Our son joined the Marines,...

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...Although not by birth, Our Son signed up to be a United States Marine tonight,...

...The kid has been a handful for the last couple of years since he joined my family, and has needed his azz jacked a few times here, and there, but he has been huffing, and puffing that he wants to be the best, and after all said, and done, we sat down at the recruiter's office tonight, and took his test to see where he quailified for, and scored an 84, and signed the papers,...

...goes to the federal building in the morning for the phyical, and delayed entry for July 09,...

...Still a fair amount of paperwork to be done, but they will handle all of that, He yearns to wear the uniform, and serve his country. The kid has turned his life around in the last year so much, he has really surprized me, but in the end, it will be all worth it,...

...So come July, we'll have Packo get in touch with a few friends he knows @ Paris Island, and we'll "reach out, and touch him" from afar,...

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