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ryantcurrie
12-30-04, 07:54 AM
December 30, 2004

This family stands loyal to the Corps

By Heather Yakin
Times Herald-Record
hyakin@th-record.com

Mountaindale – There are three Marines in the Lorino family, and soon there will be another, by marriage.
Liz Lorino knows, with a mother's love and pride, that her kids are answering a higher call to duty. But with all that's happening in Iraq and other war zones, Liz and John Lorino are also worried.
"It's a feeling of being so proud," Liz Lorino says. "And yet, as a mother, you worry, and you're scared. I pray. Not only for them, but for all the military people over there."
She's adopted the Marine way of life. Her coffee mug proclaims "Marine mom and proud of it." Her Mountaindale home is dotted with souvenirs of the service, a throw pillow with a Marine Corps logo, coffee mugs, pictures of her kids in military and civilian garb, and a Marine history book tucked under the coffee table.
"My daughter, she wants to go to Iraq. She has no hesitation at all," she said. "The four of them? Unbelievable."
Even without their uniforms, you can tell they're Marines.
It's in their bearing, their posture, their eyes.
Capt. Lisa Lorino and her fiancé, Maj. Matthew Reuter, head back to Iraq by way of Camp Lejeune, N.C., in a few days. First Lt. Michael Lorino goes back to his station at the Cherry Point, N.C., Marine base. Second Lt. Justin Lorino was just commissioned, and he'll head to basic training at Quantico, Va., for another six months.
But for now, for a few precious days, they're all home together with their parents, Liz and John Lorino, and sister Jennifer.
Lisa Lorino, 26, and brother Michael, 25, started the Marine tradition.
In the fall of 1999, she was at Valparaiso University in Indiana with a double major in biology and Chinese and Japanese studies. Michael was at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida, majoring in aviation business administration. Both were looking for a post-college career.
They called their parents to announce their decisions on the same day. Neither knew the other had decided to join.
They were both commissioned in 2000 after 10 weeks of officer training school, and then they went on to basic.
Lisa and Matthew, 33, who hails from Erie, Pa., met in 2001 at Camp Lejeune. They started off as running buddies, and the relationship blossomed.
Justin Lorino, 22, watched his brother and sister as Marines.
"It allowed them to grow and reach the things they were striving for," Justin says. He was looking for a job he could be passionate about, and after he graduated from SUNY Binghamton, things came into focus.
There's a real community within the Corps, Matthew says.
"I think the longer you're in, the more loyal you feel," he says.
Sitting together on their parents' white couch in the bright daylight of the hardwood living room, the four Marines look at once young and mature. They are confident, at ease, open.
They accept sacrifice as part of the mission. There's no talk of the dangers that Michael might have seen when he was in Iraq at the start of the war in 2003, or what Matthew saw in the Persian Gulf or Haiti, or what Lisa experienced in 2003 on the USS Iwo Jima during Operation Iraqi Freedom or on the Combined Joint Task Force in Liberia. No fear of what Matthew and Lisa might face when they go to Al Anbar province, the most volatile part of Iraq, next month.
The family probably won't be reunited for another year.
"If it's once a year," Lorino says, "it's once a year."
Until then, she'll pray.

Namvet67
12-30-04, 09:47 AM
Originally posted by ryantcurrie
December 30, 2004

This family stands loyal to the Corps

By Heather Yakin
Times Herald-Record
hyakin@th-record.com

Mountaindale – There are three Marines in the Lorino family, and soon there will be another, by marriage.
Liz Lorino knows, with a mother's love and pride, that her kids are answering a higher call to duty. But with all that's happening in Iraq and other war zones, Liz and John Lorino are also worried.
"It's a feeling of being so proud," Liz Lorino says. "And yet, as a mother, you worry, and you're scared. I pray. Not only for them, but for all the military people over there."
She's adopted the Marine way of life. Her coffee mug proclaims "Marine mom and proud of it." Her Mountaindale home is dotted with souvenirs of the service, a throw pillow with a Marine Corps logo, coffee mugs, pictures of her kids in military and civilian garb, and a Marine history book tucked under the coffee table.
"My daughter, she wants to go to Iraq. She has no hesitation at all," she said. "The four of them? Unbelievable."
Even without their uniforms, you can tell they're Marines.
It's in their bearing, their posture, their eyes.
Capt. Lisa Lorino and her fiancé, Maj. Matthew Reuter, head back to Iraq by way of Camp Lejeune, N.C., in a few days. First Lt. Michael Lorino goes back to his station at the Cherry Point, N.C., Marine base. Second Lt. Justin Lorino was just commissioned, and he'll head to basic training at Quantico, Va., for another six months.
But for now, for a few precious days, they're all home together with their parents, Liz and John Lorino, and sister Jennifer.
Lisa Lorino, 26, and brother Michael, 25, started the Marine tradition.
In the fall of 1999, she was at Valparaiso University in Indiana with a double major in biology and Chinese and Japanese studies. Michael was at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida, majoring in aviation business administration. Both were looking for a post-college career.
They called their parents to announce their decisions on the same day. Neither knew the other had decided to join.
They were both commissioned in 2000 after 10 weeks of officer training school, and then they went on to basic.
Lisa and Matthew, 33, who hails from Erie, Pa., met in 2001 at Camp Lejeune. They started off as running buddies, and the relationship blossomed.
Justin Lorino, 22, watched his brother and sister as Marines.
"It allowed them to grow and reach the things they were striving for," Justin says. He was looking for a job he could be passionate about, and after he graduated from SUNY Binghamton, things came into focus.
There's a real community within the Corps, Matthew says.
"I think the longer you're in, the more loyal you feel," he says.
Sitting together on their parents' white couch in the bright daylight of the hardwood living room, the four Marines look at once young and mature. They are confident, at ease, open.
They accept sacrifice as part of the mission. There's no talk of the dangers that Michael might have seen when he was in Iraq at the start of the war in 2003, or what Matthew saw in the Persian Gulf or Haiti, or what Lisa experienced in 2003 on the USS Iwo Jima during Operation Iraqi Freedom or on the Combined Joint Task Force in Liberia. No fear of what Matthew and Lisa might face when they go to Al Anbar province, the most volatile part of Iraq, next month.
The family probably won't be reunited for another year.
"If it's once a year," Lorino says, "it's once a year."
Until then, she'll pray.

Namvet67
12-30-04, 09:51 AM
"Even without uniforms, you can tell they are Marines" It's the pride that shows from the inside out. And it is contagious!!!

Sgt. Smitty
01-05-05, 10:52 PM
Mess with me...shame on ya............mess with my boys..then we have a serious problem goin on.........Mess with MY CORPS.....you die

femalemarine_89
01-08-05, 08:53 PM
Thats an amazing thread there..