On August 15, 2008, my nephew, Devon James Snelling graduated from Marine Corps boot camp to become Private First Class Snelling. To see the young man I've watched grow up stand and pledge his life to serve and protect this country so that we can sleep a little safer at night was humbling to say the least. I could not be prouder of him then if he were my own son.
So many emotions run through you as you watch these young men close this chapter of there lives and move forward with honor, courage and commitment to what lies ahead. They have all truly become brother's through this experience.
As the Marines say Semper Fidelis "Always Faithful", may we to be faithful in lifting the men and women who serve this country in pray to our shield and protector, God in heaven.
He put on righteousness as his breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on his head; he put on the garments of vengeance and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak. Isaiah 59:17
In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Ephesians 6:16
