On Jul 3, 2:40 pm, "JimH" ask wrote:
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August 13, 2007. One day before our 25th Wedding Anniversary our son
leaves for Paris Island. He is slotted for Military Police training
after completing basic training and *earning* his right to officially call
himself a Marine. He originally planned delayed entry in mid September
but the MP opportunity came up if he went in earlier.

Even before his decision to join the Marines he has been concentrating on
his physical condition, recently completing a community event 5 mile race
and finishing in 2nd place.

He will continue with the physical preparation but will now start to
mentally focus on the fact that he will be leaving for Paris Island in 6
weeks.

We are very proud of him and his decision to join the Marine Corps.

While my wife and I were out on the boat today my son read through this
thread.

His comments to me:

1. Please thank everyone for their kind words of support.

2. Who is that JoeSpareBedroom? He is a real jerk.

Happy Independance Day everyone. We would not be celebrating that day if it
were not for our brave men and women taking up the cause and then continuing
to fight for and defend our Country over those past 231 years. ;-)- Hide quoted text -

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Well 232 technically if you are talking about Marines. They were
officially comissioned in November of 1775. Before the Navy was
officially commissioned I might add.