This is the true story of an eighteen-year-old who went to Marine Corps boot camp. It will tug on your heartstrings, bring you to tears, and fill you with pride as you read about the experience of becoming part of the worlds finest and most disciplined of all branches, the United States Marine Corps! This book will bring you smiles and tears; you will finally understand what Marines go through to keep your families safe at night. This remarkable story will answer all your questions. It will take you right into boot camp as if you were there. You will feel the pain it takes to become the warrior you have all heard so much about. Your heart will pound as if Drill Instructors were in your living room.

This book is for anyone looking to enlist in the Marine Corps, those who have been in the Marine Corps or those who want to know what it is like to go through Marine Corps boot camp. It will answer the questions that you may not get from your recruiters and tell you first hand the secret to surviving Marine Corps boot camp.

Welcome to one of the most unique families in the world. By proxy, you will be inducted into a group that is older than our Constitution. It is an honorable organization with a long history of warriors. You are about to be the parent of one of those warriors. Without the knowledge and facts of what to expect, this journey can be scary. It is important to learn myth from fact and to ensure that you do everything you can do to support your future Marine and keep yourself from worrying. If you are a Marine veteran, or come from a Marine Corps family already, this book is a great resource. It can help you compare your experiences with how the Marine Corps is conducting its training now. Many things have changed throughout the history of boot camp, but many things have not. This book can provide you with an opportunity to brush up on what's new and discuss what is the same. This guide has information from multiple official United States Marine Corps web sites and endeavors to be as current as possible. The 13 weeks of recruit training will fly by before you know it. While you won't be there personally to witness the transformation, you will be able to learn what is happening to your recruit. The best thing you can do is educate yourself on what your recruit is going through so that you can learn what will be expected of him/her as a United States Marine. This book is designed to help you do just that. It will give you a glimpse of what it is like as a recruit in boot camp and what you, as a parent, will need to know. It will also explain how you can help your recruit while he/she is in boot camp and what not to do. When graduation rolls around, you will be prepared to see your new Marine and understand exactly how the graduation process works. Also, we will explore what happens to your Marine after boot camp. His/her journey is only beginning at that point. There is still much more that your Marine will learn as he/she is sent to Marine Combat Training, his/her Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) school and then into the fleet. The adventure doesn't stop with graduating boot camp. Your Marine is going to need your support for a long time. The best thing you can do is prepare yourself with the education and knowledge that you can be a successful Marine parent. This is an exciting time for your future Marine. He/she is embarking on a journey that few will ever understand or comprehend. It will change their lives in so many ways. It is important as their parent that you understand why they call the Marines, "The Few. The Proud." It is a way of life that is difficult to explain unless you have lived through it. However, this book is going to do its best to explain it in a way that makes you beyond proud that your son or daughter chose the Marine Corps as a foundation for the way to live an honorable life of service to our country.

New York Times Best Seller and Over 1 million copies sold! Over 750 5-Star reviews Wiese’s visit to the devil’s lair lasted just twenty-three minutes, but he returned with vivid details etched in his memory, capturing the attention of national media, including the Christian Broadcasting Network, Daystar Television Network, Trinity Broadcasting Network, the Miracle Channel, Sid Roth’s It’s Supernatural!, Sean Hannity’s America, Charisma News, and many others. Awaken to the realities of hell, the afterlife and the urgency to live for Christ in your short time here on earth.. Bill Wiese experienced something so horrifying it continues to captivate the world. He saw the searing flames of hell, felt total isolation, smelled the putrid and rotting stench, heard deafening screams of agony, and experienced terrorizing demons. Finally the strong hand of God lifted him out of the pit. This expanded anniversary edition includes more than 150 Bible verses referencing hell for further study. Also included is the new section, “Wrestling With the Big Questions” where Bill answers these and many others questions: Why do some people who have a near-death experience see a bright light? Will those who never heard about Jesus go to hell? Is hell eternal, or are those in hell simply annihilated?

Brodee Reed did the same thing every morning: After twenty minutes on the elliptical and drenched like a duck in a rain storm, he would shower, shave, and start making his rounds at the local bars where everyone knew my name. He finally had to ask myself: Had he become an alcoholic? Had he lost all control of being a responsible father, husband, and adult? How much longer could his family, conscience, and physical health survive his daily routine of drinking? In this memoir, he reveals what finally led him to enter a rehabilitation program, the steps of the detox process, and what he learned in classes about addiction, family, meditation, and ways to live a sober life. The First Forty is not all about drinking, drugs, rehab, and bad stuff that the author did—it’s also about his life as a father, soldier, husband, and life in the seventies, eighties, and nineties. It’s about great times, bad times, traveling the world, coaching, and being a man that pushes forward.

A history of the United States Marine Corps describes its formation in 1775, advances in equipment and techniques, participation in battles, social changes within the organization, and its depiction in popular culture

TI has lived a successful life and is enjoying time with his wife and extended family. When evil touches his life, and the police are unable to assist, he is forced to unleash the creature that dwells within. He opens the cage that restrains the violent skills he perfected behind enemy lines, skills the US military taught him and used to eliminate its enemies all over the world. Together with trusted and new friends, he takes matters into his own hands to satisfy justice. This is a fast-paced story that races across North and South America, finalizing in a showdown that reaches across the globe. Based on real-life situations that’ll grab you by the throat and will not let you go until the end.