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7:30 in the morning, and today is the day

that I have been kind of dreading since April,

put, um, my flance Sam enlisted into the marine corps,

and he leaves for boot camp today.

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thank you.

- Grandpa. - Take care, big guy.

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Sam: Aw, you.

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Gene hackman: These young men and women

are going on a long journey.

I love you so much.

- Mm. - We all love you.

I'll miss youl.

Hackman: One that goes around the globe

and back to the foundations of our nation

Boy: Bye, daddy.

Man: Bye, honey! Love you!

Man: Go, go, go, go, go, go!

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Hackman: People say that the marine corps

ss different from all other military organizations

anywhere in the world.

I'm gene hackman, and I was a marine.

Once you're in the corps,

you're in the corps all your days on earth.

Why is that”?

The answer starts when the marine corps was founded,

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the continental Navy needed sharpshooters

to give their frigates an edge over the superior english Navy.

Marines picked oft dozens of the enemy seamen,

in our nation's first battles at sea

without these first marines,

our nation might not have been born.

Today, the men and women of the United States marine corps

are reaqy to go anywhere on a moment's notice,

to fight if need be,

Ana to help where help is needed.

Mian: All right, marines!

Hackman: Marines are fiercely loyal to each other,

always moving, thinking and feeling as one.

That's what our motto, "semper fidelis,"

"always faithful,” really means.

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But committing to the corps is not for the faint of heart

at parris island or in San Diego,

Instructor: Get off my bus!

Now! Now, how, now!

I said get off my bus!

Move 1t! Move it!

Eyes on footprints! Eves on footprints!

Hackman: Some come from families with long traditions

- of serving their country. - Recruits: Aye, sir!

Hackman: Others come from tough places,

where it's hard to find work

but they all arrive looking for direction to their lives.

10 better themselves.

It all starts when you step onto the footprints

where generations of marines have stood

woman: Some of us are right out of high school.

Some have never been away from home.

Just coming here takes courage.

Barber: You got to put your feet on the floor.

Recruit: Aye, sir!

Barber: You got moles to report, too,

let me know where they at.

Barber 2: I et's go, sir.

Feet on there. Get your feet on, get it on there.

Recruit 2: Yes, sir.

Move faster!

Now, boy!

Hackman: Then the recruits begin their training,

py meeting the person who will scare

the living civilian out of them,

their aril instructor

recruits: Yes, sir!

- Now stand right here! - All right, sir.

- "Aye, aye, sir!” - Aye, aye, sir.

Help her!

- Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! - Yes, sir.

Aye, sir!

Man: And he's tough,

put I can tell you, he's instilling

not only physical toughness but mental toughness.

Hackman: Believe me, it ain't no walk in the park.

Instructor: Go! Go!

Woman: You learn never to leave

- any team member behind... - You got him! Pull!

Under any circumstance.

Push! Come on!

Hackman: At boot camp, we determine

what young men Ana women are made of,

whether they can adapt and overcome.

Instructor: Don't look down. Don't look down

hackman: If they have what it takes

to earn the title marine

we learned lessons from past wars,

ike world war I,

where at belleau wood, in France,

our army and marine corps

faced new weapons:

Machine guns,

aerial bombardment and chemical warfare

chemical weapons are still a threat,

so we train for them today.

Recruits are told to unseal their mask

so they can learn how to clear out the gas.

I can't breathe!

Hackman: It's nasty.

I can't

Hackman: Over the 12 weeks of boot camp training,

our goal is to become an integral component of our team.

We start out pretty raggea.

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Woman: But just a few weeks later,

we've ironed out most of the wrinkles

recruits: Yes, sir!

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Hackman: To be true to our heritage,

all marines train for combat

every marine is a rifleman.

All marines learn to shoot with precision

at long distance.

Woman: Yes. Ma'am.

Yes, ma am!

Yes., ma'am.

Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am.

Hackman: If boot camp is a series of character tests,

you could say they saved the best for last.

Recruits: Yes, sir.

Hackman: Few things are as memorable

in a marine's boot camp experience

as the rite of passage called the crucible

it's 94 hours,

48 miles of marching, 45 pounds of gear,

anda 29 intense team-building exercises,

all with only six hours of sleep

- and two meal rations to go on. - Instructor: I told you to go!

Get through the obstacle!

Man: On day one of the crucible,

I kept telling myself, "I've got to finish this."

Instructor: What are you doing, soldier?!

Man: And during those grueling 54 hours,

I learned one thing above all:

We can ao this... together.

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And when we do

it'll be the hardest thing that we have ever done in our lives.

Instructor: I et's go! Help each other!

Work as a team!

Hackman: We learn to lead and to count on each other

the crucible emphasizes our motto:

Semper fidelis, always faithful.

We can't make it alone.

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hackman: You've earned the marine corps

eagle, globe, and anchor,

and a handshake of congratulations.

Instructor: Job well done

hackman: At that very moment,

you become a marine.

It's a moment you'll never forget.

Man: When you go on that final motivational run

with your battalion, you realize

youre part of something bigger.

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