WEBVTT 00:01.203 --> 00:04.594 - We wrap our arms around every sailor and Marine, 00:04.594 --> 00:07.127 and we start with them and their families, 00:07.127 --> 00:09.338 and we figure out what makes them tick. 00:09.338 --> 00:11.996 At Third Medical Battalion, my personal belief is 00:11.996 --> 00:13.480 it's mission people. 00:13.480 --> 00:16.585 And part of that is when our families come, we have 00:16.585 --> 00:19.355 a great reception program, a way of integrating them 00:19.355 --> 00:21.522 immediately into the unit. 00:21.697 --> 00:23.385 Well, here at Third Medical Battalion, 00:23.385 --> 00:24.975 we're completely integrated. 00:24.975 --> 00:27.065 While, it's a Marine Corps unit commanded by 00:27.065 --> 00:30.135 a Navy Commander, you know, it doesn't stop us, 00:30.135 --> 00:32.987 doesn't hold us back from the things we need to do. 00:32.987 --> 00:36.952 - The family is a really important part of the service 00:36.952 --> 00:40.948 member's life, and working here, the service member feel 00:40.948 --> 00:43.990 ^very confident, and comfortable, and can actually do its 00:43.990 --> 00:48.157 ^job, if he realizes that his family is being taken care of. 00:48.988 --> 00:52.945 I would like for a lot of the spouses to feel engaged, 00:52.945 --> 00:54.662 and like this is their command, it's not just 00:54.662 --> 00:57.891 their husband's command, and kinda empower them 00:57.891 --> 01:00.392 to take part in a lot of the activities that we plan 01:00.392 --> 01:01.809 for the families. 01:01.864 --> 01:04.434 - We know if we start with the person, with the individual, 01:04.434 --> 01:07.417 we'll ultimately achieve mission success. 01:07.417 --> 01:10.439 And that just, right now, I'm proud that I'm on a great 01:10.439 --> 01:13.501 team, with great people who understand that 01:13.501 --> 01:16.358 and have actually taken it to the next level. 01:16.358 --> 01:19.029 - So the Marines here specialize in transportation, 01:19.029 --> 01:21.953 we have lots of motor T operators, motor T mechanics, 01:21.953 --> 01:24.120 lots of utilities Marines. 01:24.125 --> 01:26.532 And really they're the ones that get the sailors, 01:26.532 --> 01:29.270 get our foremen and our doctors and our surgeons 01:29.270 --> 01:32.143 from point A to point B, and take them to the fight. 01:32.143 --> 01:34.677 - [Male Voice] We can't go to combat without our Marines. 01:34.677 --> 01:37.823 Our Marines understand they are critical to what we do 01:37.823 --> 01:39.481 here for for the MEF. 01:39.481 --> 01:41.748 - We can build an ER wherever you want it. 01:41.748 --> 01:42.836 Our corpsmen can set it up. 01:42.836 --> 01:45.721 We've got ER physicians, we've got the corpsmen trained, 01:45.721 --> 01:48.359 our physician assistants, there are IDCs in that ER, 01:48.359 --> 01:50.607 and we also, we can build you an operating room 01:50.607 --> 01:52.618 in an austere environment. 01:52.618 --> 01:54.781 We can bring our surgeons, we bring our surgical techs, 01:54.781 --> 01:57.711 we bring an anesthesiologist, and you know wherever you go 01:57.711 --> 01:59.549 in the Marine Corps, there's always a hospital corpsmen 01:59.549 --> 02:01.142 by that Marine's side. 02:01.142 --> 02:03.224 So now it's my turn to take care of the Marines that 02:03.224 --> 02:04.891 are under my charge. 02:05.834 --> 02:07.792 - What makes Third Medical Battalion unique ... 02:07.792 --> 02:10.487 Really, we're the only permanently forward deployed medical 02:10.487 --> 02:12.816 battalion, as part of the only forward deployed mass 02:12.816 --> 02:14.942 that the Marine Corps has, right. 02:14.942 --> 02:17.554 We're out here, at the tip of the sphere, supporting 02:17.554 --> 02:19.942 the MEF and the full range of military operations, 02:19.942 --> 02:23.699 whether that's contingency operations, the alert contingency 02:23.699 --> 02:27.429 MAGTF response, gater security operations, global 02:27.429 --> 02:30.179 health engagement, we see it all. 02:30.324 --> 02:33.755 ^- We are ensuring that the Med Battalion staff have their 02:33.755 --> 02:36.323 ^clinical skills honed for that fight tonight. 02:36.323 --> 02:39.544 We are confident that the medical battalion staff themselves 02:39.544 --> 02:43.016 have the opportunity to do the necessary training, so that 02:43.016 --> 02:46.933 when they get called upon, they're ready to go. 02:47.499 --> 02:50.430 - We're there to save life, to take care of our Marines. 02:50.430 --> 02:53.084 We bring the emergency room and the operating room 02:53.084 --> 02:56.470 to a war zone, so wherever our division Marines are at, 02:56.470 --> 03:00.474 we're that medical capability that's gonna save a life. 03:00.474 --> 03:02.759 Save a life, limb, or eyesight is what we always say 03:02.759 --> 03:04.688 in the medical community. 03:04.688 --> 03:06.659 The CO, the XO, and I, we always walk around, 03:06.659 --> 03:08.665 and our motto is "one team, one fight". 03:08.665 --> 03:11.831 There's not another unit like that on this island, 03:11.831 --> 03:14.034 and it's very special for when we walk around, 03:14.034 --> 03:15.546 and you hear the Marines and sailors saying 03:15.546 --> 03:16.857 "One team, one fight". 03:16.857 --> 03:19.186 That's truly, truly what it means, is we take care 03:19.186 --> 03:23.353 of each other, regardless of the branch of service.