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- Good afternoon, I'm
Lieutenant Colonel Mays,

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commanding officer of
CLD 15, and with me is--

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- Sergeant major Sap,
sergeant major for CLD 15.

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- We'd like to take this
opportunity to talk to you

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about our plan, Road to Deployment
series that RDRC Crystal

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has been planning and executing now

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and this is the first part in that series.

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We're gonna do this one virtually.

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And then next month probably in another

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additional one virtually.

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And we're still planning our
big family event July 17th

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where we hope to have all of
you out together as a family

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and enjoying our company.

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In the meantime, we're moving forward

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with our deployment preparations.

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And after we chopped two
weeks ago to the 15th mu

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nothing has changed with
our deployment timeline

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nor our work outs at this time.

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And I'd also like to give this opportunity

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for Sergeant Major to talk
about your Marines and Sailors

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and what they're doing to
stay safe and mission focused.

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- Now while we're going
through these challenging times

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and facing uncertain timelines
getting ready for deployment.

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We are taking precautions,
making sure and enforcing and

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encouraging the use of face
clothes, social distancing,

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as well as washing hands and
sanitizing our work spaces.

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Your marines' and
sailors' health and safety

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are always gonna be at the
forefront of our minds,

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as well as the families back home as well.

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- Thank you Sergeant Major.

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Again, your marines and sailors
are doing an incredible job

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working well and adjusting
to all these challenges

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that they're facing and
it's only a testament

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to their abilities and
what should be a testament

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to their success on the
15th mu with our deployment

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this year.

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Thank you very much.

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- Good afternoon. Good
morning. Good evening.

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Not sure when you'll be watching this.

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I'm Crystal Gates, your
deployment readiness coordinator

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with Combat Logistics Battalion-15.

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As Lieutenant Colonel Mays said,

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we are doing our road to
deployment workshop series

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a little bit differently
due to the COVID-19.

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This first workshop we are
going to be talking about

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checklists, family care plans,
power of attorneys, wills,

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and what does all that mean?

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Basically what it means is, are you ready?

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We want to ensure that
you are going to be ready.

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You can see from this
vest here, it's the Core.

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It is what you guys are used
to or what our service members

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are used to wearing to protect themselves.

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We want to make sure that you
guys are gonna be successful

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and be protected during
this deployment as well.

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So in addition to this workshop
series and covering these

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initial legal documents,
we'll also be looking at other

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opportunities to be able to
bring you these important

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steps that you're gonna need to have

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to be successful during this deployment.

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So checklists, there's going
to be three that are attached

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to the e-mail that you're
receiving this video in.

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One for single Marines, one
for Marines with dependents,

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and one for married Marines.

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Take a look at all three and
see you can pick and choose,

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but most of the information
that's on the designated one

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will be pertinent to what
you're going to need to have.

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Things to think of,
important considerations.

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What are those that you need
to make sure that are going to

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be done and completed prior to
your service member leaving.

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That family care plan, the
wills, power of attorney,

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and insuring that your
SGLI and life insurance

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has the proper beneficiaries.

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These items are all going
to be absolutely essential

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to every single Marine,
Sailor, and their families.

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So family care plans, we
have learned very recently

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why they're important and
why they need to be updated

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and validated.

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You want to ensure that you are updating

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and validating these
prior to that deployment.

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Ensuring that it's going to be correct

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and basically make it easier
for when that member deploys.

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I'm gonna go ahead and hand
it over now to our Agilent

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and legal officer Lieutenant Zendejas.

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Take a look at the end of this video.

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You're gonna have the additional date

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for the rest of our workshop series

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and what they're going to cover

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and we hope to see you at them.

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Either virtually again
or in person very soon.

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- Good morning, Good afternoon,

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my name is Lieutenant Zendejas.

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I am the Batallion
Agiltent and legal officer.

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Today we'll be discussing estate planning,

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which covers powers of attorney and wills.

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Will you or will you not need a will?

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You will need a will if you have children

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and want to appoint a guardian,

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or if you have part ownership
in a family business,

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or if you have certain items

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that you want to distribute
to certain people.

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You will not need a
will if you are married,

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have no children and want
everything to go to your spouse.

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Or you are not married
and have no children

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and want everything to go to
your parents in equal shares.

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When to update your will.

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You will need to update your will

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whenever their is a
significant life change.

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So for example, that would
be a marriage, divorce,

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birth of a child, death of a beneficiary,

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or other significant life events.

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You must be freely
entering into the terms.

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The next thing we will
discuss is powers of attorney.

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A power of attorney
let's you the principal,

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grant the agent the legal
authority to act on your behalf.

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A power of attorney will
allow your significant other

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to make businesses and
financial decisions,

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sell or register a vehicle, file taxes,

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take care of children,
accept ship TMO goods,

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enroll dependents in DEERS, or
place lost expired ID cards.

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There are two types of power of attorney:

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general power of attorney and
special power of attorney.

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A general power of attorney is

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basically unlimited authority.

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It's very risky and might be unnecessary.

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Some institutions may not even

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accept general power of attorney.

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A special power of attorney
is limited authority.

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It minimizes the risk and
accomplishes your intent.

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You may want to use specific
financial institutions

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for specific powers.

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A power of attorney for
the care of children

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is known as Loco Parentis.

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Loco Parentis designates
someone to care for your child

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if neither biological parent is available

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to act as a parent.

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It only grants temporary
responsibility over the child

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and does not change court ordered custody.

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Another thing you will need
to consider before deployment

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is your SGLI and your RED.

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Make sure you go on MOL
and verify that your SGLI

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and your RED are all up
to date and verified.

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If you have any questions,
please contact me,

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the legal officer, or Miss Crystal Gates

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deployment readiness coordinator.

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You can also go to legal
services support section west

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located in the 22 area.

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- We hope you enjoyed your first iteration

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of our road to deployment
series, and that if you have any

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ongoing issues, or concerns, or questions,

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or any clarification that's
needed we ask that you

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seek out Crystal Gates, our
deployment readiness coordinator

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and she will help you in
answering those questions

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and getting you the information
you need to be ready

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for our deployment.