Sadly this week I hung up the boots for the USMC. After 9 years I felt it was time to keep moving on with my life. I don’t think I could of timed a departure any better than on the Marine Corps Birthday ball. It was nice to go out in style all dressed up in Blues…pics to come!
There are a million reasons to that I decided to hang up the boots, and a million reasons for me to stay. But in the end I felt it was just time.

The USMC is by far one of the best experiences I have been through. There are times were my limits (both physical and mental) were tested. Out of these grueling experiences do you ever get to see what you are truly made of. There are so many stories I have. I’ll just have to jot them down in a memoir soon, before I forget!!
The one thing I’ll never forget is the camaraderie. The comraderie that we build together as Marines is something I gaurantee Corporate America has no idea about! Not even your school fraternities / sororities have anything on it either. It’s about getting each other’s back no matter what. Even if you don’t like the Marine, but because you both are Marines and of the same unit/section, we always took care of each other. I have to thank Gunny Mares for teaching me that.
To the Marines of MASS 6, both East Coast and West Coast…It’s been an honor to serve with you.