WEBVTT 00:05.840 --> 00:09.270 our morning . Ladies and gentlemen , 00:09.280 --> 00:11.113 thank you for coming out to this 00:11.113 --> 00:13.447 deactivation ceremony this morning . Um , 00:13.447 --> 00:15.613 it's kind of a sad day to mark the end 00:15.613 --> 00:17.613 of this chapter and started back in 00:17.613 --> 00:19.970 1942 and we started for the first car 00:19.970 --> 00:21.970 company in 40 and then received the 00:21.970 --> 00:23.970 name , uh , first Division military 00:23.970 --> 00:26.550 police company in 42 with four officers 00:26.560 --> 00:29.120 in 43 enlisted men . Okay . And since 00:29.120 --> 00:31.320 then we have served in nearly every 00:31.330 --> 00:33.600 operation , conflict war , whatever you 00:33.600 --> 00:35.822 wanna call it , the division has been a 00:35.822 --> 00:37.822 part of To include taxes . 29 palms 00:37.822 --> 00:39.989 that whole bit . Okay . Sergeant Major 00:39.989 --> 00:42.044 Bill was able to dig up a lot of the 00:42.044 --> 00:44.100 cold command chronologies . I didn't 00:44.100 --> 00:46.211 think they went anywhere , but it was 00:46.211 --> 00:45.410 actually kind of a cool resource to 00:45.410 --> 00:47.243 have to be able to read upon our 00:47.243 --> 00:49.850 history as mps , um , 00:51.440 --> 00:53.440 kind of transitioned over the years 00:53.440 --> 00:55.607 from a lot of garrison law enforcement 00:55.607 --> 00:57.720 stuff . Okay . We , we started , you 00:57.720 --> 00:59.664 know , post World War Two , we got 00:59.664 --> 01:01.664 Korea that whole bit . A lot of the 01:01.664 --> 01:03.998 stuff I read if I was from Vietnam area . 01:03.998 --> 01:07.550 Okay . In the 70s . Um , back then as 01:07.550 --> 01:09.828 division mps has fueled mps . You know , 01:09.828 --> 01:11.883 we posted two marines in the P . X . 01:12.040 --> 01:14.151 Sometimes we rolled the liberal buses 01:14.151 --> 01:16.262 on the ocean side to make sure nobody 01:16.262 --> 01:18.207 got in trouble . Get those sort of 01:18.207 --> 01:20.318 things . We still fat people over the 01:20.318 --> 01:22.940 PMO and did that whole bit . Okay . And 01:22.940 --> 01:26.240 oddly enough , 1976 operation 01:26.240 --> 01:29.260 stabilize , which is part of the , 01:30.340 --> 01:32.396 The coastal security operations here 01:32.396 --> 01:34.451 aboard the 16 mi of Camp Pendleton's 01:34.451 --> 01:36.673 coastline . It's kind of ironic because 01:36.673 --> 01:38.896 we did the exact same thing in 2010 . I 01:38.896 --> 01:40.951 just wish I would have called me out 01:40.951 --> 01:43.062 border before I wrote . It would have 01:43.062 --> 01:45.284 saved me a lot of time . The exact same 01:45.284 --> 01:47.507 thing that we're doing is 76 and 2010 . 01:47.507 --> 01:49.673 Okay . Again , before , before that it 01:49.673 --> 01:51.340 was more internment stability 01:51.340 --> 01:53.396 operations , Internment resettlement 01:53.396 --> 01:55.340 operations . Third World War two , 01:55.340 --> 01:57.396 Korea . And that will be here in the 01:57.396 --> 01:59.451 Camp Pendleton . Fast forward to the 01:59.451 --> 02:01.750 future with O I . F . You know , we F O 02:01.750 --> 02:03.528 I . F . It was deployment after 02:03.528 --> 02:05.639 deployment after deployment for these 02:05.639 --> 02:07.806 marines very short . Well , only a few 02:07.806 --> 02:09.972 months at times and already going back 02:09.972 --> 02:12.028 out . Main focus detainee operations 02:12.028 --> 02:14.250 handling convoy security , that sort of 02:14.250 --> 02:16.250 thing . Okay . Ralph Signage , road 02:16.250 --> 02:19.130 clearance and all that born after the 02:19.130 --> 02:22.190 planet . You know , we have 10 to 02:22.210 --> 02:25.560 168 marines to Afghanistan . All the 02:25.560 --> 02:27.727 way south . As far Helmand is south is 02:27.727 --> 02:29.893 uh to God , all the way up north . Too 02:29.893 --> 02:32.060 far Province . Angola stand Okay . 168 02:32.060 --> 02:34.171 Marines covering that much of an AO I 02:34.171 --> 02:36.171 think we took 10 different teams in 02:36.171 --> 02:38.480 different locations . Okay then , focus 02:38.480 --> 02:40.690 was all police advisory teams . Police 02:40.700 --> 02:42.811 mentor teams . Okay , In some cases , 02:42.811 --> 02:45.290 the army and sent forces in jones and 02:45.290 --> 02:48.950 we have done a fantastic job . Okay . 02:48.950 --> 02:51.450 And now , rather than deploys cos the 02:51.450 --> 02:53.490 last few years , we've supported 11 02:53.490 --> 02:55.620 different units as they go out to 02:55.620 --> 02:57.787 deploy support that we have within the 02:57.787 --> 02:59.898 division . Okay . Currently right now 02:59.898 --> 03:02.176 has 61 marines , one lieutenant and 16 . 03:02.176 --> 03:04.398 Listen , Marines serving in Afghanistan 03:04.398 --> 03:06.564 right now , doing good things , you're 03:06.564 --> 03:08.676 doing very well . Um So they're still 03:08.676 --> 03:08.500 fighting the good fight . This is just 03:08.500 --> 03:10.800 a small portion of what we have in 03:10.800 --> 03:14.140 front of . It's a sad day . I'm gonna 03:14.140 --> 03:16.196 miss this company a lot . It means a 03:16.196 --> 03:18.418 lot to me as a lieutenant growing up in 03:18.418 --> 03:20.473 the Marine Corps . This is literally 03:20.473 --> 03:22.529 all I know in the Marine Corps right 03:22.529 --> 03:24.584 now and it's it's sad to see it go . 03:24.584 --> 03:24.290 It's been the biggest honor might like 03:24.290 --> 03:26.700 to serve with these marines and you all 03:26.710 --> 03:28.750 in the audience . Okay ? Um It's a 03:28.750 --> 03:31.000 saturday but it's a good day . Um as a 03:31.000 --> 03:33.000 transition to first law enforcement 03:33.000 --> 03:35.222 battalion . I know many you're going to 03:35.222 --> 03:37.444 Alfa bravo , charlie Company's wherever 03:37.444 --> 03:39.500 they are , We're still going to have 03:39.500 --> 03:39.030 that . You know , I always the division 03:39.030 --> 03:41.141 that he wants . Okay . They're always 03:41.141 --> 03:43.580 gonna have that , hoping not too much . 03:43.580 --> 03:46.150 It's going to cause problems , but now 03:46.160 --> 03:48.327 they're always gonna be division mps . 03:48.327 --> 03:50.549 Okay ? Again , in the marines , I spoke 03:50.549 --> 03:52.604 to you earlier . I want to thank you 03:52.604 --> 03:52.540 again for what you've done the 03:52.540 --> 03:54.660 sacrifices you've made and some the 03:54.660 --> 03:56.960 ultimate sacrifice . Okay , thank you 03:56.960 --> 03:59.560 again , I'll miss you all and good luck 03:59.560 --> 04:01.616 in your future and I look forward to 04:01.616 --> 04:03.616 working with you somewhere down the 04:03.616 --> 04:05.727 line in the fleet . Thank you again . 04:05.727 --> 04:07.838 Um Again , it's been a complete honor 04:07.838 --> 04:10.116 to be able to leave this company , sir . 04:10.116 --> 04:12.338 I appreciate the opportunity to do so . 04:12.338 --> 04:14.504 It's it's been an absolute honor to be 04:14.504 --> 04:16.671 able to lead a company of five men and 04:16.671 --> 04:18.838 women such as this . So thank you . Um 04:18.838 --> 04:21.750 somebody else , you know ? Okay . 04:24.040 --> 04:25.860 Mhm . That's fine .