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- Sergeant Quaylain Brown, drill instructor,

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Platoon 3060 in the U-Company

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third recruit training battalion.

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I wanted to become a drill instructor

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because I always wanted to be involved,

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directly influence the future of the Marine Corp.

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And what better way to do it

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than to become a drill instructor.

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The most rewarding part is watching my platoon

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march across a parade deck on graduation day.

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It's just an overwhelming feeling of accomplishment.

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It's the most proudest thing that I've ever done in my life.

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- Sit up straight!

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And look at me!

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- The first line that the drill instructor's pledge is

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these recruits are entrusted to my care.

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And that's something that the drill instructors hear

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in any company, that we take very seriously.

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Because once these recruits are turned over to us,

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in the form of day one, they are entrusted to our care.

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And it's a very serious situation

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to be in charge , directly in charge of somebody's life.

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So it's something that we take seriously.

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- [Marine] Sergeant Brown's leadership,

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decisiveness, and keen sense of awareness

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contributed to saving the life of a recruit.

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During preparation for the company commander's inspection

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in the squad bay, a recruit started choking

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while consuming chow and could not breathe.

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Without hesitation, Sergeant Brown

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rushed to the aid of the recruit,

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assessed the situation, and performed the Heimlich maneuver.

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Due to his immediate response and superb judgment,

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the recruit regained his ability to breathe

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before losing consciousness due to the lack of oxygen.

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- What I did with the recruit afterwards,

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was just set him down, I kind of sat there with him.

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I monitored him to make sure he was breathing okay

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and everything was fine.

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All the drill instructors in this company

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would have did the same exact thing that I did.

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It just so happened that I was the one

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in the situation at the time.

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And I did what any other drill instructor would do.