The United States Marines are trained to improvise, adapt, and overcome all obstacles. They possess the willingness and the determination to fight and to keep fighting until victory is assured.

What started as a conversation about looking to the future with anticipation culminated in the agreement that things do not always go our way.

Author Robert Burns said, "The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry." It is futile to make plans when the ability to fully or even partially execute them is uncertain. And even then, things can still go wrong. When that happens, will you improvise, adapt and overcome? If you want to be successful and achieve your goals, you must.

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