1 00:00:02,140 --> 00:00:05,120 well , yeah , I did one tour to Iraq 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:07,210 and three tours to Afghanistan . So 3 00:00:07,210 --> 00:00:10,100 he's very well versed in having to , 4 00:00:10,110 --> 00:00:12,332 you know , watch the white busses drive 5 00:00:12,332 --> 00:00:14,554 away and then be excited for me to come 6 00:00:14,554 --> 00:00:16,810 back . You know , he had to grow up 7 00:00:16,820 --> 00:00:18,990 without me on those time frames and a 8 00:00:18,990 --> 00:00:21,212 lot of important things of , you know , 9 00:00:21,212 --> 00:00:23,323 just learning how to ride a bike , go 10 00:00:23,323 --> 00:00:25,323 play baseball and stuff like that , 11 00:00:25,323 --> 00:00:27,434 where I wasn't around for a whole lot 12 00:00:27,434 --> 00:00:29,490 of that coming back , I would try to 13 00:00:29,490 --> 00:00:31,601 kind of smash as much stuff into that 14 00:00:31,601 --> 00:00:33,768 small time frame of uh , you know , my 15 00:00:33,768 --> 00:00:35,879 last deployment and getting ready for 16 00:00:35,879 --> 00:00:37,934 my next one as I could to be able to 17 00:00:37,934 --> 00:00:40,160 experience his childhood with him . 18 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:44,750 I couldn't believe it at first when I 19 00:00:44,870 --> 00:00:47,203 felt myself in the uniform , I was like , 20 00:00:47,203 --> 00:00:49,370 wow , I gotta do this for three months 21 00:00:49,370 --> 00:00:51,537 and then I'll being the same footsteps 22 00:00:51,537 --> 00:00:54,740 that my dad was 18 years ago . Any time 23 00:00:54,740 --> 00:00:56,796 that I felt like , holy , I can't do 24 00:00:56,796 --> 00:00:58,962 this , I can't do this at all . I want 25 00:00:58,962 --> 00:01:01,129 to quit . I just I would think about , 26 00:01:01,129 --> 00:01:03,296 you know , my dad and like , I'm gonna 27 00:01:03,296 --> 00:01:05,462 do this . So I can be like him because 28 00:01:05,462 --> 00:01:07,629 I follow in his footsteps for my whole 29 00:01:07,629 --> 00:01:10,550 life . First started by pulled me out 30 00:01:10,550 --> 00:01:12,740 of the platoon and I had no idea what 31 00:01:12,740 --> 00:01:14,629 was going on . I was like , I was 32 00:01:14,629 --> 00:01:16,740 excited , I got my first woman anchor 33 00:01:16,740 --> 00:01:18,851 and then all of a sudden he pulled me 34 00:01:18,851 --> 00:01:21,073 aside , he says , all right , so what's 35 00:01:21,073 --> 00:01:23,184 gonna happen is I'm gonna say private 36 00:01:23,184 --> 00:01:25,073 marple reports to the Masters are 37 00:01:25,073 --> 00:01:27,296 remarkable . And that's when I like hit 38 00:01:27,296 --> 00:01:29,462 me . I was like holy , my dad's here . 39 00:01:29,462 --> 00:01:31,629 It showed me that he supported me , he 40 00:01:31,629 --> 00:01:33,684 was proud of me . And then he pulled 41 00:01:33,684 --> 00:01:35,462 out the filmmaker that my great 42 00:01:35,462 --> 00:01:37,573 granddad received seven years ago and 43 00:01:37,573 --> 00:01:40,850 he gave that to me . Congratulations . 44 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,290 It was difficult to kind of talk to him 45 00:01:46,290 --> 00:01:48,457 a little bit just because I was really 46 00:01:48,457 --> 00:01:50,401 proud of him . You know , it's not 47 00:01:50,401 --> 00:01:52,623 something that you always think about . 48 00:01:52,623 --> 00:01:52,330 You know , you just think about him as 49 00:01:52,340 --> 00:01:54,710 you know , being a kid , being a young 50 00:01:54,710 --> 00:01:56,710 kid and then he decides to join the 51 00:01:56,710 --> 00:01:58,710 Marine Corps . And now I think it's 52 00:01:58,710 --> 00:02:00,821 gonna be something really that sticks 53 00:02:00,821 --> 00:02:00,390 with him too because now that's 54 00:02:00,390 --> 00:02:02,612 something that really ties all three of 55 00:02:02,612 --> 00:02:05,010 us together for the rest of our lives .