thedrifter
06-18-08, 02:28 PM
Nine questions answered by a U.S. Marine serving in Baghdad
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
By Kris Todd, Daily Reporter Staff
Maj. Aimee Mares, as described by her mother, is "a true Marine."
Mares joined the military to serve her country.
She chose the U.S. Marine Corps because its core values of honor, courage and commitment motivated her.
"Honor is having integrity, accepting responsibility and being accountable. Courage is doing the right thing in the right way for the right reasons. Commitment is devotion to the Corps and my fellow Marines," wrote the 5-foot-4, 105-pound major who serves as a ranking female officer in Iraq now with staff of the Multi-National Corps. "Marines lead by example, and this is what I wanted to do."
The 35-year-old daughter of Dr. Harry Beauman II and Cynthia Beauman is a 1991 Sergeant Bluff-Luton High School, 1995 U.S. Naval Academy and 2002 Naval Postgraduate School graduate.
She and her husband Jeff Mares, a retired U.S. Marine Corps captain, met in Okinawa, Japan in 1997. During their time off, the two, who have an English Bulldog named Scuba, enjoy traveling, scuba diving, snorkeling, kayaking, hiking, riding bicycles and motorcycles, gardening, landscaping and reading books together.
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http://www.spencerdailyreporter.com/story/1437594.html
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
By Kris Todd, Daily Reporter Staff
Maj. Aimee Mares, as described by her mother, is "a true Marine."
Mares joined the military to serve her country.
She chose the U.S. Marine Corps because its core values of honor, courage and commitment motivated her.
"Honor is having integrity, accepting responsibility and being accountable. Courage is doing the right thing in the right way for the right reasons. Commitment is devotion to the Corps and my fellow Marines," wrote the 5-foot-4, 105-pound major who serves as a ranking female officer in Iraq now with staff of the Multi-National Corps. "Marines lead by example, and this is what I wanted to do."
The 35-year-old daughter of Dr. Harry Beauman II and Cynthia Beauman is a 1991 Sergeant Bluff-Luton High School, 1995 U.S. Naval Academy and 2002 Naval Postgraduate School graduate.
She and her husband Jeff Mares, a retired U.S. Marine Corps captain, met in Okinawa, Japan in 1997. During their time off, the two, who have an English Bulldog named Scuba, enjoy traveling, scuba diving, snorkeling, kayaking, hiking, riding bicycles and motorcycles, gardening, landscaping and reading books together.
To continued reading
http://www.spencerdailyreporter.com/story/1437594.html