WEBVTT 00:07.197 --> 00:09.684 - Here hanging out with the kids in Thailand. 00:09.684 --> 00:10.937 Here for Cobra Gold. 00:10.937 --> 00:13.201 Building community relations. 00:13.201 --> 00:16.600 Just tightening that bond between Americans 00:16.600 --> 00:19.517 and people that we are allies with. 00:21.006 --> 00:23.849 So we're here to see the kids and teach them English. 00:23.849 --> 00:25.836 It's been a pretty good time. 00:25.836 --> 00:27.160 Well, it's important for the Marines to be here, 00:27.160 --> 00:27.995 because we have an image, 00:27.995 --> 00:29.819 and we have an image that we have to uphold. 00:29.819 --> 00:31.687 We want to uphold a very positive image, 00:31.687 --> 00:34.828 to where, when people think of Marines, 00:34.828 --> 00:37.011 especially people outside of the United States, 00:37.011 --> 00:38.451 they think of it in a good way. 00:38.451 --> 00:39.381 And the best way to start with that 00:39.381 --> 00:41.964 is the community and the youth. 00:42.904 --> 00:45.514 I wanna leave behind something positive. 00:45.514 --> 00:48.431 Making kids smile, makin' them say, 00:49.119 --> 00:51.554 "Hey, when I grow up, I wanna be just like them. 00:51.554 --> 00:53.941 "I wanna be strong, I wanna be a Marine." 00:53.941 --> 00:56.851 Or, "I wanna be in the armed forces." 00:56.851 --> 00:59.637 Or just somethin' to leave behind, 00:59.637 --> 01:03.804 a positive impact, not only on myself, but what I represent. 01:05.095 --> 01:09.262 I would take away that it's important to build friendships. 01:10.470 --> 01:12.346 In today's day and age, 01:12.346 --> 01:14.735 friendships are something that's rare. 01:14.735 --> 01:16.818 And to come across, uh... 01:16.984 --> 01:18.983 To be able to travel to Thailand, and different countries, 01:18.983 --> 01:22.245 and build that relationship with people, 01:22.245 --> 01:24.965 I would take away that wherever I go, 01:24.965 --> 01:26.266 it's always important to build a friendship, 01:26.266 --> 01:28.810 because you never know what you may need in the future, 01:28.810 --> 01:31.386 and you can definitely learn a lot 01:31.386 --> 01:33.490 from your living conditions 01:33.490 --> 01:36.657 to another person's living conditions. 01:37.171 --> 01:39.457 (laughs) Funny story. 01:39.457 --> 01:40.806 I joined the Marine Corps, 01:40.806 --> 01:44.973 because I was in ROTC for four years in high school, 01:45.694 --> 01:47.444 in the Navy, and, um, 01:49.555 --> 01:52.722 I liked it, that sense of entitlement, 01:53.354 --> 01:56.293 and that separation from a regular person, 01:56.293 --> 01:58.512 and someone that was serving their country. 01:58.512 --> 02:00.167 It is a great sense of pride, 02:00.167 --> 02:01.152 a great sense of knowing 02:01.152 --> 02:05.319 that you're doing something that's impacting someone's life. 02:06.060 --> 02:09.236 Being out here is one of the reasons why I joined. 02:09.236 --> 02:10.496 To be able to go to Thailand, 02:10.496 --> 02:13.224 and interact with kids, and change their life is... 02:13.224 --> 02:15.160 That's the main reason why I joined the Marine Corps, 02:15.160 --> 02:19.243 to have an impact, and to leave something behind. 02:20.226 --> 02:21.221 I'd like them to know that 02:21.221 --> 02:22.780 be thankful for what you have. 02:22.780 --> 02:25.113 Be thankful for your family. 02:25.580 --> 02:27.663 It could always be worse. 02:27.947 --> 02:31.396 And then, also, don't take other people for granted, 02:31.396 --> 02:34.063 and get out to go see the world. 02:35.543 --> 02:39.279 Always know that it always could be worse somewhere else. 02:39.279 --> 02:41.223 If you're life is already in good standards, 02:41.223 --> 02:43.184 so something to impact someone else's life, 02:43.184 --> 02:44.336 'cause it'll cause a ripple effect, 02:44.336 --> 02:48.273 to where, if that person, you know, is impacted by myself, 02:48.273 --> 02:50.574 that person will, you know, do good deeds, 02:50.574 --> 02:53.216 and think with a positive mindset, 02:53.216 --> 02:55.279 and that'll just create, you know, abundant joy 02:55.279 --> 02:56.537 for their lifetime.