Quantico
The Museum of the Marine corps is one cool museum!
The day was spent enjoying a special miniature train display, learning about the history of the Marines, playing dress up, getting yelled at by our DI (Drill Instructor), and running out of the back of a CH-46 helicopter into battle in Vietnam.
As we left, Lake Brantley High School marching band was performing.
They are a school from Florida, and had gotten rained out of performing in DC,
so they ended up at Quantico...lucky us!
They played the Star Spangled Banner and all the songs from the armed forces. They ended their performance with "The U.S. Air Force" ....
OFF we go into the wild blue yonder...
Meeting real Marines...
That day at the museum they were celebrating women in the armed forces.
The ladies had brought their gear to show the kids and let them try it on.
At first Izzy was the only one brave enough to try on the gear!
She is one tough girl...The gear is really heavy!
&
She rocked it with her Siamese kitty rain boots!
Ethan finally gave into our peer pressure and tried on the helmet(6 lbs) and combat vest(22 lbs).
When they put in the two side bullet plates it added 10 lbs per plate to the vest.
Imagine marching around with all that weight on.
Ethan was trying to not let his head fall off his neck with the heavy helmet on.
Our two little Marines!
~ March 14, 2015 ~
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