Photo By Keith Hayes | Corporal Natori Miller pumps red diesel fuel at the tank farm aboard Marine Corps...... read more read more
Corporal Natori Miller is the Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter for Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow.
Miller is the supply clerk for Installations and Logistics aboard the base.
She said she is gratified with being chosen as NCO of the Quarter because she has worked hard at her job, which is unique aboard the base.
“I am the only person with my (military occupational specialty) on this base so if I’m not here they have to trust my coworkers to do the job,” Miller said, “and if it’s not done right, I have to fix it.
“I work pretty much every day to issue all the gear Marines need,” Miller continued. “If they happen to deploy or go (temporarily assigned duty), Marines are calling me 24-7 needing this and that, so I’m very important for the mission.”
Miller, a native of Jacksonville, Fla., credits a strong family influence in guiding her toward a career in the military.
“All of my family served in the Navy,” Miller explained. “My dad did 20 years before he retired, my mom did 4 years, and my uncle did 8 years.”
Miller said the Marine Corps has grounded her and changed the way she looks at things.
“Being in the Marine Corps has changed my life in many ways as far as the mental and physical aspects of boot camp and of not giving up when the times get hard,” she explained. “It made me understand that it’s no longer about you but it’s about the individuals around you,” Miller continued. “To complete the task or mission it’s going to take each and every person giving 110 percent.”
The support and appreciation she gets from the average citizen is one of the motivating factors in her life that keeps her going.
At the end of the day, Miller said, it is about living up to the standards set not only by her supervisors but by herself.
“I enjoy this job. I enjoy being a Marine. I wouldn’t change it for anything. I know my family is very proud of me,” Miller said. “So, as long as I have my support system of my coworkers and my family, that’s all I really need.
| Date Taken: | 04.13.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 04.13.2016 16:26 |
| Story ID: | 195289 |
| Location: | BARSTOW, CALIFORNIA, US |
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