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Greg Cope White

Veteran

Author of The Pink Marine, writer and producer on Boots

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From Bootcamp Changed Everything | Greg Cope White on Boots and Becoming Who You’re Meant to Be

In their words

  • “If we wrote these stories the day after boot camp, we’re going to be victims in those stories.”

    Hear it at 2:03
  • “You can step back, you find the funny and you find the moments and you think, ‘Oh, yeah. I don’t have to just be a victim.’”

    Hear it at 2:11
  • “When you look at it, you can step back, you find the funny and you find the moments.”

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  • “I respected my fellow Marines too much to continue changing those pronouns.”

    Hear it at 21:15
  • “When I went in, I'd already left the church.”

    Hear it at 22:20