Originally posted by duckie88:
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Originally posted by GeneSchubeck:
Being a Marine. It's either somewhere deep inside you, or it's not. You can't explain it, unless it's to another like you. And then, you don't have to, because you both know. You can feel the Marines before you, and you get your strength from theirs.
That pretty much sums up why I want to be a Marine. I decided I wanted to be a Marine in the 6th grade. It was the year before the attacks on the Trade Centers. I told my parents and all my dad said was war is not fun and games. I replied with, "I know." and then he told me that I wasn't ever going to be able to do it.
So I bought a poster of the Silent Drill Team and hung it above my bed. So I would never forget my dream. Every once in a while my parents would ask me if I still wanted to be a Marine, and without fail I'd say yes. Eventually they stopped asking me. Thinking I had forgotten. But I stared at that poster every night, and I still do when I'm home from college, motivating my desire to become a United States Marine.
Now I'm a Junior in college, and have gained a lot of weight. And yet I have NEVER lost this nagging feeling to become a Marine. And the further into my major I get, the more confused I become and, the stronger pull I feel towards a life of duty to The Corps, my Country and God. I had a talk with a friend who's currently in Iraq, and I told him this and his response was simply, " You are the most confident, intimidating girl I have ever met."
So I've been hitting the gym 6 days a week without fail for the past 2 months. And I have 50 pounds left to drop before I'll allow myself to talk to a recruiter. So help me God, I am going to become a United States Marine.
