WEBVTT 00:00.910 --> 00:04.005 - I can't write, I can't sign 00:04.005 --> 00:06.920 another letter to a parent or to a spouse 00:06.920 --> 00:08.628 about suicide. 00:08.628 --> 00:11.265 Been to combat three times, written a lot of letters. 00:11.265 --> 00:12.857 I can't do it. 00:12.857 --> 00:15.044 I can't write another one 00:15.044 --> 00:17.080 that says your loved one 00:17.080 --> 00:19.177 is dead by suicide. 00:19.177 --> 00:21.463 So we need to talk about how we fix that because 00:21.463 --> 00:23.796 I can't do that anymore. 00:24.755 --> 00:26.735 - You belong to an organization 00:26.735 --> 00:29.000 that is built to take care of you. 00:29.000 --> 00:31.644 And even though we've been banging our heads 00:31.644 --> 00:34.272 against the wall for decades now 00:34.272 --> 00:37.097 on trying to get after this, right? 00:37.097 --> 00:40.033 And it seems like we're not making any headway sometimes. 00:40.033 --> 00:42.848 That doesn't mean that we care less about you. 00:44.134 --> 00:45.894 But that we have to work together to 00:45.894 --> 00:48.258 try to figure this out together. 00:49.571 --> 00:51.828 It doesn't matter what size of the 00:51.828 --> 00:53.322 formation that we're talking about, 00:53.322 --> 00:56.882 whether it's four, 12, or 150. 00:56.882 --> 00:58.149 - Or what's on your collar. 00:58.149 --> 01:00.742 - Or what's on your collar. And this is to 01:00.742 --> 01:03.539 the leadership, our leadership, our command team. 01:03.539 --> 01:06.121 We talk about the Marine Corps being a family. 01:06.121 --> 01:08.738 It can't be just a talking point. 01:08.738 --> 01:10.903 And so there's a responsibility 01:10.903 --> 01:14.370 that you and I share, that every command team shares, 01:14.370 --> 01:17.219 all the way down to the fire team level, 01:17.219 --> 01:19.603 that we must create a culture 01:19.603 --> 01:21.892 where people can make mistakes 01:21.892 --> 01:24.525 and yet they can get back up, 01:24.525 --> 01:27.438 and not allow them, not allow ourselves, 01:27.438 --> 01:31.166 to beat ourselves down because of that mistake. 01:31.166 --> 01:33.025 That there is hope that they can 01:33.025 --> 01:35.174 get back up and try it again. 01:35.174 --> 01:37.658 - If the sun's coming up tomorrow, and it is, 01:37.658 --> 01:39.376 then you have hope. 01:39.376 --> 01:41.772 Whatever situation you find yourself in, 01:41.772 --> 01:43.287 we can change it. 01:43.287 --> 01:45.020 We took Suribachi. 01:46.075 --> 01:48.548 We attacked across the wheat fields of Belleau Wood. 01:49.540 --> 01:52.415 We attacked into and out of Chosin Reservoir. 01:52.415 --> 01:54.700 Fought through the rock pile in Hue City. 01:54.700 --> 01:56.788 Fought through Fallujah and Helmand. 01:56.788 --> 01:58.870 We can do anything. 01:58.870 --> 02:00.697 That's why we chose to be Marines, 02:00.697 --> 02:02.533 because we always have hope. 02:02.533 --> 02:04.563 - So again, this isn't a 02:04.563 --> 02:07.028 one-way conversation to you. 02:07.354 --> 02:10.104 We hope that you would have similar conversations 02:10.104 --> 02:12.446 in your formations 02:12.446 --> 02:14.615 as often as possible. 02:14.615 --> 02:17.501 And I hope that you would 02:17.501 --> 02:19.837 have the courage to, 02:19.837 --> 02:21.990 one more time, reach out to somebody 02:21.990 --> 02:23.907 and give them that trust 02:23.907 --> 02:25.937 that they will take care of you. 02:25.937 --> 02:28.369 We love you, we trust you, 02:28.369 --> 02:30.407 and we know that, moving forward, 02:30.407 --> 02:32.708 we're gonna get better here together. 02:32.708 --> 02:35.027 - The love that one Marine has for another 02:35.027 --> 02:37.158 is endless 02:37.158 --> 02:39.518 and it has no conditions. 02:39.518 --> 02:41.445 That's why we take bullets for each other. 02:42.327 --> 02:44.466 Give us a chance first, Marines. 02:44.466 --> 02:45.754 We are proud of you. 02:45.754 --> 02:47.504 Semper fidelis. 02:47.504 --> 02:49.170 - Oorah, Marines.