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Congratulations!!! It sounds like he is a pretty remarkable young man / Marine!

Thank you all.

DrZ I'll make sure to suggest he reaches out on the site. I know he signed up when he was a poolee but I don't think he was on here much as he is kind of the exception to the...

Thanks you all for the kind comments...but I can take very little credit. The Lord saw fit to bless me with a very wonderful family... and now through my son a wonderful extended family.

It's...

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Front and center... Our Marine after dismissal on December 7th from MCRD 1st Battalion Bravo Company Platoon 1034.

Thank you all for answering questions along the path thus far and for...

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I'm proud and honored to see my son taking the next step with his new family.

He will ship tomorrow.
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The Twins Platoon by Christy W. Sauro Jr.

An epic story of young Marines at war in Vietnam.

Congratulations!

My son enlisted at the end of his Junior year at age 17 so we had to do the parental consent as well. For him it was good he enlisted earlier vs. later as he incurred delays...

Advanced - I agree with the comments, not from personal experience of course but from observation.

I'm told "The branch chooses the person...not the other way around." I interpret that to mean...

m14ed - He actually served 3 years in the Army during Korea and was stationed in Germany for a period of time. He doesn't talk about the experience at all other than I know he was a tow truck...

My son ships Sept 04. As parents my wife and I experience a wide gamut of emotions, all of them are overcome with a great sense of pride.

The news of his enlistment to our family and friends...

There are other inspirational players in the NFL as well. This story is about my sister in laws brother...and an NFL player who found his path.

Our wounded warrior's should take note...even...

Congratulations!!! What a blessing.

Right. Like I said, "not justifying their actions".

Very sad. I don't know many of the details of this incident but a local South Dakota Marine was gunned down by a State Trooper in September after a rampage through the small town of Custer, SD. He...

From one who respects all who've gone through Boot Camp then and now.

If Boot was today what it was then...the Corps would quickly graduate from "The Few the Proud" to "The VERY Few the Proud". ...

INMHO each generation comes with a different set of circumstances.

My parents weren't very involved at all in my life growing up and I made more than my share of mistakes. I made a vow based upon...

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I apologize if this has been previously posted. I had come upon it while researching with my son his future in the Marines and have been following the posts from time to...

Congrats Tun! I know how proud you must feel.

Very smart sending the paperwork when there could be a potential DQ. My son went to MEPS in May and didn't have as much luck. He had a small scar...