Hello everyone, my name is Travis and I want to become a Marine. I live in Brookneal VA, you've probably never heard of it, but it's near Lynchburg VA which is where the recruiters office is. About a year ago Sgt. Hite came to my house to tell me what the Marine Corps had to offer. To be honest I wasn't really interested. I had never considered the military before, but when I met this Marine and saw what he was a part of, I took interest. I thought about it for a long time, about 10 months. I almost forgot about it because I had gotten a new job, untill Sgt. Hite called me again. He told me the three things I had chosen that I wanted out of life at our first meeting and asked me if I was getting them. I thought about it and I wasn't so I decided that i wanted to join. I made this decision in the second week of April. I weighed about 222 lbs, 5' 6" and was really out of shape. As of right now I weigh 198 lbs and i need to loose 7 more to go into DEP. I've gone from running a tenth of a mile and having to stop and walk, to running 1.5 miles without stopping almost daily, from being able to do 0 pullups to 1 (the first one i've ever been able to do). I see a change in myself and I like it, so I can only imagine what acually enlisting will do for me. my goal is to DEP by the end of July, and i would like to ship by the end of the year. This site is amazing and I would like to thank all of the Marines that put there lives on the line for our country, and i hope that soon i will join you.