WEBVTT 00:08.920 --> 00:10.864 So my name is Taser and Bill A K A 00:10.880 --> 00:14.130 junior and my job title is a supply 00:14.140 --> 00:15.751 chain of material management 00:15.751 --> 00:18.680 specialists . My hometown is uh is 00:18.690 --> 00:20.850 Antonia . Nobody in my family has uh 00:20.860 --> 00:23.389 joined the military then . And being in 00:23.399 --> 00:25.566 the Marine Corps is the hardest branch 00:25.566 --> 00:27.677 that I've heard of . I wanted to join 00:27.677 --> 00:29.843 that and become the first one . So the 00:29.843 --> 00:32.066 mayor of Joiner is actually my father . 00:32.066 --> 00:33.899 He knows a lot of , a lot of the 00:33.899 --> 00:36.010 residents already . He grew up in the 00:36.010 --> 00:37.899 village and uh he wanted to do um 00:38.159 --> 00:40.381 bigger things than himself . You know , 00:40.381 --> 00:42.492 he wanted to , he wanted to reach out 00:42.492 --> 00:44.603 to the community , help them . And uh 00:44.603 --> 00:44.590 from what he's seen growing up , he 00:44.599 --> 00:48.119 wanted to make it better . My name is 00:48.130 --> 00:51.630 um Bill Agua and the current 00:51.650 --> 00:55.009 mayor of Zonia . My hometown is JZ 00:55.310 --> 00:57.532 Village . I love my job because helping 00:57.532 --> 00:59.754 people is the bottom line . Oh boy . Um 00:59.754 --> 01:02.840 I'm a , I'm a proud mayor and with the 01:02.849 --> 01:05.709 Marines uh helping us man . Like I said , 01:05.720 --> 01:08.949 it is an honor to have uh marines or 01:08.959 --> 01:11.919 even our citizens are volunteers . Even 01:11.930 --> 01:15.160 the Army Air Force , all different 01:15.169 --> 01:17.336 branches are coming up every village . 01:17.336 --> 01:19.169 Uh I , I'm so proud that they're 01:19.169 --> 01:21.930 helping not only our village for our 01:21.959 --> 01:24.070 island , you know , marines , just uh 01:24.070 --> 01:26.360 like I said , it caused a great impact 01:26.510 --> 01:29.059 on our island to free us from the war 01:29.370 --> 01:32.860 for one , you know , to hear the bad 01:32.870 --> 01:34.981 things and then from bad things going 01:34.981 --> 01:37.203 to good things because of the marines . 01:37.203 --> 01:39.370 And it was the biggest impact that for 01:39.370 --> 01:41.592 freedom , especially . This is my first 01:41.592 --> 01:43.648 term . So it was my first experience 01:43.648 --> 01:45.703 with the marines helping us clean uh 01:45.703 --> 01:47.759 our village , we're showing positive 01:47.759 --> 01:49.703 movement for a village to show the 01:49.703 --> 01:51.926 people that uh let's not litter because 01:51.926 --> 01:53.926 we don't want outsiders to come and 01:53.926 --> 01:55.981 look at our home this way . So let's 01:55.981 --> 01:57.981 not trust our home . And that's the 01:57.981 --> 01:59.926 greatest experience I had with the 01:59.926 --> 02:02.092 marines man . Uh And we're gonna build 02:02.092 --> 02:04.426 even more relationship from here on out . 02:04.426 --> 02:06.648 I wanna become brothers and sisters . I 02:06.648 --> 02:08.814 fa a family , of course , o overall it 02:08.814 --> 02:10.981 feels good to be back home . It's been 02:10.981 --> 02:10.800 uh it's been several years since I've 02:10.809 --> 02:13.020 been on Guam . It feels good to know 02:13.029 --> 02:14.949 that my kids get to see their 02:14.960 --> 02:17.830 grandparents and uh wanted to add on to 02:17.839 --> 02:19.895 being a marine here in Guam is uh uh 02:19.895 --> 02:22.199 not only am I the first marine in my 02:22.210 --> 02:25.289 family , I'm able to , to serve as the 02:25.300 --> 02:27.356 United States Marine here on Guam to 02:27.356 --> 02:29.356 provide services uh that the nation 02:29.356 --> 02:31.467 needs . We want to be tough like this 02:31.467 --> 02:33.649 guy . And I tell you what man , I'm a 02:33.710 --> 02:36.020 proud about that . This is , this is 02:36.029 --> 02:39.419 the deal , uh a reason to uh 02:39.429 --> 02:42.110 whatever positive , uh , ways , ways of 02:42.119 --> 02:45.000 thinking , you know , you decide on 02:45.009 --> 02:48.190 doing for , for yourself . I'll support 02:48.199 --> 02:50.970 it , I'll support that 100% . As long 02:50.979 --> 02:53.201 as you're positive moving you're making 02:53.201 --> 02:55.789 for yourself . You , you know , we , me 02:55.800 --> 02:57.800 and my wife will be there for , for 02:57.800 --> 02:58.240 them . We always .