Considering the Vocation of
Force Reconnaissance Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit perform a diving exit while conducting an initial High Altitude Low Opening jump out of an MV-22B Osprey at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue Field, N.C. Photo by Cpl Todd F. Michalek.
Military Service By Kay Maiwald
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boy sat on the floor of his bedroom, building an SH-60B helicopter out of LEGOs, dreaming of the day he could become a Navy pilot.
A teenager carefully wrote his name next to “USMC SEMPER FI” in the wet concrete at the base of a flagpole his family was installing. You already have many vocations: son, daughter, brother, sister, friend, student, cousin, aunt, uncle, Sunday School teacher, employee. Our vocations in life are many, and are always changing. If you are in high school or even a bit younger, you are probably thinking about what you want to do for the rest of your life. Perhaps you are like these boys, and have known for many years that you want to be a Marine, sailor, soldier, airman, or Coast Guardsman. Or maybe it’s something that has become of interest to you more recently. It’s possible that you hadn’t even thought of such a thing until you turned to this article.
