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My name is Gunnery Sergeant Ajawon J.

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Gadison. I'm administrative chief for

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MARFORRES G1 adjutant section at

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Marine Forces Reserve.  What I would say I

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took away from it or I guess I gained

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was the insight from the tour of being

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specifically on OCS because most

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times just go into places

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summer officer tour, we got

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knowing what to expect . But with the

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the ability to be able to go behind the

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curtain for a little bit to like see

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more into it and get a better

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understanding of what they're actually

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looking for when you come through there

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as a candidate. The advice that I

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would give to another Marine is to do it .

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You never know, you never know what

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could happen. You missed all the

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shots you don't take. So if

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it's just a slight of a thought in

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your head, I would say submit it, go

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for it, try it out, push yourself.

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Uh , don't set up with just being

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comfortable. For myself, personally, I was

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pretty comfortable with just being a

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gunnery sergeant, enlisted marine,

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senior enlisted marine and just riding it out .

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But then I was demanding more for

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more for myself , I felt like the

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challenge of becoming a Marine Corps officer,

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was next on my list of things

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to do because of the officers that I

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wanted when I was a junior Marine, that hey, I

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figured that hey , I needed to apply

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myself and actually kind of dismissed

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the , what is , and what-a-could-a's,

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and just by actually attempting. So

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I would say this is a thought in your

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mind to actually push through and see what happens.