I had my 1 year review with Navy LtCmdr P. down in Newport this morning. He was excited to see how well I’m doing and is going to put me on a 6 month “limited duty” status. I now have a 6 month window to keep training and prove to the Marines that I’m fit [...]

Sasha and I braved the super long line and the fierce temperatures to see the USS JFK on its last trip to Boston before decommissioning on March 23rd.

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Sasha and I were on a 57 MBTA bus going out on Commonwealth Ave right before the Brighton Ave split when another bus crashed into the back of us. We got hit twice, I’m not sure if both times were the bus or if the car hit us once. I was standing in the rear [...]

Had a small milestone yesterday, I ran for the first time since my surgery. Not sure if you can really call it a run, it took me 11 minutes to go 1 mile. Regardless, it made me feel real good. I’m going to start slow and build a solid foundation before I start pushing myself. [...]

I will never forget my Platoon Commander Captain R. walking into my hospital room the day after my surgery, I was so surprised to see him. He sat in I-95 traffic for half a day so he could see how I was doing in person. I remember the look on his face when he realized [...]

It is pretty unbelievable that it has been an entire year since I broke my hip at OCS. I wish I could say time has flown by, but it hasn’t. Every day I think about being back in Quantico. When I close my eyes at night I see pickup, SIs, bivouacs, boxed chow, the Quigly, [...]