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Man loses 140 pounds to join Marines
AP via Foxnews.com ^
| 18 November 2008
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Posted on 11/18/2008 4:36:44 PM PST by Moose4
LEWISTON, Maine Army and Navy recruiters took one look at 330-pound Ulysses Milana and told him to forget about joining. "You've got to lose weight," Milana remembers them saying.
But Marine recruiters were willing to work with him as he began his weight-loss journey in December 2007.
Now, 11 months later, Milana is 140 pounds lighter as he leaves Monday for Parris Island, S.C., to begin boot camp.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: determination; health; marines; troops; weightloss
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To: BnBlFlag
I watched Full Metal Jacket. Laughed most of the time I was watching it. Some resemblance but not much. I thought it was pretty unrealistic. Maybe far-fetched is better.
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posted on
11/18/2008 5:33:56 PM PST
by
Past Your Eyes
(All points of view tolerated...as long as they agree with mine.)
I hope he gets to kill some terrorists before Obama surrenders.
To: BnBlFlag
Yes they left out pit calls, hanging like a bat, and the ever popular watching tv and changing the channels. Just some of the goodies.
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posted on
11/18/2008 5:37:34 PM PST
by
JimC214
To: LiberConservative
"It took me 20 years to put on 50. (yawn)" Only 50? What a piker. I've put on a good 80 or 90 since leaving boot camp.
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posted on
11/18/2008 5:37:48 PM PST
by
Past Your Eyes
(All points of view tolerated...as long as they agree with mine.)
To: JimC214
How about side straddle callawhoopies? Done a few of them. :(
Then of course there's bends and thrusts until the sweat needs to be mopped up off the floor deck.
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posted on
11/18/2008 5:41:08 PM PST
by
Past Your Eyes
(All points of view tolerated...as long as they agree with mine.)
To: Past Your Eyes
All classics, but the worst were mountain climbers Imho.
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posted on
11/18/2008 5:58:58 PM PST
by
JimC214
To: Past Your Eyes; LiberConservative
Got you both beat: Gained 200 since basic training in 1978!
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posted on
11/18/2008 6:01:20 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Barack Obama: In Error and arrogant -- he's errogant!)
To: queenkathy
Hows that going? Our g/son is going in July. I dont think I can handle not talking to him daily..We could tell in his first few letters that he was scared and disoriented a bit. Seems to be with the program now, though. You'll be O.K.-bummed out in the beginning but it gets better with time.
The weird thing is the snail mail. A built in 8-day delay on any commo. Disconcerting in the digital age.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
11/18/2008 6:10:04 PM PST
by
Sarajevo
(I hear moon crickets...........chirping.)
To: Past Your Eyes
Hmmm. I dont think I spent ten weeks on the Island in total. Lets see - got there on January 27 and left April 7 (I think). Both of those dates were a Tuesday, I do remember that.It's 13 weeks now. 1 week "forming", 12 weeks training. All graduations are on Friday unless it's a major holiday. Thanks for your service.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
11/18/2008 6:14:26 PM PST
by
Toki
("Palin Pingers" Freepmail Liberity Rocks or me to get on the list today!)
To: SnuffaBolshevik
You mean they don’t get even the weekend to get on the computer or use their cell phone...OMG...I’ll go nuts!
He’s our first g/son..He keeps saying it’s not like it was when Gpa was in...LOL
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posted on
11/18/2008 7:31:39 PM PST
by
queenkathy
(Pray 4 Josh... www.carepages.com ( joshuaourwarrior) brain injury from allergy shot)
To: Moose4
To: Moose4
Godspeed, Marine! Hoo-AHH!
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posted on
11/18/2008 8:19:22 PM PST
by
fightinJAG
(Help make government smaller: HOMESCHOOL YOUR CHILDREN..)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Boggles the mind, don’t it?
“:^/
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posted on
11/19/2008 3:37:41 PM PST
by
Past Your Eyes
(All points of view tolerated...as long as they agree with mine.)
To: Past Your Eyes
In 1969 Navy boot camp was 13 weeks. I think AF was 6 at the time. Army wasn’t very long ‘cause they needed grunts in Nam.
Navy boot camp was a lot of “fun”, too. We didn’t fire weapons but we ran a hell of a lot.
Fired the weapons after I got in the Seabees.
And I’ve only gained about 60 pounds.
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posted on
11/19/2008 3:43:59 PM PST
by
Terry Mross
( It's just a matter of time before we're all 'GUILTY' of hate speech.)
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