33.246 especially the bazaar area . So that 01:33.246 --> 01:35.660 was a big accomplishment for us sir . 01:36.740 --> 01:39.520 Set the scene for people when you first 01:39.520 --> 01:41.576 arrived in singing and when you left 01:41.576 --> 01:43.631 singing , how that affected the area 01:43.631 --> 01:46.780 sir . Aren't familiar with Afghanistan 01:46.780 --> 01:49.430 or how things work out . I'm sorry . 01:49.430 --> 01:51.597 Can you repeat that question ? Can you 01:51.597 --> 01:54.190 set the stage what saying ? It was like 01:54.190 --> 01:56.270 when we first arrived sir ? And then 01:56.280 --> 01:58.420 what it transformed due to that 01:58.420 --> 02:01.640 influence over the seven months . We 02:01.640 --> 02:03.640 definitely did see a lot of changes 02:03.640 --> 02:05.696 from when we first got there with 15 02:05.696 --> 02:08.340 during our turnover with 37 Or as you 02:08.340 --> 02:11.440 were with 35 The the area was pretty 02:11.440 --> 02:13.107 good . Secure 35 have done an 02:13.107 --> 02:15.273 outstanding job before we got there to 02:15.273 --> 02:17.384 singing but slowly and surely we were 02:17.384 --> 02:19.607 ever expanding the security bubble from 02:19.607 --> 02:21.551 the center of the city further and 02:21.551 --> 02:23.662 further out as we were able to expand 02:23.662 --> 02:25.940 and move the and cop and the A . And P . 02:25.940 --> 02:28.051 Two different locations . So that was 02:28.051 --> 02:30.273 that was the main uh I guess focus that 02:30.273 --> 02:32.329 we had to try to expand the security 02:32.329 --> 02:34.440 bubble around the bazaar and push out 02:34.640 --> 02:36.807 the enemy further and further out that 02:36.807 --> 02:38.918 with A . And A . The A . And they can 02:38.918 --> 02:41.029 take care of them on the outskirts of 02:41.029 --> 02:43.180 the city . Sir . Thank you sir . What 02:43.180 --> 02:45.347 does this award mean to you personally 02:45.347 --> 02:47.460 sir ? Well this definitely was very 02:47.460 --> 02:49.740 humbling when uh my company commander 02:49.740 --> 02:52.730 at the time Captain Siegel asked me to 02:52.730 --> 02:55.610 submit names for the award and I sat 02:55.610 --> 02:57.832 down with them and I told him uh it was 02:57.832 --> 03:00.000 very difficult for me to decide who I 03:00.000 --> 03:02.222 was going to nominate for that . But at 03:02.222 --> 03:04.222 the time I didn't know that . I was 03:04.222 --> 03:06.333 actually being interviewed by him for 03:06.333 --> 03:08.500 the award itself . So he turned around 03:08.500 --> 03:08.360 and submitted my name for the awards . 03:08.360 --> 03:10.416 So it was very , very humbling . And 03:10.416 --> 03:12.680 once I got word that I did receive the 03:12.680 --> 03:14.736 award , I was selected for the award 03:14.736 --> 03:17.013 then uh I just , I couldn't believe it . 03:17.013 --> 03:18.902 It was definitely a very humbling 03:18.902 --> 03:21.069 experience . And this goes to show all 03:21.069 --> 03:23.124 the hard work that my marines put in 03:23.124 --> 03:24.791 when we were in country . And 03:24.791 --> 03:26.902 unfortunately for them , I did try to 03:26.902 --> 03:28.958 recognize someone by so many of them 03:28.958 --> 03:31.180 for awards . But unfortunately for them 03:31.180 --> 03:33.291 this award , it's for their hard work 03:33.291 --> 03:35.550 and dedication that they had Pitzer 03:36.640 --> 03:39.430 When you enlisted in 1995 , Did you 03:39.430 --> 03:41.152 think that you would receive a 03:41.152 --> 03:44.150 leadership ? You see that in your , is 03:44.150 --> 03:46.317 that one of your goals to get into law 03:46.317 --> 03:48.539 enforcement ? You know , it's funny you 03:48.539 --> 03:50.539 mentioned that because when I first 03:50.539 --> 03:50.090 enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1995 , 03:50.100 --> 03:52.560 I wanted to be an MP and it didn't work 03:52.560 --> 03:54.671 out . I'm pretty sure everybody hurts 03:54.671 --> 03:56.893 the stories from their recruiters . But 03:56.893 --> 03:59.060 uh , I didn't get MP . So I was always 03:59.060 --> 04:01.660 interested in law enforcement When I 04:01.660 --> 04:03.827 went to school , I got accepted to the 04:03.827 --> 04:05.660 message . I did my four years in 04:05.660 --> 04:07.882 college . That's exactly what I studied 04:07.882 --> 04:09.993 criminal justice because I was always 04:09.993 --> 04:12.327 interested in Criminal criminal justice , 04:12.327 --> 04:11.420 you know , the law enforcement side of 04:11.420 --> 04:13.760 the house . So when I went to TBS and I 04:13.760 --> 04:15.760 got an MP that was definitely a big 04:15.760 --> 04:18.230 accomplishment for me and now being 04:18.230 --> 04:20.630 selected for this award , it's 04:20.630 --> 04:22.686 definitely very humbling and it's an 04:22.686 --> 04:24.852 awesome experience . But no , not once 04:24.852 --> 04:26.963 did I ever think that I was , I would 04:26.963 --> 04:28.741 be selected for such an award , 04:28.741 --> 04:30.852 especially in law enforcement certain 04:31.740 --> 04:33.970 can you try , can you attribute your 04:33.970 --> 04:36.303 leadership , success and skills learned ? 04:36.640 --> 04:39.530 Two one mentor role model that has 04:39.540 --> 04:41.429 followed you through the years or 04:41.740 --> 04:45.220 served that at one time , definitely be 04:45.220 --> 04:47.109 difficult to break it down to one 04:47.109 --> 04:49.164 person in particular , especially in 04:49.164 --> 04:51.109 the Marine Corps because I've been 04:51.109 --> 04:53.331 around for a little while ah definitely 04:53.331 --> 04:53.100 there's been a lot of staff ngos and 04:53.100 --> 04:55.900 officers who have looked up after me , 04:55.910 --> 04:58.110 you know have guided me in the right 04:58.110 --> 05:00.110 direction , have helped me make the 05:00.110 --> 05:02.450 right choices . But definitely a person 05:02.450 --> 05:05.450 I would say it would be my father , the 05:05.450 --> 05:07.672 way my father has raised me since I was 05:07.672 --> 05:10.640 a little boy , you know , that has 05:10.640 --> 05:14.550 definitely left the very ah uh I 05:14.550 --> 05:17.170 would say you know that's the best 05:17.170 --> 05:19.059 leadership that I could have ever 05:19.059 --> 05:21.170 learned from , from my father . So he 05:21.170 --> 05:23.281 has definitely been the mentor that I 05:23.281 --> 05:25.337 would look up to . What is this , Do 05:25.337 --> 05:27.448 you remember any of the events or any 05:27.448 --> 05:29.670 of the specific lesson what you learned 05:29.670 --> 05:31.750 from your dad , that that basically 05:31.750 --> 05:33.806 kind of ring and here every day when 05:34.140 --> 05:37.140 that the thing I remember the most , 05:37.140 --> 05:39.307 especially when I was a little kid was 05:39.307 --> 05:41.418 that my father was a very , very hard 05:41.418 --> 05:43.251 worker , always working , always 05:43.251 --> 05:43.090 working . I remember him going to 05:43.090 --> 05:45.312 school , going through college , trying 05:45.312 --> 05:47.640 to get his education and having a job 05:47.640 --> 05:49.973 at the same time while raising a family . 05:49.973 --> 05:51.862 So I would see him come home from 05:51.862 --> 05:53.807 school , Get some , you know , get 05:53.807 --> 05:55.807 something to , we do do some things 05:55.807 --> 05:57.918 around the house and then immediately 05:57.918 --> 06:00.084 turn around and go off to work . So he 06:00.084 --> 05:59.560 was always working , always going to 05:59.560 --> 06:01.671 school . And that's one of the things 06:01.671 --> 06:03.449 that I've always remember and I 06:03.449 --> 06:05.560 remember before we left on deployment 06:05.560 --> 06:07.616 with 15 . That's , that's one of the 06:07.616 --> 06:09.616 things that the battalion commander 06:09.616 --> 06:11.727 told us that we were going to have to 06:11.727 --> 06:13.838 sing and to work for seven months and 06:13.838 --> 06:16.060 that's exactly what I did . I went over 06:16.060 --> 06:15.430 there with the intent to work for seven 06:15.430 --> 06:17.541 months and I'm pretty sure my marines 06:17.541 --> 06:19.541 didn't like me at times because you 06:19.541 --> 06:21.708 know , I pushed him , I pushed them to 06:21.708 --> 06:23.874 work every every single day hard . And 06:23.874 --> 06:25.986 uh , I believe that's , that's one of 06:25.986 --> 06:28.152 the best things that I , I got from my 06:28.152 --> 06:30.097 father . He's , he's hard work and 06:30.097 --> 06:32.960 dedication . Mm hmm . What challenges 06:32.960 --> 06:34.960 did you face is when you're certain 06:35.240 --> 06:37.184 what challenges did you overcome , 06:37.184 --> 06:39.800 developing your leadership style makes 06:39.800 --> 06:42.540 you leader you are the best . Yeah , 06:45.540 --> 06:47.596 I've been pretty lucky throughout my 06:47.596 --> 06:49.762 career . I don't know if I've had many 06:49.762 --> 06:51.484 challenges when it comes to ah 06:51.484 --> 06:53.540 leadership , going down to the drill 06:53.540 --> 06:55.540 field and experiencing that being a 06:55.540 --> 06:57.429 dream start for four years . That 06:57.429 --> 06:59.207 definitely taught me a lot . So 06:59.207 --> 07:01.360 challenges as far as leadership , I 07:01.360 --> 07:04.460 would have to say a big challenge for 07:04.460 --> 07:06.682 me was going from enlisted to officer , 07:06.870 --> 07:09.140 having to separate myself , Having to 07:09.140 --> 07:11.520 humble myself down again , going from 07:11.530 --> 07:13.697 being a gunner sergeant after you know 07:13.697 --> 07:15.919 14 years in the Marine Corps and having 07:15.919 --> 07:18.086 to humble myself back down and started 07:18.086 --> 07:20.308 all over again . So that was definitely 07:20.308 --> 07:22.363 a big challenge for me as a leader . 07:22.363 --> 07:24.530 But uh but he has definitely taught me 07:24.530 --> 07:26.641 a lot . It has definitely taught me a 07:26.641 --> 07:28.808 lot . Yes sir . Is there anything else 07:28.808 --> 07:30.863 that you'd like to add that you feel 07:30.863 --> 07:33.260 the to this award , the story and 07:33.260 --> 07:36.650 telling that story to the world ? The 07:36.650 --> 07:38.817 only thing I would like to add is that 07:38.817 --> 07:41.620 any award that we get as leaders ? A 07:41.620 --> 07:43.731 lot of it has to do for the hard work 07:43.731 --> 07:47.450 that our marines do and ah sometimes 07:48.340 --> 07:50.284 I remember back when I was a young 07:50.284 --> 07:52.470 marine remember staff and so once told 07:52.470 --> 07:54.637 me that sometimes you're gonna do hard 07:54.637 --> 07:56.803 work , you're gonna bust your , you're 07:56.803 --> 07:58.970 gonna do everything you're supposed to 07:58.970 --> 07:58.670 do and sometimes you're not gonna get 07:58.670 --> 08:00.960 recognized for that , but there's gonna 08:00.960 --> 08:02.960 be other times that you are and the 08:02.960 --> 08:05.350 only thing I would say is doing your 08:05.350 --> 08:08.360 job doing it . Well , working hard day 08:08.360 --> 08:10.527 in day out eventually will pay off and 08:10.527 --> 08:12.693 you will get recognized when you least 08:12.693 --> 08:14.916 expected as such as this award for me . 08:15.940 --> 08:18.660 Thanks so much for your time . Well , 08:19.140 --> 08:21.370 you were talking earlier about some of 08:21.370 --> 08:23.550 the , some of the mission that you 08:23.550 --> 08:27.320 specifically um during that 08:27.320 --> 08:29.431 time and obviously this award is sort 08:29.431 --> 08:32.060 of a result . Find what that you were 08:32.060 --> 08:35.270 responsible for during that time . What 08:35.270 --> 08:37.437 was some of the most and this is a two 08:37.437 --> 08:39.600 part question . But what were some of 08:39.600 --> 08:42.700 them will say challenging times during 08:42.700 --> 08:45.060 that ? Just keep looking a crew . 08:47.240 --> 08:49.840 Mhm . Well challenging times was every 08:49.840 --> 08:52.770 day leaving the wire every day knowing 08:52.770 --> 08:55.580 that I had my marines lives in my hands 08:55.590 --> 08:58.180 as we went out because we did more 08:58.180 --> 09:00.347 mountain patrol than probably any unit 09:00.347 --> 09:02.569 out there because we have to be out and 09:02.569 --> 09:04.680 about every single day . And that's , 09:04.680 --> 09:06.902 that's one thing that I told my team in 09:06.902 --> 09:06.500 order for us to be effective our , our 09:06.500 --> 09:09.030 job , we have to go out there that the 09:09.030 --> 09:11.230 NSF the and cop have to see us out 09:11.230 --> 09:13.286 there every day . So we would go out 09:13.286 --> 09:15.619 and visit patrol basis on a daily basis . 09:15.619 --> 09:17.619 So we were out the wire . So what , 09:17.619 --> 09:19.508 that was definitely a challenging 09:19.508 --> 09:19.460 because that was always on my mind . I 09:19.460 --> 09:21.516 was always expecting the worst as we 09:21.516 --> 09:23.738 left the wire . You know , are we going 09:23.738 --> 09:25.793 to get hit ? Are we gonna be able to 09:25.793 --> 09:27.960 freak and do what we're supposed to do 09:27.960 --> 09:27.300 that we're gonna be able to do what 09:27.300 --> 09:29.189 we're trained to do . So that was 09:29.189 --> 09:30.967 always on my mind . So that was 09:30.967 --> 09:32.800 definitely a challenge . Another 09:32.800 --> 09:34.856 challenge for me was that I ended up 09:34.856 --> 09:37.078 having to go on a trip to her Rod to do 09:37.078 --> 09:40.020 a kind of like a reverse PSF with the 09:40.020 --> 09:42.076 income that we're gonna be replacing 09:42.076 --> 09:44.298 the income that we had in singing . And 09:44.298 --> 09:46.910 uh I left for about a week and that's 09:46.910 --> 09:49.077 during the time that one of my marines 09:49.077 --> 09:51.188 ended up losing both of his legs to a 09:51.188 --> 09:53.132 90 . So that was definitely a very 09:53.132 --> 09:55.354 challenging experience for me having to 09:55.354 --> 09:57.410 deal with such an event , you know , 09:57.410 --> 09:59.577 being so far away , not not being able 09:59.577 --> 10:01.632 to be there for my marinas as he got 10:01.632 --> 10:03.799 injured . So that was definitely a big 10:03.799 --> 10:06.021 challenge for me . So what does Pds set 10:06.021 --> 10:08.160 those that don't reverse pretty since 10:08.160 --> 10:10.271 the pre deployment , pre deployment ? 10:10.271 --> 10:12.493 Uh kind of like pre deployment planning 10:12.493 --> 10:14.730 for the income . So instead of them 10:14.730 --> 10:17.060 coming to sing and to see the area and 10:17.060 --> 10:19.282 plan for their operations , I went over 10:19.282 --> 10:21.060 to Herat so I could breathe the 10:21.060 --> 10:23.060 battalion commander and the brigade 10:23.060 --> 10:25.227 commander as far as what their mission 10:25.227 --> 10:27.449 was going to be in saying , making sure 10:27.449 --> 10:26.950 they brought the right personnel , 10:26.950 --> 10:28.894 making sure they brought the right 10:28.894 --> 10:30.728 equipment all that necessary for 10:30.728 --> 10:32.839 further mission and singing . So sure 10:32.839 --> 10:35.730 when you're off , when you were dealing 10:35.730 --> 10:37.619 with the afghan police , you were 10:37.619 --> 10:40.150 dealing with the yourself and so on . 10:40.840 --> 10:43.007 What were your impressions ? What were 10:43.007 --> 10:45.173 some of the thoughts that went through 10:45.173 --> 10:47.007 your mind as you , you went your 10:47.007 --> 10:49.229 deployment ? You started off . You have 10:49.229 --> 10:51.507 obviously had not worked with him . No , 10:51.507 --> 10:53.284 that's that was my first time . 10:53.284 --> 10:56.660 Yes . 10:57.440 --> 10:59.960 Come to what was your impression of the 10:59.960 --> 11:02.420 afghans who were trying so hard to be 11:02.420 --> 11:04.770 able to stand up and on the 11:04.770 --> 11:06.826 international stage . What what were 11:06.826 --> 11:08.937 your thoughts and your impressions in 11:08.937 --> 11:12.160 that respect ? Great helicopter goes 11:12.160 --> 11:15.670 high . So halfway through the 11:15.670 --> 11:17.781 deployment , you've been working with 11:17.781 --> 11:19.781 the the ANC op . What was your what 11:19.781 --> 11:21.781 were your thoughts ? What were your 11:21.781 --> 11:23.948 impressions of of these people who are 11:23.948 --> 11:25.781 basically trying to stand up for 11:25.781 --> 11:27.892 themselves and and basically secure . 11:27.892 --> 11:30.059 Yeah , our mission and saying what's a 11:30.059 --> 11:32.114 little difficult because compared to 11:32.114 --> 11:34.281 the A . N . A . We had three different 11:34.281 --> 11:36.448 A . NSF cells working in saying we had 11:36.448 --> 11:38.448 the A . N . A . Which is the Afghan 11:38.448 --> 11:40.614 National Army , we had the A . N . P . 11:40.614 --> 11:40.410 Which is the Afghan National Police . 11:40.420 --> 11:42.476 And then the guys that I was working 11:42.476 --> 11:44.364 with was the Bangkok , the Afghan 11:44.364 --> 11:46.660 National Civil Order Police . And the 11:46.660 --> 11:48.716 thing that made it a little bit more 11:48.716 --> 11:50.716 difficult for myself was and for my 11:50.716 --> 11:52.938 team was the fact that the income we're 11:52.938 --> 11:54.660 doing rotations ? Three months 11:54.660 --> 11:56.827 rotations . So as I got there and then 11:56.827 --> 11:59.140 my turnover with 35 shortly after that 11:59.150 --> 12:00.928 I had the first handcuffed to a 12:00.928 --> 12:02.983 rotation . So then I got a whole new 12:02.983 --> 12:05.206 group that I had to train and start all 12:05.206 --> 12:07.428 over from scratch and then three months 12:07.428 --> 12:09.206 later , same thing we had to do 12:09.206 --> 12:11.206 turnover . That's why I went on the 12:11.206 --> 12:13.317 trip to Herat and then we had to do a 12:13.317 --> 12:15.428 turnover with another set of an cup . 12:15.428 --> 12:17.483 So that's that's that's what made it 12:17.483 --> 12:19.706 difficult when it comes to the training 12:19.706 --> 12:21.817 and evaluation of the and cop when we 12:21.817 --> 12:25.360 were there . Now 12:25.740 --> 12:26.740 I'm sorry . 12:27.040 --> 12:32.560 Okay . 12:32.570 --> 12:36.530 So as far as my impressions with 12:36.530 --> 12:38.474 the and cup , when I first started 12:38.474 --> 12:40.252 dealing with them and I started 12:40.252 --> 12:42.197 learning more and more about their 12:42.197 --> 12:44.252 culture was they do care about their 12:44.252 --> 12:46.480 country . They do care about what's 12:46.480 --> 12:48.480 going on and they do care about the 12:48.480 --> 12:50.720 security . The thing is just like 12:50.720 --> 12:52.720 everywhere else . Sometimes you get 12:52.720 --> 12:54.887 people in the wrong place , especially 12:54.887 --> 12:57.109 in leadership places that they don't do 12:57.109 --> 12:58.998 their job . They're where they're 12:58.998 --> 13:00.720 supposed to . And the thing in 13:00.720 --> 13:02.720 Afghanistan is sometimes leadership 13:02.720 --> 13:02.560 positions are filled because of who 13:02.560 --> 13:06.120 they know or how much , you know how 13:06.120 --> 13:08.176 many people they know how much money 13:08.176 --> 13:10.176 they're paying in order to get into 13:10.176 --> 13:12.064 those positions in ranks and that 13:12.064 --> 13:14.287 affects the leadership in the end cup . 13:14.287 --> 13:16.810 So the first group I had the battalion 13:16.810 --> 13:19.240 commander was pretty good talker but 13:19.240 --> 13:21.351 not not too much when it came down to 13:21.351 --> 13:23.407 doing business . So I wasn't able to 13:23.407 --> 13:25.296 get too much out of him . But the 13:25.296 --> 13:27.351 second battalion commander , Colonel 13:27.351 --> 13:29.184 Rahim full Bird Colonel . He was 13:29.184 --> 13:31.407 awesome at doing what I asked him to do 13:31.407 --> 13:33.629 anything I ask him to do he was willing 13:33.629 --> 13:35.851 to do and help us because he understood 13:35.851 --> 13:37.851 that our mission , we were there to 13:37.851 --> 13:39.907 help them secure their own country , 13:39.907 --> 13:39.860 not the other way around . So when I 13:39.860 --> 13:42.082 told him sir , I don't know why we have 13:42.082 --> 13:44.360 marines going on patrol without income , 13:44.360 --> 13:46.471 it would be like , no that's not , it 13:46.471 --> 13:45.960 shouldn't be like that . I'll get in 13:45.960 --> 13:48.190 cop out there . So that was very 13:48.190 --> 13:50.079 helpful when it came to ah to our 13:50.079 --> 13:53.950 mission . So my impression about 13:53.950 --> 13:57.290 the income was definitely very 13:57.290 --> 13:59.530 positive especially as I spent more and 13:59.530 --> 14:01.700 more time there in singing . They do 14:01.700 --> 14:03.756 want to secure the country , they do 14:03.756 --> 14:06.510 want to do their job as police . But a 14:06.510 --> 14:08.843 lot of the times they like the training , 14:08.843 --> 14:10.954 they like the equipment and they like 14:10.954 --> 14:13.010 the personnel because you know their 14:13.010 --> 14:14.954 pay is not as great as some of the 14:14.954 --> 14:18.870 other I guess um post so that 14:18.870 --> 14:20.870 that all has an effect on , on what 14:20.870 --> 14:24.000 they do and how they do business . So 14:24.000 --> 14:26.222 overall I was pretty impressed with how 14:26.222 --> 14:28.333 the end cap operated , how , how well 14:28.333 --> 14:30.167 they were able to pick up on the 14:30.167 --> 14:32.278 training that we were giving them and 14:32.278 --> 14:34.460 the mentoring and uh they definitely 14:34.460 --> 14:36.516 helped out in the mission and saying 14:36.516 --> 14:38.800 and so they had a lot of very key q 14:38.800 --> 14:40.260 role in ah in second 14:40.740 --> 14:44.640 we are moving 14:44.640 --> 14:46.862 as an Mp company . We're moving over to 14:46.862 --> 14:49.450 L . A . Battalion . So I'll be checking 14:49.450 --> 14:51.740 in tomorrow and uh that will be the 14:51.740 --> 14:53.796 first Ellie battalion here on the on 14:53.796 --> 14:55.740 the West Coast and I'm pretty sure 14:55.740 --> 14:57.796 secondarily battalion East Coast and 14:57.796 --> 15:00.620 then third over in Okinawa . So it's 15:00.620 --> 15:02.842 law enforcement , first law enforcement 15:02.842 --> 15:05.064 Battalion . So M . P . Company Division 15:05.064 --> 15:07.280 Mp company , we'll get this bandit and 15:07.280 --> 15:09.391 then as a company we're going to move 15:09.391 --> 15:11.502 over to first Ellie Battalion and the 15:11.502 --> 15:13.669 battalion will have three Mp companies 15:13.669 --> 15:15.780 and we'll be supporting the math from 15:15.780 --> 15:19.070 that . So right now I am the company X . 15:19.070 --> 15:21.240 So I haven't gotten different words . 15:21.240 --> 15:23.407 So hopefully once I get over there and 15:23.407 --> 15:25.629 check in with the battalion commander . 15:25.629 --> 15:25.620 Hopefully he has good news for me and 15:25.620 --> 15:28.810 keeps me as an XO Or whatever he's got 15:28.810 --> 15:30.921 for me . That's that's what I'm gonna 15:30.921 --> 15:30.800 go over there . 15:30.810 --> 15:35.220 Yes . 15:35.230 --> 15:38.780 Since October we got back October 15:38.780 --> 15:42.130 10 of last year . What what kind of 15:42.130 --> 15:43.990 lessons or what experiences from 15:43.990 --> 15:46.890 Afghanistan lessons mostly . Uh working 15:46.890 --> 15:48.779 with the police in Afghanistan in 15:48.779 --> 15:51.120 Helmand province . What what are you 15:51.120 --> 15:53.231 going to take from that ? That you're 15:53.231 --> 15:54.350 bringing two 15:57.840 --> 16:00.370 mps as a whole . I believe that we are 16:00.370 --> 16:02.203 pretty good when it comes to the 16:02.203 --> 16:04.860 advising mission because of the fact 16:04.860 --> 16:07.330 that the marines when they go through 16:07.330 --> 16:09.690 school they're taught to how to deal 16:09.690 --> 16:11.746 with some of the domestic problems , 16:11.746 --> 16:13.857 some of the basic issues that we deal 16:13.857 --> 16:15.912 on a daily basis here on base . So I 16:15.912 --> 16:18.910 think , I think mps have naturally that 16:18.920 --> 16:21.142 uh that ability to deal with the issues 16:21.142 --> 16:23.630 when it comes to mentoring . So the 16:23.630 --> 16:26.120 only thing that I would say to my 16:26.120 --> 16:27.953 marines , once I get over to L A 16:27.953 --> 16:30.176 battalion , as I get a new company , as 16:30.176 --> 16:32.342 I get a new platoon , whatever it is , 16:32.342 --> 16:34.342 I do get it's hard work and knowing 16:34.342 --> 16:36.453 your job , knowing your job and do it 16:36.453 --> 16:38.398 in it Well , every day that that's 16:38.398 --> 16:40.009 what's gonna get the mission 16:40.009 --> 16:42.231 accomplished . And as mps , we we won't 16:42.231 --> 16:44.342 have any issue as far as dealing with 16:44.342 --> 16:46.398 the advisor mission over and over in 16:46.398 --> 16:49.260 Afghanistan . So in the future , 16:49.260 --> 16:51.371 obviously there will probably be some 16:51.371 --> 16:53.540 more mps rotating through court 16:53.540 --> 16:56.250 operating bases . So what would be ah 16:56.260 --> 16:58.482 what would be some of the uh the number 16:58.482 --> 17:00.482 one piece of advice performing your 17:00.482 --> 17:03.010 duties as an mp for deployed in the 17:03.010 --> 17:05.420 same similar capacity as advising that 17:05.420 --> 17:07.720 you had when you were over there . What 17:07.720 --> 17:09.942 would be the number one piece of advice 17:09.942 --> 17:12.164 you would give any marine in your field 17:12.164 --> 17:14.164 where they go if if you only have a 17:14.164 --> 17:16.220 chance to give one piece of advice , 17:16.340 --> 17:18.396 definitely know your job . No , your 17:18.396 --> 17:21.370 job as an mp . And that involves for US 17:21.380 --> 17:23.930 division mp , that involves patrolling , 17:23.930 --> 17:25.986 You need to know how to patrol . You 17:25.986 --> 17:27.652 need to know how to do proper 17:27.652 --> 17:29.874 procedures for patrols . You need to be 17:29.874 --> 17:32.097 able to get help so you need to be able 17:32.097 --> 17:34.152 to , you know , call for fire called 17:34.152 --> 17:36.374 medevacs , cold freaking IDF , anything 17:36.374 --> 17:38.430 you need to know your job . And that 17:38.430 --> 17:40.430 involves knowing how to do tactical 17:40.430 --> 17:42.486 site exploitation , you know , doing 17:42.486 --> 17:44.597 what Mps do . And that's exactly what 17:44.597 --> 17:44.550 you're gonna do as an adviser , 17:44.550 --> 17:46.772 especially advising some of these A NSF 17:46.772 --> 17:49.330 forces , know how to do your job , 17:49.340 --> 17:52.910 complete from the basic patrolling to 17:52.910 --> 17:54.688 all the way up to tactical site 17:54.688 --> 17:56.743 exploitation . If you know how to do 17:56.743 --> 17:58.743 your job , then you have no problem 17:58.743 --> 18:00.966 performing . You do this as an Mp or as 18:00.966 --> 18:02.854 an adviser over in Afghanistan or 18:02.854 --> 18:02.460 anywhere else that you would get sent . 18:07.840 --> 18:08.460 Big sale . 18:17.040 --> 18:20.770 Thank you gentlemen , Barbara .