WEBVTT 00:01.340 --> 00:05.230 mm hmm mm hmm hmm hmm hmm 00:05.230 --> 00:09.050 hmm hmm hmm hmm mm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm 00:09.050 --> 00:10.272 hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm . 00:14.040 --> 00:15.040 Mhm . 00:27.840 --> 00:28.840 Yes , 00:44.340 --> 00:48.050 mm hmm . Mhm . 00:51.940 --> 00:55.190 Came into the garden 2014 . I was out 00:55.190 --> 00:57.246 of the Marine Corps completely but I 00:57.246 --> 00:59.468 heard from a friend of mine that was on 00:59.468 --> 01:01.690 the Marine Corps shooting team , one of 01:01.690 --> 01:03.912 my peers that re enlisted and he shot a 01:03.912 --> 01:03.600 bunch with some of the south Carolina 01:03.600 --> 01:05.767 guys said they were real good guys and 01:05.767 --> 01:07.878 I moved to south Carolina so I linked 01:07.878 --> 01:10.100 up with them and came to probably about 01:10.100 --> 01:12.211 four or five drills with not being in 01:12.211 --> 01:13.878 the guard just showing up and 01:13.878 --> 01:15.989 interacting with them . And about the 01:15.989 --> 01:17.989 fourth or fifth time they were like 01:17.989 --> 01:20.211 what unit are you with ? And I told him 01:20.211 --> 01:19.410 I wasn't in there like well you must 01:19.410 --> 01:21.577 want to be here and you're an okay guy 01:21.577 --> 01:23.688 and you're trainable came straight to 01:23.688 --> 01:25.799 the market ship training unit off the 01:25.799 --> 01:28.021 street as far as competitive shooting . 01:28.021 --> 01:30.021 And that all started in 2014 when I 01:30.021 --> 01:31.910 came into the guard before that I 01:31.910 --> 01:31.540 stayed proficient just because the 01:31.540 --> 01:34.550 Marine Corps is very big on individual 01:34.640 --> 01:36.529 Marksmanship . But that certainly 01:36.529 --> 01:38.418 helped me coming forward into the 01:38.418 --> 01:40.529 competitive world . So the Wilson P . 01:40.529 --> 01:42.751 Wilson is for the National Guard , it's 01:42.751 --> 01:44.918 our national combat match . So we have 01:44.918 --> 01:47.140 the tag match that we put on every year 01:47.140 --> 01:49.196 and then we go to a regional usually 01:49.196 --> 01:51.840 which is I think 11 or 13 states and 01:51.840 --> 01:53.780 then everybody from the different 01:53.780 --> 01:56.000 regions go to the nationals which is 01:56.000 --> 01:58.167 the W . P . W . The Winston p . Wilson 01:58.167 --> 02:00.320 is probably one of the hardest combat 02:00.320 --> 02:02.280 matches in the United States , we 02:02.280 --> 02:04.510 competed in about six rifles , six 02:04.510 --> 02:06.830 pistol . A few team matches , I think 02:06.830 --> 02:08.780 we got fifth overall rifle , third 02:08.780 --> 02:10.724 overall pistol of course got first 02:10.724 --> 02:12.860 overall individual . I also set a 02:12.940 --> 02:15.230 record at Nationals for excellence and 02:15.230 --> 02:17.230 competition for pistol , the market 02:17.230 --> 02:19.397 ship team . They have been amazing . I 02:19.397 --> 02:21.508 mean some of the best pistol shooters 02:21.508 --> 02:23.563 and rifle shooters in the nation are 02:23.563 --> 02:25.619 with the south Carolina marksmanship 02:25.619 --> 02:27.674 unit . So everybody is trainable and 02:27.674 --> 02:29.730 everybody will listen to critiques , 02:29.730 --> 02:31.674 which is amazing . Same thing with 02:31.674 --> 02:33.730 myself , it's like I'm not a perfect 02:33.730 --> 02:35.897 shooter by any means . So if one of my 02:35.897 --> 02:38.008 guys will come up to me and be like , 02:38.008 --> 02:37.690 hey , I notice you're doing this , 02:37.690 --> 02:39.912 that's you know , try , this may be the 02:39.912 --> 02:41.634 same thing with me , We're all 02:41.634 --> 02:43.746 marksmanship instructors , so we will 02:43.746 --> 02:45.857 all instruct each other as well . And 02:45.857 --> 02:47.968 just having some of the best shooters 02:47.968 --> 02:50.023 in the nation critique you and being 02:50.023 --> 02:52.134 able to watch them shoot and critique 02:52.134 --> 02:54.301 them as well , has just brought all of 02:54.301 --> 02:56.523 us to just be better shooters overall , 02:56.523 --> 02:58.579 it's been amazing . So receiving the 02:58.579 --> 03:00.190 actual award for winning the 03:00.190 --> 03:03.090 competition didn't feel as good because 03:03.100 --> 03:05.044 it felt really good . But being up 03:05.044 --> 03:07.044 there , it's like I'm being awarded 03:07.044 --> 03:09.211 with people , I barely know that , you 03:09.211 --> 03:11.378 know aren't necessarily in my chain of 03:11.378 --> 03:11.270 command . I don't necessarily know that 03:11.270 --> 03:13.381 much about them . I'm I know who they 03:13.381 --> 03:15.548 are and what position they're in . But 03:15.548 --> 03:17.714 you know , they don't have a whole lot 03:17.714 --> 03:16.580 to do with me other than that 03:16.580 --> 03:19.020 competition . But having the head of my 03:19.020 --> 03:21.076 organization come out and give me an 03:21.076 --> 03:23.187 award was huge . It's gonna stay with 03:23.187 --> 03:25.242 me for a little while . We put a lot 03:25.242 --> 03:27.353 into training and our competitions as 03:27.353 --> 03:29.520 well as instruction and marksmanship . 03:29.520 --> 03:31.520 So to be able to instruct people in 03:31.520 --> 03:33.520 marksmanship and then take what I'm 03:33.520 --> 03:35.520 teaching and apply it and do really 03:35.520 --> 03:35.360 well with it is just awesome . 03:45.140 --> 03:45.480 Mm hmm .