Day 291-293: Happy Birthday Marine Corps
In honor of my two US Marine sons, a great big 236th birthday wish to the United States Marine Corps. I am very proud of them both. This picture was taken at my youngest son’s Marine boot camp...
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,...
View ArticleCalifornia, San Diego Style
While we were in California last fall (found a draft that never got posted, couldn’t let it go to waste) for my son’s Marine Boot Camp graduation we took in as much beach time as possible. My...
View ArticleU.S. Marine in Service Charlies
I have two sons in the U.S. Marine Corp, one stateside and one in Afghanistan and have come across a Twitter theme #WarriorWednesday. So I thought why not start a new theme and feature on my blog. I...
View ArticleUS Marine Corp Graduation
A year ago this month my youngest son left for Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego and started 13 weeks of the most challenging accomplishments anyone can face. Becoming and earning the right to...
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