Shaffer
12-10-02, 08:47 AM
Some girls have dreams of going to Paris after high school. Evonne Mason, of Flushing, has Parris Island on her mind.
Mason, 17, is a "poolee." That's Marine Corps lingo for a recruit whose admission to boot camp has been delayed, typically, because he or she is still in school.
Mason will leave for the Parris Island, S.C., boot camp shortly after she graduates from Francis Lewis High School in June. She enlisted in the Marines several months ago.
"Everyone knows that the Marines basic training is the toughest," Mason said. "Women don't get special treatment. We'll go through the same training as the men."
Is she nervous?
"A bit," she admitted. "But I'll meet the challenge."
That's the kind of talk Marines love to hear. Never say never!
Never give up! Never stop believing in yourself! Never!
Not even when your drill instructor (DI) does everything in his or her power to make you want to crawl under a rock and die.
"Yes, ma'am!" "Yes, sir!"
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Mason, 17, is a "poolee." That's Marine Corps lingo for a recruit whose admission to boot camp has been delayed, typically, because he or she is still in school.
Mason will leave for the Parris Island, S.C., boot camp shortly after she graduates from Francis Lewis High School in June. She enlisted in the Marines several months ago.
"Everyone knows that the Marines basic training is the toughest," Mason said. "Women don't get special treatment. We'll go through the same training as the men."
Is she nervous?
"A bit," she admitted. "But I'll meet the challenge."
That's the kind of talk Marines love to hear. Never say never!
Never give up! Never stop believing in yourself! Never!
Not even when your drill instructor (DI) does everything in his or her power to make you want to crawl under a rock and die.
"Yes, ma'am!" "Yes, sir!"
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