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ESPRIT Page 25 By YM Sgt Nicholas Morrell Pensacola FL October 24th was the day that I would travel to Gainesville FL for the 1st Florida Regimental ALC . I had been anticipating the day since I learned that I was going. I was eager about this trip because it would be a place where senior Young Marines from across Florida could exchange ideas on how to improve the regiment. Saturday October 25th was the day I really anticipated. After morn- ing chow the Registered Adults and Young Marines separated into their own separate conference rooms and began exchanging ideas. I sat and lis- tened about ways to help improve the regiment and the program as a whole. Also the National Young Marine of the Year YM SgtMaj Blake Deweese sat with us in our conference room and helped discuss our topics with us. We separated into groups to come up with ways to organize a training plan and create a schedule of the years events. We came up with ideas on improving the regiment such as using Remind 101 Quizlet and having competitions in which all units in the regiment could participate. Later that evening after the con- ference we held a banquet to get to together and talk about some of the ideas mentioned earlier that day and I was among several Young Marines who had the privilege of meeting the Young Marines National Executive Di- rector Mike Kessler. During the banquet a number of guest speakers presented ideasthank- ing those present for their hard work and handed out various awards. In conclusion my experience at the 1st Florida Regiment ALC was amaz- ing. I had the chance to meet and talk with other Senior Young Marines from across Florida and met people from outside our state as well. I am glad that I was able to attend this confer- ence and will be able to bring a lot of the ideas presented here back to my unit and use them to improve as a leader as well. My 1st ALC Exchanging Ideas with Senior Young Marines Granite Mountain Young Marines Visit San Diego By YM PFC Austin Gammon Granite Mountain AZ The Granite Mountain Young Ma- rines recently went to San Diego CA. Twenty of our Young Marines boarded the chartered bus for a trip that was a fun experience.We arrived at the Wyn- dham Hotel where we stayed the next three days. The next morning our unit had chow then boarded the bus and we went to Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego where we were met by Sgt Woodeland viewed a graduation. We had chow at the mess hall at lunch time. After that we got to speak with the Marine Corps Drill Instructors. We returned to the bus then we went back to the hotel and we went swim- ming in the pool. Later on that eve- ning we played games.We returned to all of our rooms and had lights out. The next day we went to the USS Midway now moored at the Navy Pier and serving as a museum. We toured the ship and were able to try the simu- lators even our staff was trying them. It was a blast Then we had lunch on the USS Midway and after that we marched down the street to our boat and we got to tour more ships. We got to see the USS Ronald Reagan a mod- ern nuclear-powered supercarrier. Later after the boat ride we went to bed after chow. The next morning we went to Camp Pendelton then had a 7-hour bus ride back home to Arizona. Living History Week Learning About the Bataan Death March By YM PFC Devin Holm Oregon Cascade OR In the November of 2013 my father brother and I went to Evergreen Air Museum. At the Museum we met the last sur- vivors of the Bataan Death March. The survivors of the march were the nicest men you could ever meet and some were also very funny too. The stories the men told were out- standing and the things they went through were unimaginable. The men also said that the Young Marines are a great program and that it is good for children to teach the discipline that Marines and other sol- diers have. I not only met the survi- vors of the march but I also met an Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Jefferson who was a Tuskegee Airman in WWII and later a prisoner of war POW after bailing out of his plane which was damaged by anti-aircraft fire. He landed in a tree miles behind enemy lines. He stated that the Germans knew him better than he knew himself and the Germans also treated him bet- ter than his commanding officer. He wrote a book that discusses his life and it is titled Red Tail Captured Red Tail Freed . He signed a copy of the book for my brother and I. The final person that I met was a man from Los Spaniel and he is one of the greatest men I ever met. He gave my brother and I extra kudos for the Young Marines and he was the boy on the hill in the movie Raid at Dawn. He said that when he was at the Los Baos Internment Camp he and his brother were so malnourished that they ate the bugs in their food just to get some protein. When the raid on the prisoner of war camp occurred in February 1945 he said that not a single person was left behind or killed.