AR RAMADI, Iraq – Private First Class David Shellito Jr., a machine gunner with 2nd Platoon, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, joined the Corps for college money, but realizes that experiences like deploying to Iraq are once in a lifetime. Photo by: Cpl. Shane Suzuki
1 posted on
10/20/2005 4:24:37 PM PDT by
SandRat
To: 2LT Radix jr; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; 80 Square Miles; A Ruckus of Dogs; acad1228; AirForceMom; ..
The missing photo
2 posted on
10/20/2005 4:27:12 PM PDT by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
Bump from a fellow Iowan. Edgewood has a nice little golf course...
3 posted on
10/20/2005 4:33:05 PM PDT by
LearnsFromMistakes
(We know the right things to do, why don't we just do them?)
To: SandRat
I did exactly the same thing in 1969 for exactly the same reasons. I have never regretted the decision, the Corps changed my life and the way I look at it and made my subsequent education and careers possible. The discipline alone was worth the price of admission.
6 posted on
10/20/2005 6:21:59 PM PDT by
RJS1950
(The rats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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