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    Chesty is undergoing obedience training

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He's getting ready to report for duty in his coveted new role as the Marine Corps is next mascot.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Thank you glad be here how many chest -- have we had as mascots for the Marines.

What this'll be the fourteenth this is actually recruit chastity so we want to clarify that he's not actually marine yet.

But if all goes according to the -- if all goes according to plan.

We don't guarantee anything when it comes to our training pipeline -- -- if all goes according to plan he'll be a private in the Marine -- -- the fourteenth on at the end of march agreed to.

-- on how well he does in this interview.

Yeah exactly right and and also weather I think why it went tonight -- -- -- something there yeah it looks pretty looks pretty well behaved now how -- you become chest.

Well there was there was a vetting process and we went through we talked to a number of breeders in the national capital region.

In our leadership decided on what we need to be a very responsible family.

And you know we we do just like we do with our regular recruits are human recruits.

We're gonna take it did civilian and we're gonna make the world a better term into the US -- and what it what what did you do what is when it whereas just figure out what it is you do you travel rob battlefields but what's his job.

Well he's going to be he is could be out permanently stationed at marine barracks Washington DC.

Which is near Capitol Hill and it's the -- post in the US Marine Corps.

And he'll be involved in a very public way in US Marine Corps because marine barracks Washington is a ceremonial post.

So he's going to be a very big part of the the public face of the Marine -- here in Washington DC absolutely has been for many many years -- captain heart Norton tell us a little bit about that Fella who he is named for lieutenant general.

-- -- -- you talk to any marine who's out -- past or present who has served since just -- -- Don't know who just -- is he's one of the most well known names in the history of the US Marine Corps is lieutenant general one of the most personally decorated in -- personal awards.

One of the most sparsely decorated Marines in the history of US Marine Corps and he was known for his very tough.

Aggressive fighting spirit in the way he went about business and so he looks Telekom now what we're hoping that this just the eventually going to be able to.

Follow in those footsteps and have that tough aggressive personality as well -- it was such -- the afternoon.

We're working on that right now -- we'll determine that will take care.

-- -- -- -- Captain he actually goes to boot camp for less time then -- -- Marines right.

Right there's not actually you know our our human Marines are gonna go to at Parris island South Carolina or Marine Corps recruit depot in San Diego.

War have kind of a -- recruit depot at marine barracks Washington.

And we're gonna have -- between now the end of march -- kind of get his basic indoctrination.

And introduction into the Marine -- way of life.

And like I said if if he -- if he's not up to the standard if he doesn't do what he needs to new between now the end of march that will find somebody else we'll get.

Unlike.

Not that I'm fixed up and saw a lot on his on this -- Right my -- on this dogs that we think everything's gonna go according to plan that we will probably -- an -- in the march receiving.

His eagle globe and anchor the earned the title Marie what we certainly hope so all right I can't Jack Norton we'd consider much and chess team now -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

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