Day 28/365: Marine Corps Ornament
This Christmas ornament is one of the newest on the tree. It is in honor of my oldest son who became a Marine this year. Next year I will have another commemorative ornament as my youngest son...
View ArticleDay 50/365: Airport Adventure, With My Marine
Day 50: Find the Marine Can you find my Marine son in this picture? It’s as if he’s playing hide and seek. Now I can see why US Marines do not wear their cammies, ACU’s, or uniforms in public. They...
View ArticleDay 106/365: First Encounter With a Marine Drill Instructor
USMC Recruit Family Night In just a little under four months I will have two sons in the United States Marines. My youngest, a high school senior, is in the delayed entry program and got a little taste...
View ArticleDay 165/365: Marine Teaches Recruit to Square Uniform
Marine Teaching Recruit to Square Uniform Didn’t know it would be the United States Marine Corp that would teach my sons to iron, but a squared away uniform is a sense of pride in the Corps. My oldest...
View ArticleDay 302-306: Marine Corp, Boot Camp Family Day
After thirteen weeks of intensive training Marine recruits see their families for the first time the day before graduation on Family Day. Up until then there are no phone calls, no emails, no Facebook,...
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