OOH-RAH! TEAM DEMINT ATTENDS ‘MARINE DAY’ AT QUANTICO

Team DeMint (Ian Headley, Kelly Long, Chris Socha, Jennifer Rook and Ashley Holbrook) poses with our fearless leader for the day, Sgt. LeMarche. Last month, congressional staffers were invited to attend “Marine Day” in Quantico, Va. Several DeMint staffers joined up with a few Graham staffers to spend a day getting a better understanding of the role our U.S. Marines play in defending our country. To say we were impressed barely covers it. We heard stories from men and women who had deployed one, two, even three times. We saw the state-of-the-art equipment our Marines use to protect our freedom, and we even got hands-on experience with some of that equipment. Some of us may have woken up that Friday morning with more working knowledge of the Marine Corps than others….but we all left that Friday night with a heightened understanding of what it means to be a Marine and renewed appreciation for those who give up so much to serve our country. We are proud of our Marines and we were honored to spend the day with them! We feasted on “delicious” Meals Ready to Eat produced in Mullins, S.C. (You haven’t lived until you’ve seen people fight over a strawberry milkshake that consists of powdered milk and lukewarm water.) South Carolina native, Brig. Gen. Mike Regner, welcomes visitors to Quantico.

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