Last time I documented my Marine Son's wife, she was playing football, which you can catch up on HERE.
As her football season came to an end (they lost in the second round of the playoffs), my Marine "Son" was processing out of the Marines. So, he is out now and waiting for the school year to begin. He intends to get his engineering degree via the GI Bill. They have an apartment in Oceanside and have moved off the base. He thought they were out of the military, but as with so much in life, what you want is not what you get.
She has decided that since he is now out, she wants to join the Marines and become an MP. It is something she has wanted to do, for years.So as of last Monday, she has been accepted into the Corps. She won't ship for quite a bit yet, but her basic training will be all the way over on the other side of the country, in Paris Island, S.C.
I wondered why she couldn't train in San Diego and so I looked it up. This is what it says in Wikipedia, in regard to why Paris Island is where females train.
"On February 15, 1949, the Marines activated a separate "command" for the sole purpose of training female recruits. Later, this command was designated the 4th Recruit Training Battalion and it now serves as the only battalion in the Corps for training female recruits, and is the only all-female unit in the Department of Defense."
So, to say the least, things are very, very tentative in regard to their life moving forward and (unfortunately) their marriage. Talk about a topsy-turvy situation.
I wish her the best, in this new journey and pray that it is something that she really wants...because it will definitely be hard on her, in both in mind and body. He knows what she will be up against and keeps trying to talk her out of it, but she is determined. More power to her.
On his end, he really needs to pull his sh*t together and figure out what he needs to do, moving forward. Basically not just letting the water pull you along, but coming up with a battle plan for the future and executing it in his best interest. Definitely a job is a first good step in the right direction, but even better would be a job that isn't Walmart or flipping burgers. Good luck to him, because he needs it so much.
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