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- The MCCLEP is the Marine
Corps Law Enforcement Program

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and what that program evolves around

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is law enforcement and force protection.

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Now what I'm looking for in my department

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is individuals that do not want
to accept the standard quo.

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They want to make themselves
and the organization

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a little bit better,

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who know the standard
and uphold the standard

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while being team players.

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So we ask for qualified applicants

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that are interested in
bettering themselves

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and bettering the organization.

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- Good morning, my name is
Clarence J. Gillard, Junior.

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I am the Operations Officer here

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for the PMO's office here in New Orleans.

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I joined the Marine Corps back in 1978

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after I got out of high school.

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I spent 10 years in the Marine Corps.

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Upon getting out in
1988, I came back home,

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found me a job at the sheriff's office

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for about a year and a half

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and caught the law enforcement bug.

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Once I caught the law enforcement bug,

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I joined the New Orleans Police Department

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where I spent 21 years before retiring.

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Once I completed my 21 years I found out

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about the MCCLEP program
and decided it was time

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to retire from the fast pace
of local law enforcement

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and come back into the
military law enforcement,

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also come back to being with the Marines.

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I found my passion here and
I've been here since 2011.

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- My name is Corporal James Ratliff.

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I work here at MARFORRES for the PMO.

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I've been doing that
for almost four years.

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This is my first duty station
with the MCCLEP program.

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I entered the military in 2002,

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did four years active overseas
in Subic Bay and Rota, Spain.

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After that I got out, went
to college, got my degree.

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After that I got a job

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with Department of the Air
Force police in Altus, Oklahoma

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and that got my foot in the door.

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- [Clarence] The city of New
Orleans, as we like to call it,

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is like a big bowl of gumbo.

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We got a multicultured city,

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where people just love to come here

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and they get stuck on how
easy it is to live here,

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which is why they call us the Big Easy.

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- Coming to New Orleans,

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it's a culture shock to say the least,

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but it's awesome because
it still has the aspects

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of being from a small town.

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People are real friendly
and you can say hey

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to anybody on the street

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and it's just like being home.

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The food around here is really good,

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the people are friendly,

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you really can't have a
bad time in New Orleans.

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(jazz music)