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- And this is where I
started as an officer.

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So, it's kinda like coming back
full circle in your career,

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back to where you learned how
to be an officer of Marines.

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And so, a lot of it was nostalgia

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as I thought about my service here.

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I went from Second Lieutenant to Captain

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in my first tour here

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and it was a very formative experience

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and probably one of the reasons that

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I decided to stay in the Marine Corps.

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I had seen things there
that were challenges

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that I knew were still challenges.

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I tried to get my head around

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how I was gonna deal
with those challenges.

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But, you know, command tours are two years

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and you do what you have while you're

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in charge of your
organization the best you can

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and try to turn it over in a better state

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than when you received it.

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Now I received the division,
it was in a great state,

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so any changes were kinda
on the margins anyway.

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But I think we can say,

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or I'll be able to say
we made some improvements

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and if those are sustained over time,

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this'll be a very lethal organization

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across the range of military operations.

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