On August 11th, 2011 after months of deciding that after college I was going to enlist in the United States Marine Corps, it became official-I signed myself over to Uncle Sam.
On June 21st, 2011 I shipped off to Parris Island, SC after having my ship date pushed back twice where I would go on to be the best Scribe Papa Co. has ever seen-4029!
Then I went to Marine Combat Training, but that sucked and that's all you need to know about that.
After MCT, I headed off by myself to Keesler Air Force base to become a *dun dun dun* weatherman! Ok, the real title of my MOS (military occupational speciality) is 6842-Meteorology and Oceanography Analyst Forecaster. Seven months later on June 15th I graduated the Air Force side of the school and then 2 months after that I graduated the Marine Corps side.
Around the first week of June I found out that I was getting my first choice of duty station (overseas) and off to Iwakuni, Japan I went. Now I work for the Headquarters/Headquarters Squadron Operations section as a weather forecaster.
Next: Iwakuni, Japan-The Beginning
