Douglas Dare:
CLASS OF 1981
Brablec High SchoolClass of 1981
Roseville, MI
St. Johns High SchoolClass of 1980
St. johns, MI
Mason Junior High SchoolClass of 1979
Mason, MI
Douglas's Story
I joined the United States Marine Corps September 16th, 1980. After graduating in 1981 I entered boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego July 1st 1981. My first duty station was at Camp Pendelton, California with 1st Battalion, 7th Marines as an Infantrymen. In February 1982 I transferred to 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines at Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Air Station on the inland of Oahu in Hawaii. The next two years I spent on and off ship visiting Africa, Australia, Thailand, Oman, Hong Kong, Okinawa, Japan, Fuji, Japan, Philippians, Guam, Siapan, and Tinian. I trained in Alaska in Summer Operations in Cold Weather Territory. I walked on a glacier.After returning from my second deployment I met Private First Class Christine Friemann on February 24th, 1984. We fell in love and on September 9th, 1984 ...Expand for more
we were married. I again deployed in November on my 3rd deployment. I returned to Hawaii in May of 1985 and Christine and I transferred to Virginia with our daughter Nicole. We spent 3 years in Virginia having our second child, our son Josh. We transferred to Camp Pendelton in August 1988. We lived there having our third child, Rebecca, until I retired June 30th, 2001. I had attained the rank of Gunnery Sergeant (so had Christine) and transferred to Missouri. We found a home in Olathe, Kansas were I graduated in 2008 from MidAmerica Nazarene University with Bachelor of Scince Secondary Education majoring in History and United States Government. I'm currently finishing my Masters Degree in School Leadership and looking forward to being a High School Principal. Christine and I now have three grandsons.
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