Joey Jones: When Hegseth Becomes Secy. Of Defense, I Hope He Creates a Marine Corps Culture that Would Say Daniel Penny Is ‘Our Guy’

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JONES: “The Marine Corps should be saying, 'This is our guy. This is who we train. This is why we train you that way.' I didn’t leave the Marine Corps with the United States government telling me, 'You’ve lost your responsibility.' They said, 'You don’t get to call yourself a former marine, you have to call yourself a marine for the rest of your life because honor, courage, and commitment, doing the right thing even when no one is looking, putting yourself in danger to save others, that’s the responsibility you have for the rest of your life because now you know it. Now you've seen behind the curtain. Civilians, they are nasty, we don't have to believe that they can do it, but you are different.' And I hope that when Pete Hegseth as the secretary of defense, he creates a marine corps culture that would stand up and say, 'That’s our guy. That’s what we told him to do and we appreciate him for it.'"