This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine.  It is my life.  I must master it as I must master my life. 

I AM A MARINE. I SACRIFICE THIS ONE LIFE OF MINE NOT FOR MYSELF BUT FOR THOSE AROUND ME. I AM SELFLESS IN MY EARNINGS, BUT HOLD PRIDE IN THE MEDALS I WEAR. I DO THIS NOT BECAUSE I HAVE TO, I HAVE CHOSEN THIS LIFE TO BETTER SOMEONE ELSES. THIS IS MY CALLING, AS THAT TO BE A SON, HUSBAND AND FATHER. IT IS MY DUTY TO HONOR MY COUNTRY AND TO MAKE MY CHILD PROUD. I NO LONGER HAVE MY LIFE TO MYSELF, AS I DONT NOT MY DECISIONS. FOR IF I AM NOT BE THERE ON THAT JOYFUL DAY IN FIGURE, I SHALL BE IN SPIRIT, MIND AND HEART. THE DREAMS OF FOUR WHEELS SPINING UNDERNEATH MY FEET ARE REPLACED BY THOSE OF A SMILE ON MY CHILDS FACE AS I RETURN HOME FROM WAR, THE RIGHTS OWED TO MY CHILD TO BRAG ABOUT HIS/HER DAD. I AM A MARINE AND I AM PROUD. I STAND HERE TODAY, AND PROMISE YOU THIS, I WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN, I WILL MAKE YOU PROUD. MY LIFE IS IN GODS HAND NOW, AS IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN, MY LIFE BEGAN FIVE MONTHS AGO, THIS IS JUST A STEP ON THE PATH TO THE GATES OF HEAVEN.