The end of the beginning

one of Connor's instructors said that their MP (military police) graduation wasn't the end. It was the end of the beginning- so far they've been training non-stop. From 13 weeks of boot camp to their military police training- that is all over. Now they really start their lives as Marines. Here are some pictures from the day:

the Marines, waiting to graduate:


Connor, accepting his diploma:

here is a short video of them singing the Marine Corps Hymn:



a random shot of him in that goofy hat!
Connor will be driving/ shooting out of the top of these:






and this is what happened after about 5 minutes in the car! He snored for about 100 miles. :-)

Connor is on leave for a few days before he reports to Okinawa... and then to Afghanistan. Yuck. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.