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A Message to Garcia was written in 1899, about a message that had to be delivered to a man named Garcia who was in an unknown location in the jungles of Cuba, without hesitation or question a man by the name of Rowan delivered the message for President McKinley. The story serves more as an inspiration due to the fact that Rowan delivered the message for President McKinley and that he put the trust in Rowan to deliver it by foot without asking what, when, how long and for what reason. That same leadership and trust that President McKinley had in Rowan is what every senior subordinate in the Marine Corps should be able to put in their chain of junior Marines to get the task done without any question, and the same traits and capabilities that
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