Making Motivation Podcast mission: honor authentic people and tell their motivating stories. In the process, we aim to inspire and inform, put smiles on faces and a little fire under the asses of the masses.  Sunday, 10 March 2024 @ time 1000 Context: I grew up with Shawn, we met in the 6th grade and remain great friends to this day. For the majority of the tremendous and sometimes crazy memories from my youth, Shawn was on the scene. Upon high school graduation, Shawn would also join the USMC, where he served an enlistment with 2nd Marine Recon Battalion. While serving, Shawn went home on libbo with a Marine from Colorado, met a girl along the way and has lived out in Detroit ever since. Musical intro:  Ocean Size, Janes Addiction Talking Points Surf and Skate How do you feel about our growing up in the Pine Barrens / Jersey Shore? School and sports Friendship and memories Characters about town - Danny’s recycling, Moonhead, Karl Hedburg, Smellen Helen etc The Lemmy story Motivate What motivated you to join the Corps and did it meet your expectations? Service stories What was 2nd Recon like? Training - work-ups, deployments and life as a recon marine  Schooling: jump and scuba school, sear etc Barracks life and tomfoolery What does Semper Fidelis mean to you? Cutting loose with the boys Military vs civdiv, transitions and brotherhood. What do you miss about it all? Characters you remember  Leaders, good and bad Hazing Favorite leadership traits - jjdidtiebuckle  Favorite MRE Memories, good and bad Lessons learned and extrapolated to life? Float, Oki, CAX, AP Hill Libbo destinations Michigan Tell story about how you wound up there and why you remain Michigan vs Jersey The mitten and other Michigander isms Music