Lori (Lori Cuevas Ballard) from Hope Mills, NC
Marine
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Lori is a Kindergarten teacher and a mother of three children. She currently lives in the
beautiful state of North Carolina. Her middle child (a son) is a Marine. When her Marine was
in middle school, he said he wanted to join the military. While in High School, he chose the
Marines. She was shocked that he chose the Marines, given they live in a military town for
the army. Her son told her he wanted to be “the best of the best” and chose the Marines.
When her son was preparing for boot camp, she had very little information. Her son gave her
the website of Recruitparents.com, which he had gotten from his recruiter. This site was her
lifeline. She had found a volunteer opportunity, but her son had to graduate from boot camp
first. Four weeks after leaving for boot camp, her son ended up in STC-MRP due to an
injury. She was directed to the Support BTN page, which helped her through it all. After
receiving all the support from Marineparents.com, she was ready to pay it forward and
jumped at the chance to help others. It has been six years, and she has enjoyed every
minute of it.
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