I'm almost out of School of Infantry and heading for the fleet. I remember heading out of bootcamp I was worried about how to be a good Marine. But that was a different mindset then. At the time I was trying so hard to do the right thing according to what the Marine Corps expected of me. But I guess it's never that simple. Being in the Marine Corps ( Read more... )

I get up at 3 am in the morning, to go running. I run for 30 minutes, no matter what the distance and the speed. It's all about being active for thir-ty minutes. I count my heartrate...still not enough. I run faster, harder. He's calling you over there at 2:40 am, twenty-five cents per minute. You talk for 20 minutes. I run for another 10. He ( Read more... )