Warren to Marine

Today we heard some bad news from Parris Island.  Cory Dismuke, one of the 3 amigos that left for Parris Island 11 days ago, had to take a pause in his training due to a medical issue.  He will be able to continue his training once he has been medically cleared but he will need to be moved to a new platoon.  This is to give him the best chance to graduate since he will lose valuable training time and would be behind the other members of his current platoon.  We feel badly for Cory and pray for a speedy recovery for him.  I am sure all of the boys are disappointed since they wanted to graduate together but that will not happen.  The training at Parris Island is about overcoming and adapting to situations.   This will be a chance for the recruits to incorporate that into this circumstance.  They will need to keep a upbeat attitude in order to maintain their focus on what is important.  For Cory, he needs to get better first and then continue to demonstrate the desire and drive to earn that emblem.  For Warren and Logan, they need to maintain their energy on the things that they can control and drive on with their training.  It's easy to get sidetracked but I believe that the DIs will put them back on the path.  They all need to continue to be positive (something I tell him in every letter I send) and keep giving maximum effort with everything that they do.  Letters can still go to Cory so don't hesitate to send this young man a quick note to help lift his spirits in this time (his address will be changing but I don't know what it will be, I believe if it is sent to him using the same formula we used prior to knowing their platoon, it should get to him maybe later than normal but it should get there).  Like all of the poolees and now recruits, these are good kids that have made an adult decision to put others ahead of themselves.  Let them know that you appreciate it (but do it following the guidelines established).