WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.111 now , I think the reason is important 00:02.111 --> 00:05.160 is a testament of the hard work pay off . 00:05.540 --> 00:09.040 Right . We go daily conducting missions , 00:09.050 --> 00:13.010 work Long hours , 20 hours , right , 00:13.010 --> 00:15.860 weekends , um , holidays and all the 00:15.860 --> 00:17.804 stuff . Right . And this is just a 00:17.804 --> 00:19.916 testament . You know , if you put the 00:19.916 --> 00:21.971 effort , the work ethic , everything 00:21.971 --> 00:24.980 can be accomplished . I think the 00:24.980 --> 00:28.620 teaching part , because you know , I 00:28.620 --> 00:30.730 get to to integrate with different 00:30.730 --> 00:32.897 ranges from the , from the lowest rank 00:32.897 --> 00:35.180 to the highest rank . And now in the 00:35.340 --> 00:37.340 command element , I actually impact 00:37.340 --> 00:39.490 everybody who's around me within the 00:39.500 --> 00:42.210 motor transport community . So when I 00:42.210 --> 00:45.280 go on patrols , I cpcs , Lance corporal 00:45.280 --> 00:47.447 corporal sergeant . Right . And then I 00:47.447 --> 00:49.669 get the time to mental and teaching and 00:49.669 --> 00:51.891 development . And then when I'm running 00:51.891 --> 00:53.947 this course is for emergency vehicle 00:53.947 --> 00:56.058 courses to become romance tres impact 00:56.058 --> 00:59.160 with stuff and Ceos and seniors Is that 00:59.160 --> 01:01.910 FY 20 recipient for the massacre since 01:01.910 --> 01:04.140 the video war , I'm pretty much the 01:04.150 --> 01:07.490 motor transport operations chief For FY 01:07.490 --> 01:09.657 two went in for the whole Marine Corps 01:09.670 --> 01:12.010 in three months ago . Uh , for the 01:12.010 --> 01:14.010 battalion against submission to the 01:14.010 --> 01:16.630 regimen to regimen higher headquarters . 01:16.630 --> 01:18.810 And then from there all the packages 01:18.810 --> 01:20.754 come to the math and then they get 01:20.754 --> 01:22.754 border and then the one person that 01:22.754 --> 01:24.921 gets to live for every criteria . They 01:24.921 --> 01:27.088 have different criterias , Maintenance 01:27.088 --> 01:29.360 operator of the year and soon so 01:29.370 --> 01:31.550 formality officer and goes tomorrow 01:31.550 --> 01:33.717 four pack and then tomorrow for pat to 01:33.717 --> 01:36.380 inhale . I had the pleasure to me 01:36.380 --> 01:39.150 master in san vito . Um , so I was 01:39.150 --> 01:41.372 working a different unit and then I was 01:41.372 --> 01:43.594 serving as a duty roadmaster , which is 01:43.594 --> 01:46.530 one week at the math And he was the 3rd 01:46.540 --> 01:49.210 more transport operations chief . And 01:49.210 --> 01:51.377 then he was briefing me and talking to 01:51.377 --> 01:53.432 me and answer me all the things that 01:53.432 --> 01:55.377 should be tracking as the new Rome 01:55.377 --> 01:57.950 masters . Well , a hole in the Hawaiian 01:57.950 --> 02:00.640 island of Okinawa . Yes . So anything 02:00.640 --> 02:02.751 that happened , the pacific region is 02:02.751 --> 02:05.790 our L . A . Operation . So between 02:05.800 --> 02:09.320 Australia Korea . Um it was funny 02:09.620 --> 02:11.950 and then how are you ? I would say that 02:12.740 --> 02:15.190 so , but at the same time all that , 02:15.200 --> 02:17.311 everything else that I think that you 02:17.311 --> 02:19.410 put into it right , How you impacted 02:19.420 --> 02:21.198 you know you and how you impact 02:21.198 --> 02:23.900 everybody else . Um So by teaching this 02:23.900 --> 02:25.678 course is the emergency vehicle 02:25.678 --> 02:27.789 operator right bringing access to the 02:27.789 --> 02:30.560 math to to have more Roll Masters out 02:30.560 --> 02:32.710 there to patrol to make sure that the 02:32.720 --> 02:34.831 tactical , because they're conducting 02:34.831 --> 02:36.664 safely operation to mentor those 02:36.664 --> 02:38.831 marines basically the small opposed to 02:38.831 --> 02:40.831 ensure everybody is doing the right 02:40.831 --> 02:42.942 thing , uh issuing citations at times 02:42.942 --> 02:45.164 right to make sure find discrepancies , 02:45.164 --> 02:47.670 um conducting briefings and all the 02:47.670 --> 02:49.650 stuff , Latinos , just a range of 02:50.140 --> 02:53.800 different things 1st obviously got 02:53.810 --> 02:56.250 for , for allowing me to be here , 02:56.260 --> 02:59.370 right ? And then my wife , Joanna and 02:59.370 --> 03:01.970 my kids , jasmine and eric I think that 03:01.970 --> 03:04.160 my biggest inspiration every day 03:04.170 --> 03:06.337 they're the ones that put out with all 03:06.337 --> 03:08.503 the long hours that need to be working 03:08.503 --> 03:10.726 over the weekend . Sometimes you know , 03:10.726 --> 03:12.892 sometimes I had to be mobile because I 03:12.892 --> 03:15.003 need to prove things over the weekend 03:15.003 --> 03:16.670 to make sure that the Memphis 03:16.670 --> 03:18.781 functioning correctly right ? All the 03:18.781 --> 03:20.948 movements are getting a proof um by me 03:20.948 --> 03:23.710 and by the doj . Um So I think that 03:23.720 --> 03:25.720 they're the biggest inspiration and 03:25.720 --> 03:29.410 second will be my supervisors in anyone 03:29.410 --> 03:32.460 who has impacted me right ? In every 03:32.840 --> 03:35.910 lesson , every correction that have 03:35.920 --> 03:38.350 something behind right ? It's something 03:38.350 --> 03:40.461 that I learned from them and they use 03:40.461 --> 03:42.572 making me a better person . So to all 03:42.572 --> 03:44.906 the marines out there , right listening . 03:44.906 --> 03:46.906 So this is what I suggest , right ? 03:46.906 --> 03:49.128 You're gonna have failures in your life 03:49.128 --> 03:51.294 and it's understandable , right ? Take 03:51.294 --> 03:54.690 their failure dissected right ? Go line 03:54.690 --> 03:56.740 by line to make sure that you see , 03:56.740 --> 03:59.090 What is that ? What's the story behind ? 03:59.090 --> 04:01.312 Right and learn from from that ? You're 04:01.312 --> 04:03.510 going to have a different perspective 04:03.510 --> 04:05.621 once you dissect the problem and look 04:05.621 --> 04:07.843 at , okay , well this is what I need to 04:07.843 --> 04:10.010 do next right , might not be your year 04:10.010 --> 04:12.066 that you're going to be successful . 04:12.066 --> 04:14.232 You got a problem to wait another year 04:14.232 --> 04:16.288 and continues working on that . A no 04:16.288 --> 04:18.288 means the next opportunity . You're 04:18.288 --> 04:20.399 always going to have a chance , right 04:20.399 --> 04:22.399 door closed on one side is gonna be 04:22.399 --> 04:24.343 open a different side . Just gonna 04:24.343 --> 04:26.454 continue pushing and make sure you're 04:26.454 --> 04:28.566 doing the best . You can be alright . 04:28.566 --> 04:30.732 We're here in the Marine Corps to uh , 04:30.732 --> 04:32.566 to be the best and then hold the 04:32.566 --> 04:34.788 standards to the hardest right to offer 04:34.788 --> 04:37.210 the best , you can be upward best human 04:37.210 --> 04:39.390 beings . Um And so you can create your 04:39.390 --> 04:42.420 legacy before you leave the wrinkle if 04:42.420 --> 04:45.400 you look at like that , right ? So I 04:45.400 --> 04:47.511 feel find out that I won this award . 04:47.511 --> 04:51.410 Um I'll contact every single person who 04:51.410 --> 04:53.740 I was under the command and I sent a 04:53.750 --> 04:55.830 picture of business . I just want to 04:55.830 --> 04:57.941 share this with you and I want you to 04:57.941 --> 04:59.941 understand that this is because you 04:59.941 --> 05:02.108 trained me . And then you mentioned me 05:02.108 --> 05:04.163 in development to this day , right ? 05:04.163 --> 05:06.052 Regardless . They play out of the 05:06.052 --> 05:08.052 Marine Corps right now . But I know 05:08.052 --> 05:09.886 they're proud and they just feel 05:09.886 --> 05:12.108 overwhelmed and you have multiple phone 05:12.108 --> 05:15.110 calls from back to the States . Um They 05:15.120 --> 05:17.231 were happy for me to get this award . 05:18.140 --> 05:22.010 Uh huh . Many many good 05:22.010 --> 05:23.843 friends , right ? But it was one 05:23.843 --> 05:27.250 specific and he's girls and libraries 05:27.940 --> 05:31.250 and he's he's my brother in the Marine 05:31.250 --> 05:33.730 corps brother for everything . He's a 05:33.730 --> 05:35.952 person who answered me and then help me 05:35.952 --> 05:38.970 too to move forward , right ? To learn 05:38.970 --> 05:41.260 something different from my boys and 05:42.140 --> 05:46.040 and help me prepare this package for 05:46.040 --> 05:48.207 the race to continue pushing . Right ? 05:48.440 --> 05:50.920 Um It's gonna be a good days , Bad days . 05:50.930 --> 05:53.097 It doesn't matter . We have we're here 05:53.097 --> 05:55.097 to do a job and and that's what the 05:55.097 --> 05:57.319 barranco wants . We always want to be , 05:57.319 --> 05:59.541 you know , stay ready what that means . 05:59.541 --> 06:01.430 Not just in um a less physically 06:01.430 --> 06:03.597 mentally . Right ? And if obviously if 06:03.597 --> 06:05.870 you need help search for help , right ? 06:05.870 --> 06:07.926 Don't don't look at societal witness 06:07.926 --> 06:09.981 because it's better than you reacted 06:09.981 --> 06:12.092 now than when we actually need you to 06:12.092 --> 06:14.220 be in the fight by and then you no 06:14.220 --> 06:16.387 doubt yourself for any other reasons . 06:16.387 --> 06:18.550 So continue striving to be the best 06:18.940 --> 06:21.790 right learn . Um I guess if you know it , 06:21.800 --> 06:23.970 continue reading is always something 06:23.970 --> 06:26.680 being eternal students . That's what 06:26.680 --> 06:29.450 matters . Okay . Well , so I was 06:29.450 --> 06:32.250 obviously I was born in Panama Panama 06:32.250 --> 06:34.230 canal and then apartment cannot , 06:34.230 --> 06:36.397 doesn't have any military forces . You 06:36.397 --> 06:39.540 just have a police force . And I was , 06:39.550 --> 06:41.717 I was a police officer before I joined 06:41.717 --> 06:44.300 the military in Panama . Um , and I 06:44.300 --> 06:46.850 already had a set mind . Uh , I like 06:46.850 --> 06:49.850 the discipline . Then one time we had 06:50.240 --> 06:52.462 kind of like interview and then we went 06:52.462 --> 06:54.462 to the U . S . Embassy . And that's 06:54.462 --> 06:56.629 when I noticed the first marine and he 06:56.629 --> 06:58.940 was an address , both alphas and 06:58.990 --> 07:01.150 inspired me just because you know the 07:01.160 --> 07:04.560 discipline he show um , he transported 07:04.560 --> 07:06.870 to every single , you know , places to 07:06.870 --> 07:10.440 run the U . S . Embassy . And uh , it 07:10.440 --> 07:12.551 was just so respectful . You standing 07:12.551 --> 07:14.662 tall and it was the last score points 07:14.662 --> 07:16.662 right ? Which is , he's represented 07:16.662 --> 07:18.496 that the whole time wrinkle in a 07:18.496 --> 07:20.662 different country and then I had my my 07:20.662 --> 07:23.250 set I set my eyes on that like okay 07:23.250 --> 07:26.020 well that's that's that's that's what I 07:26.020 --> 07:28.200 want to do . One thing . Hopefully we 07:28.200 --> 07:30.440 can we can bring something to Panama 07:30.440 --> 07:32.850 like that . I went to , I was living in 07:32.850 --> 07:34.794 Georgia and I start working in the 07:34.794 --> 07:37.890 hospital and then working the american 07:37.890 --> 07:40.870 red cross and then I was taking blood 07:40.870 --> 07:44.400 from from the marine the recruiter and 07:44.400 --> 07:46.511 he told me , hey do you think you can 07:46.511 --> 07:50.030 do uh 1.5 pull ups and crunches ? I'm 07:50.030 --> 07:53.710 like yes . And he said well we'll see 07:53.710 --> 07:56.490 if is that made me here and then and 07:56.490 --> 07:59.300 then we go from there and at first I 07:59.300 --> 08:01.522 took it as a challenge so her different 08:01.522 --> 08:04.130 show . And then after that I've noticed 08:04.130 --> 08:06.790 the passion that he has for , you know , 08:06.790 --> 08:08.901 for recruiting , right ? He taught me 08:08.901 --> 08:11.068 some of the basic stuff that needed to 08:11.068 --> 08:13.860 and then my mind automatic change from 08:13.860 --> 08:16.590 being want to be a paramedic to join 08:16.590 --> 08:20.010 the military . Then I started in all 08:20.010 --> 08:23.470 the process of everything and I had a , 08:23.480 --> 08:25.610 I had to wait like a year in a debt 08:25.610 --> 08:28.670 program but he cut it off like three 08:28.670 --> 08:30.670 months and then I went right into a 08:30.670 --> 08:32.726 book him . So I went to paris island 08:33.240 --> 08:35.462 there . That , that's , that's what how 08:35.462 --> 08:37.690 my Jordan began . Um , and I thought 08:37.690 --> 08:39.950 about I was going to do the one year 08:40.440 --> 08:42.580 For one contract right within the 08:42.580 --> 08:45.620 Marine Corps . But then I got , I 08:45.620 --> 08:47.680 enjoyed , I enjoyed the brotherhood 08:47.880 --> 08:50.550 deployments , the things that you know , 08:50.550 --> 08:53.230 the marine classical became my petition 08:53.240 --> 08:56.040 marshals within the Marine Corps had 08:56.040 --> 08:58.360 different opportunities to operate 08:58.360 --> 09:01.520 different trains , vehicles . And I 09:01.520 --> 09:01.950 love it .