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>> Hi, my name is Captain Shawn Ramirez.

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In the United States Marine Corps.

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I've been in the Marines for about 13 years.

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I'm an infantry officer by trade, but right now
I'm a Marine Corps officer selection officer.

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I was chosen to do this duty, and my job right
now is to travel throughout north Florida

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and southern Georgia looking for qualified men
and women who want to be Marine Corps officers.

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So the application process, a
civilian, any college student can apply,

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and the application process starts
with meeting with someone like me.

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I ask them some questions
to make sure they qualify.

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I sit down and talk about the
information, and if they're interested,

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we start kind of a lengthy application
process, and they go on aboard,

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which takes place in Parris Island.

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If, they compete against the eastern region
of the United States, and if they're selected,

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they go to training and start
a career after they graduate.

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So they can apply as early as freshmen.

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My mornings usually start at 05:30.

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I wake up at 5:30 in the morning, workout with
my team because physical fitness is still a part

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of what we do despite being
in the business environment.

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Return to the hotel when
we're on the road around 08,

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and we start doing paperwork administration.

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Preparing to go out to schools.

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Get out to campus around 10,
10:30, set up a table display,

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and conduct what's called air canvasing.

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Meeting with students.

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Conducting interviews.

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Asking, you know, questions of students
who's qualified, and then we sit down

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and conduct interviews and
processing our paperwork.

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We usually finish up about 5:00 PM
in the evening, go back to the hotel,

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record what we did on campus, and
then are usually done around 7:00 PM.

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That's on the road because we're
usually working pretty long days.

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For most students, when I'm looking
at a freshman or a sophomore,

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I'm looking for mental more
physical qualification.

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Mainly academics are big.

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Have to have done some physical fitness
before really because we can't build people

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from nothing, if they played sports
before, but a really big thing

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for us once they're senior
is just like in the job.

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I want them to have some kind of experience,
a little bit of leadership experience,

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a little bit of community
service, and something that shows

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that they've done something else aside from
just go to college for the past four years.

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What makes a good officer is ambition.

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Wanting to, knowing yourself
and seeking self-improvement.

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Always wanting to be better, and by making
yourself better, you set the example

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for your Marines and the people that follow
you, and you're going to be a good leader.

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That's what makes a good officer.