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DULUTH, GA – Since 1775, generation after generation of select American men and women have earned the title United States Marine. These men and women have sworn to defend the American people and live by the Corps’ core values of honor, courage and commitment.
The core values were established to regulate the Marines’ behavior as well as empower them. They were created to bond the Marines as a single entity able to face challenges in any clime and place. Recruiting Sub-Station Duluth, located in a small suburb of Atlanta, GA, strives to dedicate every day to living by those values.
“Duluth is the only sub-station of Recruiting Station Atlanta ran purely by non-commissioned officers,” said Sgt. Gregory Bell, a recruiter with the station. “I think that fact brings us to a different level of brotherhood as NCOs. We have a lot to prove out here. We have a lot to prove to the other stations which are run by staff non-commissioned officers.”
As a station, Duluth lives by the fact that NCOs are leaders of Marines and the backbone of the Marine Corps, said Bell.
“We honor the Corps every day that we put our uniform on and enter homes to talk about how it has changed lives for the better,” said Sgt. Antwan Jackson, the staff non-commissioned officer in charge of the station. “As a station, we are committed to finding the applicants that will truly make the Corps better after we are long gone.”
RSS Duluth established a pool program which meets twice a week to teach and mentor the poolees on the history and values of the Corps.
“We keep them on their toes at every meeting,” said Sgt. Gregory Desire, a recruiter with the station. “We take those opportunities to mentor, coach and guide our poolees through morale, educational and military needs and goals to ensure their well roundedness. We ensure our poolees are carefully molded and developed for more than just mere success in boot camp, but life in the Marine Corps and every future endeavor after.”
According to Bell, it is important to instill the core values in the poolees early because they are a Marine Corps tradition.
“These values were instilled into us to make us successful Marines and it is our job to instill them into them,” said Bell. “We try to not only get them in shape physically, but mentally as well.”
The station also ensures that they take the time to help out their communities, said Bell.
“We like to teach the poolees and applicants how important it is to support to our communities,” said Bell. “For example, right before Veteran’s Day, we went to the war memorial in Lawrenceburg and we cleaned up the area and brassoed the Eagle, Globe and Anchor seal that is down there.”
The most important way to instill the corps values into the pool is to lead by example, said Jackson.
“We make sure that they all understand that as Marines, we are the few and the proud,” said Jackson. “That will never change as long as a Marine is on watch.”
| Date Taken: | 01.09.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 02.27.2014 15:51 |
| Story ID: | 121272 |
| Location: | DULUTH, GA, US |
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