 My name is Stashart McKinley-White. I am the platoon sergeant for the Combat Engineer platoon here at MWSS 273. In the air wing the Combat Engineers mission is to provide base recovery after attack as well as air field damage repair in case of any attacks coming onto that air field and infrastructure. We also provide vertical and horizontal construction, mobility and survivability as well as engineer reconnaissance. You get that both, you get the ground side of being an infantryman, shoot, move and communicate but at the same time you get a skill craft of vertical construction. So that's something that even after the Marine Corps where I do 4 years or 20 years it's something that I have in my toolbox later on to make me a more successful person. The way it sounded, Combat Engineer, though it is exactly what I thought. I get to also go out and play with a lot of demo. I chose to be a Combat Engineer honestly because I wanted to blow stuff up. My recruiter looked at me and told me that I could build things and blow things up. The Marine Corps needs Combat Engineers because we are the first and foremost people out there ensuring that the route is safe for the mobilization of infantry. We suffer through excruciating pain, field ops that are miserable, but we thrive in the suffering. When we used to be in Afghanistan Combat Engineers went out, did a lot of the demolition. We were involved in the wars of months. Combat Engineers would lead the way.