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- Hi, Marines, this is General Berger.

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Sergeant Major and I just
wanted to take a couple minutes,

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talk with you all about where we are

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with the COVID-19 virus response,

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what the Marines are
doing around the world,

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and what we'd ask you to do, as well.

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And I'll just start off by saying

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there's a lot of information available.

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But at the end of the day,

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I would ask you to go to two places.

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One, the first stop should
always be your chain of command,

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your leaders within your unit.

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And the second would be
to go to marines.mil,

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because they've built
a really nice COVID-19

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kind of virus section on there

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where you can go for all the
detailed information, as well.

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- Marines, the bottom line up front is,

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I think as we have seen over
the last week to 10 days,

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that the situation continues to be fluid.

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So I would ask everyone to continue

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to have maximum flexibility

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as we see either restrictions
or rules or requirements

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sort of become more and more difficult

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to manage immediately.

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But after a period of time,

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things will begin to sort
of play out over time.

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- A lot of the information we have,

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our leaders will have it,

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and it's also at places like marines.mil,

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where you can read the whole
section on coronavirus,

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and it explains all that.

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- As well as the CDC website.

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Frankly, those are the two places

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you're gonna find the
most accurate information,

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is either on the CDC website,

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or on marines.mil,

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all that information is provided.

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And commanders are obviously

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sort of reinforcing those things

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on bases and stations, I'm sure.

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Most installations have a
color coding system on them.

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But pay attention to those things,

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and for further information
on what they really mean,

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go to those two websites,

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either the CDC, or marines.mil

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under the COVID-19 banner.

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- Marines never leave
another Marine behind.

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We always do things as a team, right?

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- That's right, sir.

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Basically, we're all
in this together, sir.

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- Roger that.

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Semper fidelis.