1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:16,960 mhm mhm 3 00:00:21,240 --> 00:00:25,000 So I chose to be a red hat when I 4 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:28,330 came up in 2017 came through the summer 5 00:00:28,330 --> 00:00:30,300 mountain leaders course and really 6 00:00:30,300 --> 00:00:32,411 didn't know what I was getting myself 7 00:00:32,411 --> 00:00:34,467 into when I came through . I thought 8 00:00:34,467 --> 00:00:36,578 that it was just gonna be hanging out 9 00:00:36,578 --> 00:00:36,490 in the mountains for you know , a few 10 00:00:36,490 --> 00:00:39,380 weeks and got here and like realized 11 00:00:39,380 --> 00:00:41,491 that that was not the case , that you 12 00:00:41,491 --> 00:00:43,740 know , pretty high attrition rate 13 00:00:43,790 --> 00:00:47,710 school entering into it , it 14 00:00:47,710 --> 00:00:50,950 was more of a , this is gonna a lot of 15 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,020 tests , there's seldom a day goes by 16 00:00:53,020 --> 00:00:55,242 where you're not testing on something , 17 00:00:55,242 --> 00:00:57,020 where you could get dropped for 18 00:00:57,020 --> 00:00:56,730 something and just really trying to 19 00:00:56,730 --> 00:00:59,050 retain knowledge in order to not kill 20 00:00:59,050 --> 00:01:01,260 your buddy because you're , you're 21 00:01:01,260 --> 00:01:03,316 essentially putting your life on the 22 00:01:03,316 --> 00:01:05,630 line daily , the mountains , the cold , 23 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:07,807 the , the environments that we put you 24 00:01:07,807 --> 00:01:09,696 in , we don't even have to induce 25 00:01:09,696 --> 00:01:11,862 stress because the environment induces 26 00:01:11,862 --> 00:01:13,862 stress on you enough . You're gonna 27 00:01:13,862 --> 00:01:16,196 suffer for well over a year of training . 28 00:01:16,196 --> 00:01:18,950 But the reward of earning the privilege 29 00:01:18,950 --> 00:01:21,200 of wearing that red hat and the title 30 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,290 of the mountain warfare instructor is 31 00:01:24,300 --> 00:01:27,130 life changing the ability to take a 32 00:01:27,140 --> 00:01:29,196 group of guys who have never been on 33 00:01:29,196 --> 00:01:31,307 skis or never climbed before and just 34 00:01:31,307 --> 00:01:33,473 being able to see the progression that 35 00:01:33,473 --> 00:01:35,584 students make throughout their time . 36 00:01:35,584 --> 00:01:37,640 Here is my favorite part of being an 37 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,460 instructor . Mhm The 38 00:01:41,460 --> 00:01:43,970 commandant has challenged us as marines 39 00:01:43,970 --> 00:01:46,540 to become lighter to become more lethal 40 00:01:46,550 --> 00:01:48,494 and to really just get back to our 41 00:01:48,494 --> 00:01:51,120 expeditionary roots . The hardships 42 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,370 that are felt out here are going to be 43 00:01:53,370 --> 00:01:55,270 more so than a lot of the other 44 00:01:55,270 --> 00:01:57,381 training centers that are out there . 45 00:01:57,381 --> 00:01:59,603 The calm issues , you have the extremes 46 00:01:59,603 --> 00:02:02,060 in weather , the ability to , you know , 47 00:02:02,140 --> 00:02:04,140 go through survival and things like 48 00:02:04,140 --> 00:02:06,418 that , the bush craft that you learned . 49 00:02:06,418 --> 00:02:08,473 It's all things that you're going to 50 00:02:08,473 --> 00:02:10,696 need to utilize . You know , when we go 51 00:02:10,696 --> 00:02:12,918 back to that expeditionary force , this 52 00:02:12,918 --> 00:02:15,084 is all things that you can really hone 53 00:02:15,084 --> 00:02:16,973 and get better at while you're at 54 00:02:16,973 --> 00:02:20,350 bridgeport . If you're able to come up 55 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:22,527 and not only just survive , but thrive 56 00:02:22,527 --> 00:02:24,304 here , it's gonna substantially 57 00:02:24,304 --> 00:02:27,660 increase the lethality . Both you anger 58 00:02:27,660 --> 00:02:30,360 unit and any environment on earth . 59 00:02:39,940 --> 00:02:40,360 Mhm . 60 00:02:47,140 --> 00:02:47,470 Yeah .