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- [Narrator] There is a level of proficiency

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that we're now we're missing.

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(motorcycle engine idling)

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^- He came to the fleet about two months after I did

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^and we've been roommates and pretty much gunners since then.

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When I joined the Marine Corps,

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I was definitely looking for a brotherhood and camaraderie,

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and actually going through it with these guys,

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it definitely makes it in a different perspective,

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but most of the time he would like to go out riding.

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^- [Man voiceover] There was an unfortunate event

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^took place not very long ago, one of our brothers

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^from Weapons Company,

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was a casualty of a motorcycle accident.

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- [Robert] Austin was different from most.

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From the day I met him, he always had his head on straight.

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When it came to work, we could always count on him

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to get the job done, and off work,

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he was always there to take care of all our buddies.

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(dramatic music)