 What motivates me to wake up in the morning is basically my family, I got to provide for my family, but also the Marine Corps. The job that I have and the lifestyle that I have in the Marine Corps, I get to PT and I get to lead mandatory and inspire Marines. That's what gets me up early in the morning. My name is Master Garnsford and I'm the Operations Chief for Camblant. My MOS right now is 0399. I started off as a Mortar Man, a L341 Mortar Man. It has prepared me to the billet and the job that I have here because of all the trial and errors and stuff like that throughout the 23 years of my time through combat. Being with the MEF and the MLG, I mean I get to see all kinds of ways and good practice and bad practice of how to do business, how to conduct business as operations chief. Those experiences prepare me to be the operations chief for Camblant. My grandmother used to tell us about how bad the occupation was. Every time that she mentioned the liberation and how they got liberated, the Marines always came up. So I grew up thinking that Marines were the only people with guns going out there and liberating civilians that cannot defend themselves. So growing up I wanted to join nothing but Marines. The main intention for me to move to Guam is to join the Marine Corps. There was no wild recruiting office here when I got here in 95, I had to wait until 2000. And then from here I went to San Diego for recruit training. Was I scared? I wasn't until it became real right before I left. That's when I started questioning myself. I didn't have time to get prepped. So when I went over there I was pretty much fresh, brand new, didn't know the terminology that the Marines were using. So I mean I had a hard time getting used to it, but yes, I mean scared, yes I was so scared, nervous. Well the Marine Corps changed me to the better again. I didn't really have a sense of purpose or I didn't know where I was going, I just knew that I wanted to be in the Marine Corps. So yes it changed me a lot, it gave me purpose. And I understand that hey there's always, there's a way, if that guy that came from nothing can attain the rank of master gunner siren in the Marine Corps, so can I. But I think it is important because it shows people that are going through what I went through to understand that hey today is a bad day, but what I do today can positively affect me in the next couple of days, the next couple of years, or a couple of decades from that day.