WEBVTT 00:00.040 --> 00:02.040 Currently we're gonna meet somebody 00:02.040 --> 00:04.760 right now who is in Iraq on 2-9-11 by 00:04.770 --> 00:07.490 basically joining up becoming a marine 00:07.540 --> 00:09.651 corporal Brandy Gamboa . She comes to 00:09.651 --> 00:11.762 his live from Camp Fallujah in Iraq . 00:11.762 --> 00:13.873 She's from South Beach , is the local 00:13.873 --> 00:15.929 kids from here . Uh and it's good to 00:15.929 --> 00:18.151 see what time is it there in Fallujah ? 00:18.151 --> 00:21.160 Uh it's about 8:45 p.m. 00:22.020 --> 00:25.030 you're over there , you know , we have 00:25.090 --> 00:27.800 100 plus 1000 american military and 00:27.800 --> 00:30.410 plus another huge amount of private 00:30.420 --> 00:32.587 people over there . You just heard the 00:32.587 --> 00:34.890 Vice President saying yes , it's true . 00:34.900 --> 00:37.120 We were wrong . There were no weapons 00:37.120 --> 00:39.231 of mass destruction . The report just 00:39.231 --> 00:41.120 came out saying there was no link 00:41.120 --> 00:43.120 between Saddam and Al Qaeda . Those 00:43.120 --> 00:45.342 were the two big reasons we're going to 00:45.342 --> 00:47.287 rock . You've got the uniform on , 00:47.287 --> 00:47.260 you're fighting for your life there . 00:47.340 --> 00:50.060 Does any of that mean anything to you ? 00:50.070 --> 00:52.403 I'm sorry , what was that last question ? 00:52.403 --> 00:54.403 What does that mean to you when you 00:54.403 --> 00:56.403 hear the Vice president said , Well 00:56.403 --> 00:58.570 it's true , we were wrong . There were 00:58.570 --> 01:00.681 no weapons of mass destruction . Um , 01:00.681 --> 01:03.014 that was just something that , you know , 01:03.014 --> 01:05.237 whether it was right or wrong , whether 01:05.237 --> 01:07.403 they were right about that wrong about 01:07.403 --> 01:07.390 that , we're still here to , you know , 01:07.390 --> 01:09.612 make a difference and make an impact in 01:09.612 --> 01:11.946 this country . If we haven't found them , 01:11.946 --> 01:13.890 then we might not find them , they 01:13.890 --> 01:16.057 might not be a connection . But either 01:16.057 --> 01:18.057 way , we're still accomplishing our 01:18.057 --> 01:20.279 missions here . We're still taking care 01:20.279 --> 01:22.446 of what we need to take care of . What 01:22.446 --> 01:24.501 is the general attitude over there ? 01:24.501 --> 01:26.668 People , the soldiers spirit you speak 01:26.668 --> 01:30.570 to that . Um , yeah , actually , you 01:30.570 --> 01:32.930 know , for every uh every email that we 01:32.930 --> 01:36.180 get sent that has all kinds of negative 01:36.190 --> 01:38.140 output and people , you know , 01:38.140 --> 01:40.420 protesting back at home , we get just 01:40.420 --> 01:42.642 as much positive feedback . We get even 01:42.642 --> 01:44.864 double . We have people writing us over 01:44.864 --> 01:47.031 here every day , keeping our morale up 01:47.031 --> 01:49.087 and you know , we have close contact 01:49.087 --> 01:51.198 with our family . So you know where I 01:51.198 --> 01:53.253 mean ? We're tired , but we're still 01:53.260 --> 01:55.316 we're still okay . We're still , the 01:55.316 --> 01:58.200 morale is still high . Uh , let me find 01:58.200 --> 02:00.422 out . You're 21 years old . As I said , 02:00.422 --> 02:02.533 your , your local kid here from south 02:02.533 --> 02:04.756 kids , this is your second deployment . 02:04.756 --> 02:06.811 You chose to go back again , Is that 02:06.811 --> 02:09.290 correct ? Yes , I did . And why is that ? 02:09.300 --> 02:12.810 Um , I came out here the first time and 02:12.810 --> 02:15.320 I just , when I left , I just knew that 02:15.320 --> 02:17.320 there was more that I could do . So 02:17.320 --> 02:19.487 when the opportunity came back again , 02:19.487 --> 02:22.090 I volunteered to come back out here . 9 , 02:22.090 --> 02:24.257 11 happened five years ago . So you're 02:24.257 --> 02:27.220 16 years old when that happened . But 02:27.220 --> 02:29.890 that was the reason that you , uh , you 02:29.890 --> 02:32.001 got into the marines . How much later 02:32.001 --> 02:35.790 did that happen ? Um That was one of 02:35.790 --> 02:38.900 the reasons , I mean , it definitely uh , 02:38.910 --> 02:41.800 steered me towards my decision , but um , 02:41.810 --> 02:44.260 primarily it was it was a challenge for 02:44.260 --> 02:46.482 me . I wanted to come out here and make 02:46.482 --> 02:49.340 my contribution . What do you feel your 02:49.340 --> 02:52.630 contribution and you 02:53.040 --> 02:56.920 get there today ? What it's like ? Yeah , 02:56.930 --> 02:59.710 I get up every day and my job pretty 02:59.710 --> 03:03.190 much I order here for people here that , 03:03.200 --> 03:05.367 you know , they might be using outside 03:05.367 --> 03:07.533 the wire gear , that they may be using 03:07.533 --> 03:09.422 inside the wire , on convoys , on 03:09.422 --> 03:11.644 patrols . Everything that we do want to 03:11.644 --> 03:13.700 make sure that everybody has exactly 03:13.700 --> 03:15.922 what they need . So , um that's how I'm 03:15.922 --> 03:18.320 doing my part . All right , corporal 03:18.470 --> 03:20.637 and again , follow from Southgate . We 03:20.637 --> 03:22.692 wish you well and safe home . Okay ? 03:22.692 --> 03:25.026 Thank you for being with us . Thank you . 03:25.026 --> 03:25.400 Thank you .