WEBVTT 00:01.770 --> 00:03.980 I'm first Lieutenant Natalie Camacho 00:03.990 --> 00:07.020 and I'm the base Adjutant and Postal 00:07.020 --> 00:09.187 officer here at Marine Corps Logistics 00:09.187 --> 00:12.570 base Albany Georgia and more recently I 00:12.570 --> 00:15.040 also took over for the M . C . L . B . 00:15.040 --> 00:18.760 Albany shooting team . I come from 00:18.760 --> 00:21.030 south florida , this is my first duty 00:21.030 --> 00:24.900 station , but I've already had so many 00:24.900 --> 00:26.956 experiences here and I've learned so 00:26.956 --> 00:29.760 much to progress in my Marine Corps 00:29.770 --> 00:32.560 career . Wanted to take some time today 00:32.560 --> 00:34.810 to talk about the Marine Corps 00:34.810 --> 00:36.921 logistics Base Albany shooting team . 00:36.921 --> 00:39.440 So the shooting team here on this space 00:39.440 --> 00:42.050 really provides the opportunity to 00:42.060 --> 00:44.200 marines that they may not get at any 00:44.200 --> 00:47.170 other installation just due to the 00:47.170 --> 00:50.590 small size . Um , and really the level 00:50.600 --> 00:53.000 of care that we can have for our 00:53.000 --> 00:56.020 marines here and it's important to 00:56.030 --> 00:58.197 remember our fundamentals , what we're 00:58.197 --> 01:01.720 taught in the why behind shooting . Um , 01:01.730 --> 01:04.170 in the Marine Corps every year we take 01:04.180 --> 01:06.610 our annual rifle qualifications as well 01:06.610 --> 01:09.480 as our pistol . But it's important to 01:09.480 --> 01:11.610 realize that it's more than just an 01:11.610 --> 01:13.610 annual check in the box . It's more 01:13.610 --> 01:15.721 than just a badge that we wear on our 01:15.721 --> 01:17.832 uniform as an officer . You're taught 01:17.832 --> 01:19.943 to never fall in love with your first 01:19.943 --> 01:23.210 plan because it will inevitably fail 01:23.220 --> 01:25.500 and you will be forced to come up with 01:25.500 --> 01:28.660 a new plan on the fly . I think that 01:28.670 --> 01:31.140 the shooting team really gets a good 01:31.150 --> 01:34.520 picture of what that really means , may 01:34.520 --> 01:37.270 not be a battlefield or battle space , 01:37.270 --> 01:39.550 but the train that we're getting is 01:39.550 --> 01:42.520 more than just a static shooting at a 01:42.520 --> 01:44.680 target . You know , we are constantly 01:44.690 --> 01:48.030 finding new targets while maneuvering 01:48.040 --> 01:50.040 through whatever course it maybe in 01:50.040 --> 01:52.550 every competition that we do go to has 01:52.550 --> 01:55.540 about nine different stages that 01:55.540 --> 01:57.990 require you to come up with a new plan 01:58.000 --> 02:00.960 at the very beginning and adapt while 02:00.960 --> 02:03.182 you're going through that competition . 02:03.182 --> 02:06.190 It's a balance between speed and 02:06.190 --> 02:09.130 proficiency . Um , and it really does 02:09.130 --> 02:12.990 just prepare and better 02:13.000 --> 02:16.850 train us as marines and 02:16.850 --> 02:20.750 as marksman , which is what every 02:20.750 --> 02:23.060 marine , every marine is a rifleman . 02:23.070 --> 02:25.181 Um , it's important to go back to our 02:25.181 --> 02:28.780 fundamentals because even though we are 02:28.780 --> 02:31.320 in a peacetime , you never know what 02:31.320 --> 02:34.450 may come and marines take the pride and 02:34.450 --> 02:36.730 always being ready for the fight . So 02:36.730 --> 02:39.020 Albany is a pretty neat place just 02:39.030 --> 02:41.380 based off of its location alone right 02:41.390 --> 02:43.501 behind me here . We've got our pistol 02:43.501 --> 02:45.723 range where we've actually been able to 02:45.723 --> 02:49.530 host intramural pistol matches . Um , 02:49.530 --> 02:52.700 and it's where the base as an entirety 02:52.700 --> 02:55.680 does its pistol qualifications . But 02:55.690 --> 02:58.870 Albany is very central to a lot of 02:58.880 --> 03:00.850 other places which allows us the 03:00.850 --> 03:04.700 opportunity to travel to different 03:04.700 --> 03:08.490 matches and gives us more exposure . 03:08.500 --> 03:11.920 Um , most commonly we go 03:11.930 --> 03:15.220 to the Talon range in Tallahassee and 03:15.230 --> 03:17.460 we also go to the range in Dothan 03:17.460 --> 03:21.190 Alabama . We've also had the chance 03:21.190 --> 03:24.650 to travel to Camp Lejeune to 03:24.650 --> 03:27.180 participate in their competitions and 03:27.180 --> 03:29.680 we've even been able to go to Quantico . 03:30.090 --> 03:33.010 Um , that's not to say that that's all 03:33.010 --> 03:35.180 we have though . There are a few bases 03:35.180 --> 03:38.000 nearby and there's actually a few other 03:38.010 --> 03:40.220 ranges that we're looking at in the 03:40.220 --> 03:42.860 state of Georgia , Alabama and florida . 03:42.870 --> 03:46.570 Just to further expand our 03:46.580 --> 03:50.570 capability , further expand um , the 03:50.570 --> 03:54.410 training and give us more of a dynamic 03:54.630 --> 03:57.390 atmosphere as far as terrain , 03:57.400 --> 04:01.030 individuals , um , skill levels , that 04:01.030 --> 04:04.730 sort of thing . And I will say um 04:05.160 --> 04:07.271 it's nice being able to just get in a 04:07.271 --> 04:09.438 government vehicle and travel with the 04:09.438 --> 04:11.660 team . It's a sense of building commode 04:11.660 --> 04:14.040 ary . It gives us the chance to get to 04:14.040 --> 04:16.151 know each other better but also learn 04:16.151 --> 04:18.350 from one another . Um many times when 04:18.350 --> 04:19.970 we're on the way back from a 04:19.970 --> 04:22.450 competition or a shooting match , we'll 04:22.450 --> 04:24.840 talk about what went well , what went 04:24.840 --> 04:27.080 poorly , where we messed up , um where 04:27.080 --> 04:29.100 we're looking to improve . And it 04:29.100 --> 04:31.156 really gives us a chance to not just 04:31.156 --> 04:33.378 learn more about ourselves but to learn 04:33.378 --> 04:34.433 from one another . 04:39.710 --> 04:39.900 Yeah .