Life with the Moore Family: Marines

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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Recon Graduation

Last weekend, most of my family went out to San Diego to see my brother Colin graduate from the Marine Reconnaissance Training Company. This was a huge honor (for Colin to be selected for this program) and also a huge accomplishment (as only about 50% of Marines who enter this program pass) and we are so proud of him! If you want to get an idea of some of the things he was doing over the past 12 weeks you can watch the video below, it is no joke!

Recon at Camp Pendleton

7-12 Graduating Class (Colin is on the far right)

during the ceremony as Colin gives up his rope

family picture

I am so proud of my little brother, love you buddy!

After graduation, we went to lunch at one of Colin's favorite pizza places to celebrate!

That afternoon, we went to Coronado which is a small island off the coast of San Diego. Coronado is where Colin did Phase II of his training. We also decided we had to check out the infamous Hotel del Coronado which was beautiful!

So happy to be together again!

beautiful Birds of Paradise flowers everywhere

perfect sunset after a perfect day :)

On Saturday we spent the day at the beach. It was a great time to laugh and relax.

That night we went to celebrate at Cannon's Seafood Grill which has been recognized multiple times by The Knot as one of the best venues in the area! Congrats Colin!!!

And the night would not have been complete without a trip to Colin's favorite bar: Goody's Tavern, cheers!

On Sunday we went to Balboa Park in San Diego

Sunday Crew

The rest of the trip was spent relaxing in La Jolla. Such a fun weekend and so proud of Colin!

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Dress Blues

Colin wore his dress blues uniform to church today and he looked so sharp! So many people came up to him and were all saying how proud they were of him and how excited they were too. I'm not surprised by this but I'm so happy by the number of people who have just surrounded Colin with love and support. If you want to write Colin a letter of support or encouragement, please let me know and I'll give you his address!

Gotta love a man in uniform!

Alan, Colin, and me...so proud of my little brother

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Colin's Graduation from Marine Recruit Training

On Wednesday July 13th my whole family went down to Parris Island, South Carolina for my brother Colin's graduation from Marine Recruit Training. It has seemed like a very long 13 weeks but the end has finally come and we are so very proud of him!

The first time we actually saw Colin was during the motivational run on family day which was Thursday July 14th, the day before graduation. He was easy to spot with the cast on his arm! That was the result of a broken pinkie finger that happened during the Crucible but he is going to be okay!

This is Colin's platoon 1049 which was part of Delta company. Colin was one of the squad leaders of his platoon! Colin is in the front row on the far left :)