Who was your most inspirational person you met or worked for in the Military? What person made the most impact in your career?

For the Most Inspirational, I'd have to say a Cpl who was one of the clerks at my MOS school. I was a hard charging motivated Marine. I took pride in my uniform, the cleanliness of my room, customs and courtesies, the whole nine yards. I had a bunch of Marines and Sailors ragging on me because of my motivated nature calling me a boot and other such insults. Well after calling us to formation and putting a stop to the taunts, he gave us a little speech that went along the lines of [Each of you went through some kind of a trial to be standing here today. For those of you that are Marines, you should be proud of that title. You earned that title. You should be shouting from the hilltops I. AM. A. MARINE. I wish we had more Marines like PFC Goolsby. Do you know why? Because he wants to be here. He shows that he wants to be a Marine. He's going to go on and do good things and you know why? Because he's proud to be a Marine. So I'll tell you this Goolsby. While others here might tell you to secure that motivation, I say NEVER secure that motivation. We Marines are motivated creatures. Oohrah!]

It was something that really stuck with me and it kept me motivated throughout my time in the Marines.

For someone that had the most impact on my career, I'd have to say one of my Gunnys. Had a misstep in my career. Got non-rec'd. But instead of dwelling on it, he helped me improve my situation. Did my time and got my promotion. Helped shape me into an effective leader. He had such an impact on my career that he was one of the people I asked to pin my rank on.

CSM Hagan
highly professional, Hard as nails, and Up front Fairness...

So far my Drill Sergeants and my AIT Platoon Sergeant and AIT Instructor. Probably going to remember them for quite awhile.