We'll be very busy leading up to opening day.

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Without really intending to, I kind of went up the ranks in museum management positions, ... I didn't plan on making a career of it, but it seems I really, really enjoy the work.

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It's a natural progression, ... Now I'll be in charge of operations, which is really where I wanted to end my career ... not that I hope it's over anytime soon.

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[Opening day] might sound like a long ways away, but this last year is going to be really action-packed to make sure we get everything done, ... It's a 360-degree sort of experience. It's a very ambitious exhibition program, and that's what we'll be scrambling to complete.

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We're constantly trying to tell the story through the eyes of individual marines. And when we open there will be major exhibits on WWII, the Korean War and Vietnam, ... But there will be general exhibitory that will take the visitor through Marine Corps history from 1775 to the present.

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The Marines have a saying that, 'If you can't hire a Marine, you hire a civilian and you turn them green,' ... And greening is what is happening.

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I want every marine who comes through the door to find something that relates to his or her career.

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I'm overseeing the exhibits program and starting from scratch to build an education program, so that we have a formal and informal education program available.

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I've been one of those lucky people to have been involved with history for my whole career, ... Not many history majors get to do that.

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