BY Herschel Smith
18 years, 9 months ago
Off to Camp Geiger, Marine Corps Air Station, New River, North Carolina (near Camp Lejeune) to see my son graduate from SOI. Graduation from Boot was filled with marching, pageantry, bands, speeches and much pomp. My understanding is that this is much more austere. Five minutes, and then they get picked up by the fleet.
Standing on the parade deck at Parris Island, S.C. My father was in the 82nd Airborne. My son, Daniel, is in the middle wearing his Marine rifle expert badge the day of graduation from Boot, in his service alphas. I am the ugly one on the right.
BY Herschel Smith
18 years, 10 months ago
We made a nice visit to our son yesterday at the School of Infantry, Camp Geiger (Marine Corps Air Station, New River, North Carolina) just near Camp Lejeune. In the barracks of Company D, the following quote hangs on the bulletin board, and is very inspirational to my son. I thought I would share it with you.
Somewhere a true believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimum food and water, in austere conditions, day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon. He doesn’t worry about what workout to do — his rucksack weights what is weighs, and he runs until the enemy stops chasing him. The true believer doesn’t care how hard it is; he knows that he either wins or dies. He doesn’t go home at 1700; he is home. He only knows the cause. Now. Who wants to quit?
