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- [Radio Announcer] Speaking of coming up,

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the sun's gonna be coming up here

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in about another five minutes or so.

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(soft music)

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- [Radio Announcer] Eight V-22
aircraft are standing by.

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So these Marines will be ready to go off

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if and when the orders comes.

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- [General David H. Berger] Every Marine trains,

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prepares 24/7, to get the phone call

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in the middle of the night
that your unit's deploying.

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The phone call you weren't
expecting but you're ready for.

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- [Sergeant Major Troy E. Black] Marines win as a team.

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It's a team sport.

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We get there, fight, sustain,
advance and win as a team.

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(high energy music)

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(tank fire)

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- [Berger] There's so much
planning, so much detail

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that goes into a night raid
or an amphibious landing.

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So many things can go wrong.

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There's a lot of complexity
to a night patrol

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with a platoon of
Marines in tough terrain.

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(gunfire)

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- I couldn't even describe the amount

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of adrenaline rush that it takes.

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It hits your body and
it's like a light switch

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and as soon as the light
turns on, you just go.

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And it really boils
back down to the basics

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of that whole team concept of
because you've trained,

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you've done it so many times
that it's just automatic,

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that muscle memory hits
and it's the whole concept

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of shoot, move, communicate as a team.

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(high energy music)

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- [Black] It's not an easy
task to launch out of the back

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of a Navy ship and move towards land,

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knowing Marines will be the
first one to put feet ashore

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and secure the beach.

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- You go back to our guys,

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start prepping our
gear, do PCC's, PCI's,

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make sure everybody's on the same page

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that way when we get off
the bird and our first step,

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it's game time from there.

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- [Berger] We've done it before

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and we'll continue to do it.

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(dramatic music)

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But we must be able to do it from the sea.

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The sea is where we will launch from,

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maneuver from, and recover to.

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We have a lot of innovation
and a lot of technology

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in the Marine Corps.

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- [Black] But at the end of the day,

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the centerpiece for the Marine
Corps is some small unit.

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That part is the focus.

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That is why we exist.

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- There's one thing, especially being

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an infantry unit leader, is the fact that

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there's so many things going on in

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what we call the
controlled chaos of combat,

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and without having good squad leaders

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to be able to call in the medivacs,

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to be able to call for fire and know that

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your front's covered at all angles

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because the team's there and making sure

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that the job's getting done.

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- [Berger] A really
good operational unit

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is silent when they're moving.

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No voice commands.

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Just Marines moving
quietly, slowly, no talking.

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- When it comes down to it,

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technologies have changed
but the fundamentals

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of warfare remain the same.

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Once we hit the deck, it's
all about squad leaders

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and platoon sergeants
assessing the situation

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and adapting to it, just like it has been

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throughout our entire history.

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(gunfire)

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- [Berger] Implicit communications,

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sensing the Marine to the
left and to the right.

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- Flank left!

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- [Berger] Knowing where
each member of the squad is

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and where they need to be.

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Like a finely tuned machine.

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Successes and failures.

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And the piece that makes us know our lives

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are safe in the hands of others is trust.

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We trust our fellow Marines
and Sailors implicitly.

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We know they are trained, prepared,

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willing to put it all on the line when

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the situation calls for it.

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In combat, in garrison and at home.

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Without trust and cohesion,
a platoon doesn't exist.

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A unit doesn't exist.

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The Corps doesn't exist.

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I trust my life to each and every Marine

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who has ever earned the title U.S. Marine.

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- I'll tell you, some of
the best Marines I had

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in Vietnam were Corpsmen.

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They're not Sailors, or
medics, they're Corpsmen

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and they love the Marine Corps.

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- When I got off that train,

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it was a train that I
got off at Parris Island,

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and that gunnery sergeant
started yelling at me,

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okay, he lit a fire in me.

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And the day that I left boot camp

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and he put a medal emblem in my hand

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and squeezed my hand until it bled

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and that still makes a difference for me.

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- It is with honor, courage and commitment

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that we stand in the face of adversity

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with unwavering resilience.

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There is no better friend,

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no worse enemy, because it does not matter

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how bruised or battered,
we refuse to fail.

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To be always faithful in
times of chaos or peace

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we willingly pay its price
because freedom is not free.

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In faith in something
greater than ourselves,

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we stand boldly, determined
to make a difference,

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to make our presence
felt and to this cause

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we dedicate our very lives.

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This title etched on our
hearts until the day we die.

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We are once and forever
United States Marines.

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- [John Canley] As a leader, you
know when we're talking

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about life and death right?

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If they believe in you and if they believe

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that you are gonna take care of them,

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you're concerned about their welfare,

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they're gonna respond
to you in any situation.

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- From one devil dog to
the next, happy birthday!

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Oorah!

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- [Berger] "Once a Marine, always a
Marine" is not just a slogan.

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Here's to 244 years of success as a Corps.

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- We still carry the torch for that person

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who wore the uniform over 240 years ago.

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- [Both] Happy birthday, Marines!

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