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- Marines and sailors of

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Marine Corps Forces Japan and III MEF,

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you've probably heard a
lot about an initiative

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to come out and do a survey

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of all of our housing, our family housing,

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either on-base residences
or off-base residences.

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Here's the deal.

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Between now and 15 April,

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we would like to come out to your home

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and ask you about 18 questions.

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How are you living?

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What challenges do you
have with your landlord?

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Is your plumbing working?

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We're not coming to inspect you.

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We're not looking for dust and dirt,

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and we're not looking to see
if you emptied your trash can.

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We just want to come
see how you're living.

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We're gonna ask the service member

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if we may come and
conduct that home visit.

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That team will be an
officer and a staff NCO.

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You can say no, and no one
will hold it against you.

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If you say no to the visit,
we'll ask you if we can conduct

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a phone interview with you
while you are at your home.

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You can also say no to that,

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and there's no problem with that either.

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I hope that you'll allow
us to do the visit,

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or at least a phone call,

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because we really want to
know what challenges you have

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so we as an institution can help you.

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Again, we're not there to inspect you.

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We're there to help.

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Remember this, that if you allow us

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to come and do the home visit,

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we can make some differences here.

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The marine or the sailor who
authorizes the home visit,

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you'll be home, we will make
sure that you have the day off.

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And we won't treat you like the cable guy,

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that we would show up
between eight and 1700.

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We'll be there at a specific time

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to the best of our ability,

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but you'll be home that day.

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If you are deployed, then
that won't be possible,

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but it's still your call
whether you allow us

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to go to do the home visit
with you away from home.

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And again, no one is forcing you here,

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but we do want to find
out how you're doing

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and how do we help you.

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I hope this is clear,
please don't overthink it.

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We're just trying to find
out how you're living

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and how we can help.

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Thanks for your support.

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Semper fidelis.