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The Marines are tough, everyone knows that. No job seems too big for our nation’s burly jarheads. The title of Marine conjures up certain images: big, tough and often loud servers of the flag, protectors of freedom and defenders of the Constitution.
You don’t want to mess with a Marine.
One local Young Marine, though, doesn’t fit any of those descriptions. Try petite, sweeping dark lashes around wide doe eyes, long hair and pink lips.
Stockdale High School freshman Elizabeth Schull isn’t your typical Marine, but she isn’t your typical teenager, either.
Elizabeth is in the Bakersfield Young Marines unit. The Young Marines is a youth education and service program for boys and girls, ages 8 through completion of high school, similar to JROTC, or even the DARE program conducted by the Bakersfield Police Department. The Young Marines promotes the mental, moral and physical development of its members, focusing on leadership and a healthy, drug-free...
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