Best of luck to your recruit, L2ndA, as he earns his title!
You'll be so proud, your eyes will water.
(One bit of advice I'm glad I received from a fellow FReeper: Arrive a day early to watch your Marine's battalion practice on the parade deck before graduation. Bring binoculars, too.)
Our family is looking forward to seeing our Marine for the first time in 10 months when he comes home for pre-deployment leave.
Princeton, N.J. native Pfc. Trey Rasmussen, machine gunner, Company W, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, provides security during a training exercise at Marine Corps Training Area - Bellows (Hawaii). The battalion executed the weeklong evolution last May in preparation for their upcoming winter 2010 deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.