Lance Corporal Christine Mc Inerney

Ferdinand, IN

I joined the Marines at age 27, pretty late in life for most people. I was a wife and a mother of 5 young children. Although settled in life I always felt the dream of becoming a Marine was lost. After attending college and gaining the favor of my family and approval from the Corps I set off on a lifetime journey. Nothing in life can ever replace the experience of becoming a Marine! I gave my heart and soul to the Corps but what I received in return was a lifetime of respect and gratitude. Everything I have done since leaving the Corps has been dramatically enhanced due to the way I see the world and the way the world sees me. My entire life was changed and everything I do to this day is a direct reflection of what I learned and who I became on 6 June 97. Two of my children entered the military after high school and I spend countless hours doing personal recruiting for the Corps. I believe that the Marine Corps has a very distinct way of changing a person's life for the better and that every able body looking for something more can certainly find it in the Corps. The way I conduct myself personally and in business has influenced dozens of young men and women who have sought the Corps in hopes to get some of what they gave to me! The Marine Corps has shaped my life in every aspect of it. I work with teenagers and young men and women every day and when they ask me how I became the person I am today my first response is always the Marine Corps. I believe so deeply in what the Marine Corps stands for and what it has to offer our future generations that I go out of my way to educate those around me about what the Corps has to offer. I share with them my experience with the Corps and thru my actions I give them something to believe in.