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My Going Away..........

Today was my going away luncheon with my Marines. I can't believe that the four years has already gone by, but I wouldn't have changed it for the world! I would have like to have gone to Iraq, but God knew what was best and now Leon and I have our little Tyson!

Some of the great things that I was able to do while I was in the Marine Corps was get my freshman year of college out of the way and now I will be able to complete the other three years at no cost! I was able to attend the Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C. 

So many amazing things, but one of the greatest is that I will always have these brothers and sister that I will never forget!

Lance Corporal Calabro, Corporal Williams, Me (Corporal Lucas), Tyson (no rank), Sergeant Knott and First Lieutenant Hogan.

This is the plaque that my Marines put together for me, doesn't it look amazing?!

I will explain what everything is:

On your left hand side, that is the rank of Corporal, beneath it is the rank of Lance Corporal and then Private First Class. Those are the ranks that I was while I was in the Marines. Under the gold ranks is my rifle badge. We qualify at the rifle range once a year and I am a sharpshooter, the second best :)

On your right hand side, those are the three medals that I rate to wear, the first one is my Good Conduct Medal, the next is the National Defense Medal and the last one is the Global War on Terrorism Medal. 

Marine Corps Emblem is in the top middle and underneath it is an eagle with the American flag on one side and the Marine Corps flag on the other side.

This is what they had put on the bottom of my plaque, "Flight Queen" stands for one of my positions in the office when we sent over 4,000 Marines and Sailors to Iraq. We did this about three or four times while I was at this duty station and I was the primary Marine in charge of orders and accountability.

G-1 Manpower, 1st MLG (Marine Logistics Group) is my unit.

14 January 2006 - 25 May 2008 are the dates that I have been at Camp Pendleton, before that I served at Marine Corps base Quantico, Virginia from November 2004 - January 2006.

Max is 1 Today!

Happy Birthday to Max! Seems like just yesterday, we were very pregnant and now look at our boys!

Hope you have a great day!