WEBVTT 00:05.690 --> 00:08.350 I learned how to swim at the age of six . 00:11.869 --> 00:14.147 I would say it's a big part of my life . 00:17.040 --> 00:19.309 I think swimming is a really important 00:19.319 --> 00:20.459 thing to have . 00:24.489 --> 00:26.750 So my first month here , I was fairly 00:26.760 --> 00:28.871 new to the unit trying to get to know 00:28.871 --> 00:30.069 my peers around me 00:33.029 --> 00:35.029 and I was invited to a place called 00:35.029 --> 00:36.029 China Walls . 00:55.549 --> 00:57.771 Uh They said it's a cool spot to jump . 00:57.771 --> 00:59.660 You know , I've seen all the rock 00:59.660 --> 01:01.938 jumping videos before coming to Hawaii . 01:01.938 --> 01:01.569 So I was really excited for that . 01:09.150 --> 01:11.110 We had a marine who wasn't too 01:11.120 --> 01:13.231 comfortable in the water but said she 01:13.231 --> 01:15.453 knew how to swim kind of and she jumped 01:15.453 --> 01:19.400 in the waves , 01:19.410 --> 01:21.889 start to change , water starts to get 01:21.900 --> 01:22.529 high 01:25.870 --> 01:27.639 and she starts panicking . 01:30.910 --> 01:33.021 I wait for a second to see if she was 01:33.021 --> 01:35.188 just trying to get used to the water . 01:36.500 --> 01:38.556 And then as soon as I saw her plunge 01:38.556 --> 01:42.339 into the water , that's when I knew it 01:42.349 --> 01:43.460 was time to jump in 01:47.059 --> 01:49.769 from there once she calmed down , uh I 01:49.779 --> 01:51.870 grabbed her arm and we swam into the 01:51.879 --> 01:52.540 waves 01:55.910 --> 01:58.077 and we were just swimming , swimming , 01:58.077 --> 01:59.410 brought her up to shore 02:02.800 --> 02:04.689 when she calmed down I was like , 02:04.689 --> 02:06.856 you're gonna be fine . We're gonna get 02:06.856 --> 02:09.022 through it . Waves are gonna calm down 02:09.022 --> 02:10.856 like we just gotta keep fighting 02:10.856 --> 02:10.789 through these waves and once we get 02:10.800 --> 02:12.500 through it , we'll be good . 02:20.699 --> 02:22.755 So there was another person that had 02:22.755 --> 02:24.866 jumped in probably five minutes after 02:24.866 --> 02:28.199 her , she was faced 02:28.649 --> 02:30.871 away from the waves . So when the waves 02:30.871 --> 02:33.093 would come , it would hit her with like 02:33.093 --> 02:35.350 just the end of the wave . When I 02:35.360 --> 02:37.527 jumped in that water . The second time 02:37.527 --> 02:39.804 I had got the other girl , got her out . 02:39.804 --> 02:41.970 I was pushing her up and then a wave 02:41.979 --> 02:45.399 came crashing . It was more of a quick 02:45.410 --> 02:48.179 instinct , take the impact 02:50.119 --> 02:52.175 and I just scraped my whole back . I 02:52.175 --> 02:55.350 got a cut and that's pretty much it . 02:59.369 --> 03:02.429 We're going to be awarded sank March 03:04.600 --> 03:06.600 Department of the Navy . This is to 03:06.600 --> 03:08.767 certify that the Secretary of the Navy 03:08.767 --> 03:10.878 has awarded the Navy and Marine Corps 03:10.878 --> 03:13.100 combination medal too . I was presented 03:13.100 --> 03:15.669 the Navy Marine Corps Accommodation 03:16.100 --> 03:19.210 medal , one headquarters and service 03:19.220 --> 03:21.387 battalion , United States Marine Corps 03:21.387 --> 03:23.498 Forces . I think the Marine Corps has 03:23.498 --> 03:25.220 added like initiative and like 03:25.220 --> 03:27.442 confidence , like being able to get out 03:27.442 --> 03:29.331 there and then do the things that 03:29.331 --> 03:31.164 you're really uncomfortable with 03:31.339 --> 03:33.570 determination , wise , judgment , and 03:33.580 --> 03:35.820 complete dedication to duty . Corporal 03:35.830 --> 03:37.830 Olson reflected credit upon himself 03:37.830 --> 03:40.139 going in saving that person . I didn't 03:40.149 --> 03:42.320 know an award was a thing and upheld 03:42.330 --> 03:44.386 the highest traditions of the Marine 03:44.386 --> 03:46.219 Corps in the United States Naval 03:46.219 --> 03:48.441 Service . I think it just comes down to 03:48.441 --> 03:47.250 being a good person .