On to Florida

I hope you will indulge me these occasional posts on my son Jim’s progress in the Marine Corps. After spending his boot leave and two weeks of recruiter duty at home over the holidays, Jim reported to Camp Geiger North Carolina for one month of combat training on December 28th. Since every Marine is a rifleman, each one, no matter what their military occupational specialty (MOS) undergoes this training. Lest we forget, the month of January was an unusually cold, snowy month even in North Carolina. Private First Class Rosebrock spent 28 training days mostly in the field, mostly eating MREs, learning to be that Marine rifleman essentially. Today he was one of 401 Marines, both men and women who graduated from this tough training. Jim is now headed to sunny Florida for his training in a Marine Corps aviation specialty. Yes, that’s Jim in the second picture sprinting for his bus and his next assignment in sunny and warm (he hopes) Pensacola Florida. God speed Son!