Career Interest

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Sitting here completely exhausted and mentallyfew, has embedded traditions of outstanding
drained from today’s activities, I watch aleadership in the Marine Corps that still holds true with
bead of sweat run down my arm and drip on a piecetoday’s leaders throughout the Corps.
of paper that has many of my career interestHowever, today’s Marine is smarter and
written on it. The temperature on the flight line is amore independent than their predecessors were, and
scalding ninety-six degrees, and there is not a piecethis fact alone causes conflict and frustration for
of shade in sight. Facing me, is a line with at leastinspiring leaders like me to stay motivated. Leaders in
two-hundred Marines and Sailors waiting to devourtoday’s Corps think smarter, not harder,
lunch and complain to me about not receiving enoughand practically in whatever decision is made. This
french fries and cake. I, now completely oblivious to“new” way of thinking in the minds
the countless planes that are flying over my head atof Marines who have been in the Corps for a long
mach speed attempting to burst my eardrums, I stilltime, are under the impression that this new way of
try to concentrate on my current mission, andthinking is softening the Corps. For instance, if I was
upcoming mission due on October 21, 2003 atleading a firing range and the temperature was forty
eighteen hundred hours.degrees and raining. My practical decision would be to
From Lieutenant General Chesty Puller, Sergeantlet the Marines wear their gortex jackets to stay
Major (SGTMAJ) Edgar Huff, Brigadier Generalwarm.