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Albuquerque, New Mexico

I was in the Marine Corps for twenty years; you could say I *grew* up in the corps. Became a man, When I see that commercial on TV you know that one*, “the proud, the few, the** **marines.” *I feel a sense of belonging deep in my soul. I work i*n* one of the biggest technology Companies in the world but* it’s* not the same. I miss the brotherhood; I have been out of the corps *for *fifteen years, so there is truth *in the saying “once a** **marine, always marine.”* This story will take place in the Marine Corps but it is not about the Marine Corps. This story is about *me,* and what I have *learned* over my short *life. And * I tell this story because I believe that one of th