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A mother’s PostSecret

31 Oct 2007 | 17 Comments | Continue reading »

I was browsing PostSecret.com when the Marine Corps emblem in this postcard caught my eye. I wish it hadn’t.

Training days 1-13: two week recap

21 Oct 2007 | 13 Comments | Continue reading »

I’ve got two loads of clean laundry piled on my rack to fold and put away, Drill Card 1 to practice, a movement or two to memorize out of Book II, Individual Movements Without Arms, uniforms to prep, garbage to take out, my PT Pack to ready for the morning, and I’m wasting entirely too [...]

Admin day 2: Drill Instructor School

3 Oct 2007 | 9 Comments | Continue reading »

It’s DI school, class 1-08, Parris Island, South Carolina folks, and tomorrow is the official kick off. I arrived Friday morning after a sixteen hour drive from Corunna, MI and basically wasted the weekend away working on this website and screwing off. It wasn’t a mistake, necessarily. There’s really nothing a man can do to [...]

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The author.Born in the year of the Dragon, the author grudgingly accepts the fact he has too many interests and not enough time. A cyclist as long as he can remember, an avid yet inconsistent writer since age eleven, and a U.S. Marine since age twenty-one, the author also adds computers, snowboarding, and motorcycles to his list of interests. Incidentally, he is aware of his inability to make a living from any but the Corps. The author accepts this as fact and remains optimistic. Feel free to drop him a line.

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