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ESPRIT Page 21 The Jacksonville NCYoung Marines recently retired two of their senior Young Marines YMMSgt Kyle Byrd and YMMSgt Alexan- dria Lexie Cline. Upon the celebration of high school graduation they both were officially retired surround- ed by fellow Young Marines staff and family members. Kyle Byrd graduated from Southwest High School and will be leaving for Parris Island SC in August 2016 to serve proudly in the the United States Marine Corps. Al- exandria Lexie Cline graduated from White Oak High School. Af- ter 3 months of training in Parris Island SC Lexie officially became PFC Cline USMC on 31 October 2015. She has graduated from Marine Corps Basic Training and is currently preparing to begin her next journey in her Marine Occu- pation School for three months and soon thereafter will be posted to her first duty station. So Kyle and Lex- ie know that your Young Marines fam- ily and friends are very proud of all of your accomplish- ments. We KNOW you both will do great things in the journeys ahead of you. Semper Fi - Submitted by Missy Cline Unit Adjutant Jacksonville NC Young Marines Jacksonville Retires Two Accomplished Young Marines Kyle and Lexie as Young Marines PFC Alexandria Cline USMC A Young Marine From Texas Bids His Farewell to the Program By YM1stSgt Isaiah Thompson Tarrant County TX Sometimes you ask yourself What does it truly mean to be a Young Ma- rine As you look back on your career in the program you realize how far youve come. Its al- most like writing an essay for an English class. When you put so much time into writing that paper to include every de- tail describing ev- erything you try to paint a picture for the reader. You soon reach the last few lines and you simply write the two wordsTHE END. Looking back on myYoung Marines ca- reer is just like composing that essay for English class except I realize that writ- ing those last two words isnt as easy as I thought it would be. Sometimes those last two words mark the end of one story but the beginning of another. I can say Im truly thankful for all the amazing gifts I have been blessed with from being in this program. Since the first day of recruit training I was told The Young Marines makes leaders. I know how true that state- ment is today and it will remain so. I also found that being a leader brings forth opportunity I have been given the opportunity to meet new people people who I will consider my family forever. I call them family not just be- cause we wear the same uni- form or because we marched in the same platoon but be- cause we share the same love of something big. Something I was told as I progressed through my ca- reer is that I should aspire to inspire others. Thats one major key to being a leader. Its such a humble feeling when somebody you taught at Leadership School says theyre going to go home and tell their unit all about youand how much youve helped them. Thats a rare gift that is given to you by putting every ounce of motivation into everything you do. Thats what inspires that little 8 year old to want to be like you. Thats what makes your entire unit want to listen to what you have to say. As Young Marines you should be do- ing this every daybecause the only easy day was yesterday.Always look to better yourself. Now you can fully understand why writing these last two words can be so hard. When youve put all you have into an amaz- ing program like this the Young Marines will always give you something back always So I thank my Tar- rant County Young Ma- rines Unit for allowing me to expand my family. I will stay humble for all that I have achieved with you and I will look forward for all there is to come. With that said I can now say I am ready to write... THE END I would now be able to graduate and become a Young Marine By YMPFC Efren Rodriguez Jr. Capital City NC This past fall my fellow Young Marine recruits and I went on an encampment in Mt. Olive NC. The first night I was on fire watch with a buddy and we had to walk around our tents and make sure that there were no disturbances on the camp site so that everyone could get a good nights rest. The next morning we exercised and ran a mile on a trail through the woods. We also completed an obstacle course. It was very hard because we had to cross a creek and swing on a rope from one bank across to the other. I really enjoyed singing all of the cadences with my fel- low Young Marine recruits on the encampment. I was very excited to see my family waiting for me when we returned home. They were proud that I completed my Young Marine encampment. I would now be able to graduate and become a Young Marine.