 Through this portal walks the future as a Marine Corps this means that you will leave your civilian life behind you And from now on live with honor courage and commitment. Do you understand? This is it. This is what I came here for and no one forced me to come here I came here willingly knowing that I would be pushed to my limits to become one of the one of America's greatest fighting force the United States Marines Yes sir When we first showed up and we got all our belongings and our All our personal items and identities stripped away and right before our haircuts It felt like we had hit just rock bottom and all the friends we made on the bus right over here All the friends we made at meps on the airplane rise depending on where you came from You couldn't even identify them anymore. They got their head shaved all their like personal identification was all gone Their clothes was different and at that point you were pretty much just all alone. No one was talking everyone was standing at whatever they thought attention was and just trying to Get by at least for the few hours that we were there waiting for our haircuts And so the purpose of the first phone call that recruit get when he when he gets down here It's just to let the person whoever he's calling preferably the necks of Ken mother father Whoever it's just basically to let them know they made it down here safely Phone calls about 30 seconds. Just say hello. I love you. I made it down here to MCRD I'll be getting training. You'll receive a letter from me within the first two weeks. Do you have any questions? That's literally it. He gives him he gives the person about 25 seconds answer a question. It's not he says I love you and then he hangs up He advised them to do is to be calm and relaxed to come in in an orderly fashion If they have a mole to describe it to us and locate it so we know where it is And just tell them to relax don't Don't be stiff be flexible, and it'll be over within 40 seconds What's the lights go off? You're gonna take out your Leonard. You're gonna set up your ride and go to sleep. You understand? So when we first got a chance to sleep during receiving week and we hadn't slept for probably at least 50 hours We were so exhausted that when we laid down. We couldn't even sleep We're just so stressed out from everything and it wasn't that the drone structures were stressing us out It's just the environment that we're put in or taken away from our homes or out of our beds and now we're in this uncomfortable small spring bed with like almost hotel feeling sheets and with a bunch of random people that we Haven't built the camaraderie with that we could connect with and we could feel comfortable with and Anything from the showers to the lights that were beaming in your eyes when you're asleep Which is make you think of Try to think of the reason why you're here. I Made a promise to my family that I'll come back Motivates me to keep going to boot camp as my father. I will never quit. I won't be ashamed Just bring down her back home