1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,740 Okay . Yeah , 2 00:00:08,340 --> 00:00:09,340 mm , 3 00:00:09,340 --> 00:00:13,200 Chaplin bracket here . 4 00:00:13,210 --> 00:00:15,432 I've been fortunate to be able to spend 5 00:00:15,432 --> 00:00:17,432 the last 2.5 years . Here's command 6 00:00:17,432 --> 00:00:19,432 chaplain at the Marine Corps Combat 7 00:00:19,432 --> 00:00:21,488 Service support schools here at Camp 8 00:00:21,488 --> 00:00:23,599 johnson . And I really wanted to take 9 00:00:23,599 --> 00:00:25,321 this opportunity to express my 10 00:00:25,321 --> 00:00:27,432 gratitude , expressed my gratitude to 11 00:00:27,432 --> 00:00:29,488 Colonel Shelton , Colonel Adams whom 12 00:00:29,488 --> 00:00:31,710 I've supported and served to all the 05 13 00:00:31,710 --> 00:00:33,710 commanders . Therefore , commanders 14 00:00:33,710 --> 00:00:35,932 that have supported the staff ngos that 15 00:00:35,932 --> 00:00:38,099 I've worked with and all the , all the 16 00:00:38,099 --> 00:00:40,321 marines and sailors during my time here 17 00:00:40,321 --> 00:00:42,377 at Camp johnson that have allowed me 18 00:00:42,377 --> 00:00:44,880 into the sacred space of their lives . 19 00:00:44,890 --> 00:00:46,779 Something so important about camp 20 00:00:46,779 --> 00:00:48,890 johnson is that it's Montford Point . 21 00:00:48,890 --> 00:00:51,140 And so to be able to stand on and serve 22 00:00:51,140 --> 00:00:53,307 on that sacred ground , which is which 23 00:00:53,307 --> 00:00:55,529 honors the Montford Point marines . And 24 00:00:55,529 --> 00:00:58,200 then to also stand on that sacred space , 25 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,144 which is people's lives , people's 26 00:01:00,144 --> 00:01:02,478 hearts , people's souls , people's pain . 27 00:01:02,478 --> 00:01:04,700 And I want to thank you for allowing me 28 00:01:04,700 --> 00:01:06,811 to do that , allowing me to serve you 29 00:01:06,811 --> 00:01:08,922 and to serve with you . Part of being 30 00:01:08,922 --> 00:01:10,922 able to serve as the opportunity to 31 00:01:10,922 --> 00:01:13,570 wear the cloth of our nation and also 32 00:01:13,570 --> 00:01:15,990 the uniform of Marine Corps . And for 33 00:01:15,990 --> 00:01:19,960 this I will always be grateful . I must 34 00:01:19,960 --> 00:01:21,870 say that having served with you , 35 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:24,840 having served all of you , I can say 36 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,007 that I am a better person and a better 37 00:01:27,007 --> 00:01:29,270 man for it and for all of this I thank 38 00:01:29,270 --> 00:01:33,230 you along with the 39 00:01:33,230 --> 00:01:35,286 word of gratitude . I also wanted to 40 00:01:35,286 --> 00:01:37,452 offer a word of encouragement . I have 41 00:01:37,452 --> 00:01:39,563 to say that I've learned so much from 42 00:01:39,563 --> 00:01:41,674 all of you and I have this . I've had 43 00:01:41,674 --> 00:01:43,619 this insight into what it means to 44 00:01:43,619 --> 00:01:45,508 serve our country and to see your 45 00:01:45,508 --> 00:01:47,619 commitment . And when I was told that 46 00:01:47,619 --> 00:01:49,841 in the recruit training , you were told 47 00:01:49,841 --> 00:01:49,800 you were taught that what the Marine 48 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:51,800 Corps does . The Marine Corps makes 49 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,022 marines , the Marine Corps wins battles 50 00:01:54,022 --> 00:01:56,078 and the Marine Corps returns quality 51 00:01:56,078 --> 00:01:58,078 citizens . So I really just want to 52 00:01:58,078 --> 00:02:00,189 encourage all of you to remember that 53 00:02:00,189 --> 00:02:02,078 when we're marines were first and 54 00:02:02,078 --> 00:02:03,967 foremost human beings . And so my 55 00:02:03,967 --> 00:02:06,022 encouragement is to continue to take 56 00:02:06,022 --> 00:02:05,940 care of our humanity . When we take 57 00:02:05,940 --> 00:02:07,940 care of our humanity , when we take 58 00:02:07,940 --> 00:02:09,884 care of our personal lives , we're 59 00:02:09,884 --> 00:02:12,107 going to serve our country and the core 60 00:02:12,107 --> 00:02:14,107 better and we're going to serve our 61 00:02:14,107 --> 00:02:16,329 loved ones better as we know the Marine 62 00:02:16,329 --> 00:02:16,310 Corps and our military . It's all about 63 00:02:16,310 --> 00:02:19,190 readiness . And when we take care of 64 00:02:19,190 --> 00:02:21,790 our humanity were not only ready , 65 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:23,911 we're not only mission ready , but we 66 00:02:23,911 --> 00:02:27,300 are life ready , the Marine Corps and 67 00:02:27,300 --> 00:02:29,411 the military . It's it's always going 68 00:02:29,411 --> 00:02:31,467 to take and rightly so it's going to 69 00:02:31,467 --> 00:02:33,467 squeeze as much as it can out of us 70 00:02:33,467 --> 00:02:35,800 because we stood , we stood up to serve . 71 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,210 But what's also very important is that 72 00:02:38,210 --> 00:02:40,377 you continue to care for your personal 73 00:02:40,377 --> 00:02:42,543 lives for your personal development so 74 00:02:42,543 --> 00:02:44,543 that we can continue so that we can 75 00:02:44,543 --> 00:02:46,543 complete that circle , which is not 76 00:02:46,543 --> 00:02:48,543 only to make a marine and to make a 77 00:02:48,543 --> 00:02:50,488 great human being to return a high 78 00:02:50,488 --> 00:02:53,730 quality citizen . When I would speak to 79 00:02:53,730 --> 00:02:55,674 the young marines here here at kim 80 00:02:55,674 --> 00:02:57,750 johnson , I would always speak about 81 00:02:57,750 --> 00:02:59,850 what their goals were here at kim 82 00:02:59,850 --> 00:03:02,072 johnson and I would share my dream with 83 00:03:02,072 --> 00:03:04,183 them . But not only my dream was that 84 00:03:04,183 --> 00:03:06,017 they graduate , that they passed 85 00:03:06,017 --> 00:03:08,239 ceremonies and graduate , but that they 86 00:03:08,239 --> 00:03:10,517 leave kim johnson a better human being . 87 00:03:10,517 --> 00:03:12,683 And that would be my encouragement for 88 00:03:12,683 --> 00:03:11,620 everyone . At the end of your first 89 00:03:11,620 --> 00:03:13,509 contract , the end of your second 90 00:03:13,509 --> 00:03:15,564 contract at your retirement that you 91 00:03:15,564 --> 00:03:17,620 can look back and you can say I am a 92 00:03:17,620 --> 00:03:19,787 better man , A better woman , A better 93 00:03:19,787 --> 00:03:22,550 human being , A better marine in the 94 00:03:22,550 --> 00:03:24,606 Marine Corps won't do that for you . 95 00:03:24,606 --> 00:03:26,383 But you can do that for each of 96 00:03:26,383 --> 00:03:26,290 yourselves and when you do that for 97 00:03:26,290 --> 00:03:29,180 yourselves , you serve better and you 98 00:03:29,180 --> 00:03:31,347 arrive home and you're better for your 99 00:03:31,347 --> 00:03:33,458 family , for your loved ones , better 100 00:03:33,458 --> 00:03:35,640 for our country . So as I said , the 101 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:37,807 back at the beginning , thank you very 102 00:03:37,807 --> 00:03:39,973 much for this opportunity to serve all 103 00:03:39,973 --> 00:03:42,140 of you . And more importantly to serve 104 00:03:42,140 --> 00:03:44,362 with you in the United States Navy , in 105 00:03:44,362 --> 00:03:46,584 the United States Marine Corps . I will 106 00:03:46,584 --> 00:03:48,751 conclude with a small prayer that I've 107 00:03:48,751 --> 00:03:50,918 used that a lot of my invocations that 108 00:03:50,918 --> 00:03:52,973 many marines have been very grateful 109 00:03:52,973 --> 00:03:54,640 for and it's you , oh God are 110 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:57,530 simplifying , Help us to remember why 111 00:03:58,140 --> 00:04:01,870 when we wake and when we lie , when we 112 00:04:01,870 --> 00:04:05,080 laugh and when we cry when we live and 113 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,840 when we die , that it is worth it to be 114 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,940 simplified . I'm in Yeah .