Dear Gracious God, You alone are worthy of my praise, of my requests, of my worship. Please, God, help me at this moment to live a life that is dependent on Your grace. Keep my heart and guard my soul from all the evils that I face. Lord, You are worthy of my praise, of... Continue Reading →
Just one more month and I am officially done with Marine Corps initial training. This means I am straight up Marine. Woot, woot! I spent the last two weeks in Greenville helping my recruiter out. Now that I am back in Fort Lee, VA it is time to continue my adventure and finish the last... Continue Reading →
Part Three of Three
As I leave town I thank God for how He has gotten me through this past month. I have been at the small base of Camp Geiger, NC for the month of February continuing my initial Marine Corps training at MCT (Marine Combat Training). It has been crazy. The worst part of it all was... Continue Reading →
God.Honor.Country.
It is amazing to think that 1)Recruit training is over 2)My ten days of leave are almost over. Time flies! On Tuesday I am headed to Camp Geiger, NC right here where I live. So traveling won't be a hassle which is great. After something like 28 days I will be in VA and five... Continue Reading →
I am Marine Corps Can’t You See
The date was Jan 20,2012 at 9:45am. . . That was when I was released from Parris Island claiming the title of United States Marine. Boy, does it feel good to be out of there. Thirteen weeks of absolute chaos, fatigue, screaming, and running everywhere does things to a man. The Marine Corps knows what... Continue Reading →
DECEMBER 26, 2011
Christmas here wasn't too bad. It started out rough but got better. Wehad a bunch of freetime and we even got to watch a movie called,"Warrior". It was pretty good. The Christmas dinner was good and weeven got eggnog! We got to march to dinner with the Company First Sgt( we as in the entire... Continue Reading →
DECEMBER 18, 2011
We just go done with rifle week. I am very happy that I qualified butvery disappointed I didn't shoot as high as I could. The pitts wereeasy as ever but annoying because I couldn't do it 100% the way Ialways did when pulling targets those summers at Quantico or for theNRA Matches. Monday it was... Continue Reading →
DECEMBER 4, 2011
We have moved out of our barracks for two weeks because we are at therifle range. We hiked seven miles yesterday and we will live in thesesquad bays for 2wks. They are tiny. We learn stuff this week andactually fire next week. I hope I qualify! I have never shot a riflebefore. Once we get... Continue Reading →
The Wild Ride 