Weaving through the swarm of dueling men, Isaiah raced towards his goal. The kitchen, please have stayed in the kitchen. He rushed towards the aft of the ship, to the hatch that led down into the kitchen. To her. BOOM!…
This training has shaped me into a new man. The U.S. Marine Corps training is worse than you could ever imagine. They take you in, and they break you down, turning you into the man they want and need you to be. They're hard on us, harder than mom and dad ever were. I thought it would be easier than this, but boy oh boy was I wrong.…
She heard his voice crack ever so slightly. He was clearly as shaken as she was, but for the sake of both of them, he had to power through it. At last, the blitz seemed to stop once they found themselves situated by the ruined remains of a wooden tower. Kili collapsed into the sand, sweat drenching his forehead.…
Want to know how to bring a U.S. Marine to tears? Give him a Rocephin shot. As one Marine quipped, “it brings half the men to their knees, and the other half to tears.” Doing a Google search on the term “Rocephin” (aka the peanut butter shot), you’ll find the #1 concern of military recruits is receiving this required penicillin shot during boot camp. “It feels like acid going in” is a common description.…
When I was young in Mastic Beach, we spent Saturday mornings on the porch eating pancakes made by mom and naming all the birds that flew by. When I was young in Mastic Beach, the scent of paint lingered on dads clothes as he taught me how to make the images in my head appear on the canvas in front of me. The clay he brought home already sculpted into figures and applauded no matter how unrecognizable they actually were. When I was young in Mastic Beach, we made frequent trips to the beach at sunset and stayed well into the night, not caring about the mosquito bites that littered our bodies.…
As Connie walks to Arnold 's car she thinking of all she 's leaving behind and who she 's leaving behind. She sat in the front seat with Arnold contemplating all her options to escape. She ask “Where are we going Arnold” “ We need to stop by a Bass pro to grab some supplies there”. As they entered bass pro Connie saw a poster that had Arnold 's picture on it and said wanted dead or alive for murdering 3 women and escaping prison. Connie walked in bass pro anxious.…
Who goes to the beach in November in Maine? I do. It is a lot more relaxing than you would think. If you know anything about Maine you would understand that the beach in November is probably not the wisest choice. It’s cold, windy, gloomy, and surprisingly empty.…
In the first few weeks of my father’s senior year in high school he was called into the principal’s office and he was told, “Mr. Bragdon, if you don’t start showing up for school I am going to expel you.” See at the time, dad’s single mother of four was struggling to pay the bills, which meant he needed to do whatever he could to supply the family with an additional income. So he went lobstering. In response to the principal, the very next day dad walked into his office and set down on his desk a stack of books and his check from that week. He then looked at the principal and said “Sir, I believe I just made more in one week than you will in the next two months.…
As I said “goodbye” to Johns Creek, I began venturing on a new journey. I would have slept on the long 8-hour expedition if not for the spectacular books that we had brought on the trip. As I grabbed the first book, it was like winning the best of the best. The book could keep someone busy for an entire 3 hours. The experience was as if the book was talking to me.…
ren introduce their parents to the class, and then the parents talk about their job. One of my classmates brought his mother who was with the US Military as a Marine soldier, apparently I was the only one amazed by the fact. I was pretty impressed with it and for several days kept playing with my brother's old toy copies of Automat Kalashnikov and shotguns. I kept striking random stuff at home and expectedly breaking them, so my weaponry was taken away. With the days I stopped searching for them and moved on, completely forgetting about my current dream to become a Marine Soldier.…
“30 seconds!” I took in a deep breath and lurched forward as the troop transport hit a wake. All around me, men were throwing up, praying, crying, or staring grimly at the ever approaching coastline. “20 seconds!” Thanks to the driver, we knew exactly how long we had until we reached Hell on Earth. “10 seconds!…
After five days of nervous energy, at last, Malcolm is here in my apartment. I’ve uncorked a bottle of wine and prepared pasta with pecorino cheese and sausage for dinner. I pour two glasses of wine while he talks of how great it felt to drive the coast route. Something he hasn’t done in a while. And that he would have arrived earlier.…
Anna Maria Florida It was a hot, humid Sunday in Anna Maria Florida. We were going to the beach with the 3 other families that went with us. It was about a five minute walk from our house we rented to the beach, which really felt like five hours because I was really excited. Once we FINALLY got there my friends and I decided to take our shoes off and find a perfect spot in the white hot sand to set up of chairs and umbrella. We took our clothes off because our swim suits were underneath and sprinted to the clear blue ocean.…
In 2004 my family and I made our first trip to the beach. The adventure seemed to take a lifetime to reach our destination. Being in the car for 12 hours is not what any child would call a fun time. My brother and I would play video games and watch movies to past the time away and eat the snacks mom would pack us.…
The wind blew through the hair of the passengers aboard the Empress which was everyone, except Kristi’s dad, he’s bald. Kristi’s dad, Scott, owned the Empress and was letting Kristi take her friends on a whale watching ride. Scott was a marine biologist and he inherited the boat from his father and started a whale watching business. Kristi’s friends Tatum, Chandler, and Brielle had never gone whale watching, let alone on a high class boat on a private whale tour. Kristi had baked chocolate chip cookies the night before to make the ride extra special.…