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- Lieutenant General Ron Bailey, retired,

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United States Marine Corps.

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Well, the primary focus of today's message was

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to share with the Athletic Club the purpose of Marine Week,

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and that purpose was for me to tell them about the

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capability of the Marine Corps and what we're doing here.

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We have over 80 events and exercises for this Marine Week.

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Our whole goal was to allow the citizens of Detroit

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to have the opportunity to experience

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the professional war-fighters of our Marine Corps

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in terms of our Marines, and then

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to share with them the capability of our Corps,

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when we talk about a Corps that's expeditionary,

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a Corps that's forward-deployed.

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Well, Marine Week is so important to the Marine Corps

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and the community is that it gives us an opportunity

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to share with the community the Marines,

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their Marines, our Marines, in that

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the Marines come from the community.

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We've always said over the years we make Marines,

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win battles, and return to society good citizens.

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We're able to do that because we have the support

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of the community, and it's also intertwined

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in the community and the Corps and our country.