WE SPEAK TO A MARINE SERVING IN AFGHANISTAN

People who join the Marine Corps are often passionate about their career choice. In a far-ranging interview, managing editor Tami Roleff talked last week with a Marine deployed to Afghanistan with RCT-7 about his experiences…
About two months ago, Lance Corporal Terrill Clark, 21, took a break from his non-stop schedule to escort back to their homes in other provinces, about two dozen Afghani linguists, who were taking a break from their job interpreting for the Americans. “I just took them to their destination so they could rest and recuperate, the same as every other Marine.” Clark has really enjoyed his one and a half years in the Marine Corps. In fact, he thinks everyone should spend some time in the military. “This is just my opinion, but I think it should be an obligated duty to serve your country, at least one term. People give back to the country. It’s a great experience, an eye-opener, and some people may like it. It’s an obligated commitment, I think, when you’re born in America.” Clark, who was working on a family farm before he joined the Marines, said he’s learned a lot from the Marine Corps. “I’m not scared of water as much as I was before I joined, so that’s a plus.”