 Today we are doing the first day of the educators workshop in which we are taking the educators around the recruit depot in order to show them what recruit training is like, what the recruits are subjected to, and then how we as drill instructors are able to break them down and then build them up with through mentorship and leadership and guidance. My impression of the Marine Corps recruiting and training was that typical, you know, full metal jacket. This is very eye-opening. I'm so happy to have this opportunity because there's so much more to it than that. When the drill instructors got us off the bus, we stood on the yellow footprints. That to me personally the most humbling to know that our nation's finest, that's where they started. I really like how in this opportunity we got to see the different stages that the recruits will go through and really what it takes to become a Marine. Now after attending this event in this conference, I realized that there is a lot of care behind all these gentlemen and ladies that are working, that they care about the recruits, but also the fact that there's a lot of reasons behind what they do. I would definitely recommend this experience to other educators because I think it's really important for us to know what all of our options are for our students and I really have a very high opinion of the Marines now. They obviously have a really successful program that they're running here and they produce high-quality individuals. As we look to get our story out, we're really going to need the civilian population, those teachers, those educators that are in those school systems to help young men and women understand what the Marine Corps does. They have an opportunity now to go back to that student, explain what we do and explore opportunities that the Marine Corps present that they may not have known and that's what we're allowed to do here with the Educator Workshop.