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Hello , I am , uh , Lance Corporal

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Stone . My job is a 3531 motor

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transport operator . I am from Oakwood

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Hills , Illinois . I mainly drive the

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MTBR and the Humvees for all of our

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logistics movements . Um , I always had

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an inspiration for my great grandfather

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who was a tanker in the army , and , uh ,

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also the recruiters , they really got

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to me and talked me into joining the

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Marine Corps . I was pretty unfit , out

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of shape , and , uh , when I was going

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to college , I wanted to be a

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firefighter and my recruiter said . I

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can help you get in shape for that ,

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and they dropped me 60 pounds in a

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couple months , and uh Since then I've

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been in shape and living life in the

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Marine Corps . Um , well , I know I'm

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pretty excited to be here celebrating

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the 250th , especially being a part of

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Marine Week in Chicago , um , really

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representing that , you know , we're ,

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we're in the communities , um . We're

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not just on TV . We are here to form

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relationships with our communities . So

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I'm currently here at Romeoville High

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School , uh , for Marine Fleet Week ,

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and I'm gonna be here helping conduct

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some of the PT events with some of the

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pullees around , and , uh , just

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overall hoping to talk to some people

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and share knowledge with the Marine

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Corps . Yeah , absolutely , when I was

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uh thinking about joining , it was kind

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of like . I don't know , you know , I

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was , I was kind of nervous , but um ,

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I hope , I hope he's younger .

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Individuals can find me and be like ,

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this is a man that's hopefully

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inspirational , and if he can do it . I

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can really push myself to do greater

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things during the Marine Corps . Means

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everything . I love being around around

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home , especially getting to show , you

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know , everyone like I'm home and I'm

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part of a great organization and I did

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something that . Maybe when I was

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younger , I never thought I was gonna

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be able to do . And here I am proud of

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myself and my family's proud of me . So

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far getting a walk around Chicago and

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just talking to some people , getting

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to share my story about the Marine

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Corps and sharing some of the knowledge

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and really getting to share my job . Um ,

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I think my job is very interesting . I

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love talking about it and it's a first

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time opportunity for some of these , uh .

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People around town to hear about what I

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can do . So , you know , coming out

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here , we're not just what people see

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on TV . It's a lot of time , well ,

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it's a lot of people's first time being

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able to see and interact with Marines

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in person . And uh I think it's

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important to share our image to the

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public and really form those

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relationships with everybody . So , I

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hope my story really helps others out

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because , like I said , coming from an

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unfit background , uh especially

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joining during COVID , just playing

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video games , eating pizza all day , um ,

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recruiters found me , got me into shape ,

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and I hope someday I can share that

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experience and get some other young

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guys in and . Help them to get in shape

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and really push their mindset forward .

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