Teresa (Teresa Meadows) from Ankeny, IA
Marine
and
Teresa lives in Iowa, with her two children. Teresa’s dad served in the Army; Special
Forces, Green Beret and is a Vietnam Veteran. Teresa served in the Army and has a
nephew who served in
the Army and is an Iraqi War Veteran. She has many cousins who are serving in the
Army and Air Force; a cousin, who served in the Marines during Desert Storm and is
now guarding the
gates of Heaven, and a nephew who is a disabled Marine and a Veteran of the Iraqi
War. Teresa’s youngest child, a daughter graduated high school early in January
2018. A month before she
turned 18 she joined the Delayed Entry Program.
Six weeks later her daughter asked Teresa if she would be upset if she left at the
beginning of May 2018 for Basic Training, before her high school graduation
ceremony. Teresa had been looking forward
to seeing her daughter cross the stage at her high school graduation and she began
to cry. Her daughter told her not to cry and explained to her that to get the MOS
she
wanted for her military career she
would have to leave before graduation. She told Teresa that at the end of Basic
Training she would see her graduate and become a Marine and that meant more to
her as it was her future. Teresa could
see the excitement and determination in her daughter’s eyes and realized after all
these years of telling her children to go after their dreams and let nothing stand in
their way; she was not going to stop
her.
Her daughter left for Parris Island on May 21, 2018, she was in 4th Battalion Oscar
Company, and she graduated on August 17, 2018, with Teresa and many family
members in attendance. Her daughter just completed all of her schoolings and
arrived at her PDS. While her daughter was home on her 10-day leave she told her
older brother that this is what he needs to do as well. Teresa’s son is strongly
considering joining his sister in the Marines.
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