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- I'm Corporal Smedley Butler.

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I'm the Marine Corps mascot

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for Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego

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in the Western Recruiting Region.

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I'm originally from Escondido, California.

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I was born in February 2014.

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What's my breed and age?

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I'm a full-blooded English bulldog

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and I actually just
turned four last February.

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My name actually comes from
Major General Smedley Butler

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who, at the time of his death,

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he was the most decorated
Marine in the Marine Corps.

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I completed training with Kilo Company

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on September 19th, 2014,

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and I earned the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor

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on top of the Reaper

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with all the other fellow
Marines that did so as well.

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My duties here aboard MCRD in
the Western Recruiting Region

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is just to be the link
with the outside community

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and encompass bringing
the Marines that work here

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and the civilians, we bring them together.

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Thursdays and Fridays, I have a big impact

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on graduation and the families that come.

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I participate in the motivation
run, greet our guests,

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and then in graduation, I come out

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and I'm a part of the ceremony as well.

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Am I planning on reenlisting?

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I just take the Marine Corps
day by day, but we'll see.

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(drumming)

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(whooshing)