WEBVTT 00:13.039 --> 00:15.261 My name is Jeff Cutberth . I'm the head 00:15.261 --> 00:17.317 coach for this particular leadership 00:17.317 --> 00:19.428 program . Major Chris Attanasio . I'm 00:19.428 --> 00:21.372 the commanding officer of a police 00:21.372 --> 00:23.539 station in Baton Rouge . Troy Sparks , 00:23.539 --> 00:23.329 I'm the parent of Christopher Sparks . 00:23.450 --> 00:25.617 He's a senior at , will be a senior at 00:25.617 --> 00:27.561 HL Bourgeois High School . Captain 00:27.561 --> 00:29.506 Terrence Zaleski , I am the , uh , 00:29.506 --> 00:31.506 Eastern Recruiting Region marketing 00:31.506 --> 00:33.450 officer , but today I was the head 00:33.450 --> 00:35.117 clinician for the USMC Sports 00:35.117 --> 00:37.228 Leadership Academy . We're at uh Live 00:37.228 --> 00:39.006 Oak High School in support of a 00:39.006 --> 00:38.779 recruiting station in Baton Rouge . 00:38.970 --> 00:41.303 What we just had was a wrestling clinic . 00:41.303 --> 00:43.359 We had coaches from the local area , 00:43.359 --> 00:45.470 roughly 90 to 1000 wrestlers from all 00:45.470 --> 00:47.526 different levels , and we had , uh , 00:47.526 --> 00:49.470 Marines out here leading some team 00:49.470 --> 00:51.359 building exercises to give them a 00:51.359 --> 00:53.470 little taste of what it means to work 00:53.470 --> 00:55.637 out with Marines . A great opportunity 00:55.637 --> 00:57.581 to bring wrestlers in to learn new 00:57.581 --> 00:59.889 technique from Captain Z as well as a 00:59.889 --> 01:01.945 lot of different coaches from around 01:01.945 --> 01:04.167 the area . More importantly , have some 01:04.167 --> 01:06.056 stuff about leadership . The real 01:06.056 --> 01:07.833 reason for today is to focus on 01:07.833 --> 01:09.833 leadership and how that can pertain 01:09.833 --> 01:11.778 first to the high school wrestling 01:11.778 --> 01:13.945 program that they are part of and also 01:13.945 --> 01:13.168 how the Marine Corps does leadership on 01:13.168 --> 01:15.848 a daily basis . If I'm out in combat 01:15.848 --> 01:18.015 with somebody or even out in the field 01:18.015 --> 01:19.904 doing training with live rounds , 01:19.904 --> 01:22.070 anything like that , right ? He's kind 01:22.070 --> 01:23.848 of thinking about military as a 01:23.848 --> 01:26.070 possible option , so he kind of gets to 01:26.070 --> 01:28.126 see what the Marines have to offer . 01:28.126 --> 01:31.550 Discipline winning mindset . And 01:32.379 --> 01:34.546 things that I try to instill in them , 01:34.546 --> 01:36.546 wrestling reinforces a lot of those 01:36.546 --> 01:38.489 values . We talk about this 01:38.489 --> 01:40.600 generation's struggles with adversity 01:40.600 --> 01:42.779 and everything else . How do they 01:42.779 --> 01:44.557 understand how to overcome that 01:44.557 --> 01:46.890 adversity if we don't show them the way ? 01:47.690 --> 01:50.110 As adults , it's our responsibility to 01:50.110 --> 01:52.669 help cultivate that . First , the 01:52.669 --> 01:55.002 Marine Corps' mission is to win battles . 01:55.002 --> 01:57.225 Second is to return quality citizens to 01:57.225 --> 01:59.447 the United States . This falls into the 01:59.447 --> 02:01.558 latter half and also gives some great 02:01.558 --> 02:03.669 exposure to what the Marine Corps can 02:03.669 --> 02:03.660 provide for the youth in the area of 02:03.660 --> 02:04.309 operations that we're in .