I got a call from my son, Sgt. Honda. He interviewed for a new job in the Marines. Well, he got the job. He will now be driving a Lt. General around. Yea, not bad! He will also act as a body guard for the general too. Needless to say Sgt. Honda is very excited. [...]
Cpl Honda is now SGT. HONDA!!!!! Woot! Woot! Yea! Yea! It took a little while but he is there and we are all happy about it. Here are some photos of the ceremony. Since he is in Oki we were not on hand but present in spirit. In formation. Saluting. Beginning of promotion. Getting pinned. [...]
That is always tough. Especially when it is your kid. Cpl Honda left last week to spend two years in Okinawa, Japan. He is very excited about this new adventure. He was able to call me today. It was 8:00 am Monday there and 4:00 pm Sunday here. Strange but that is what happens when [...]
Please internet, we need prayers for Cpl Marcus Chischilly. He is a Marine that was wounded in an IED attack in Afghanistan yesterday. While I do not know Marcus personally, I do know his mother. I met her a few years ago while attending a Marine family group. I heard about this in an email [...]
I received a call from Cpl Honda last night. Apparently he is not liking the place of many palms. At ALL. He is attending school there and having a bit of trouble. Seems it is harder than he thought. So after pouring out his woes, I did what any good Marine mom would do. I [...]
I recently read an article about a fallen Marine, Lcpl Justin Wilson. His family had flown to Dover Air Force Base to receive his remains and then were to bring him home on another flight. The family was at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport waiting to board a plane containing the casket of Lcpl Wilson, [...]
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Comments OffGrandma M sent me the link to this video. A most amazing event occured at a Douglas County Tea Party not long ago. Watch it and then I will comment. Are you wiping the tears yet? This former Marine was not afraid to stand up and remind each and every one of us what America [...]
Ok, so after we left the Sweat Lodge Cafe, Lady Red is driving and it is a bit windy outside. All of a sudden the car starts vibrating. Now this is not the usual feeling of the wind pushing the car, no the car feels like it is shaking back and forth. We pull over [...]
Posted in family, military Tags: Border Patrol, homecoming, juliannah, Lady Red, marines, road trip 2 Comments »I was listening to a radio show today and the host read a letter from a former Marine friend of hers. It is a letter that I believe is currently circulating on email and blogs. After hearing the story I easily google Brian Chontosh’s name and found it on a Blackfive. I am reposting it [...]
