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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on March 10, 2019, 01:57:14 pm

Title: Recruit who dropped nearly 150 pounds to join the Corps is now a Marine
Post by: rangerrebew on March 10, 2019, 01:57:14 pm

Recruit who dropped nearly 150 pounds to join the Corps is now a Marine
By: Shawn Snow  

Tyler Nelson says he now weighs about 204 pounds ― that’s 163 pounds lighter than when he first tipped the scales at 367 pounds during his weigh-in at his hometown recruiting station of Mankato, Minnesota. (Tyler Nelson)

Tyler Nelson shipped to Marine boot camp in December 2018 after shedding nearly 150 pounds throughout an eight-month period.

Now, he’s officially a Marine.

Nelson graduated Friday with Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, aboard the San Diego recruit depot.

He says he now weighs about 204 pounds ― that’s 163 pounds lighter than when he first tipped the scales at 367 pounds during his weigh-in at his hometown recruiting station of Mankato, Minnesota.

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019/03/08/recruit-who-dropped-nearly-150-pounds-to-join-the-corps-is-now-a-marine/ (https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019/03/08/recruit-who-dropped-nearly-150-pounds-to-join-the-corps-is-now-a-marine/)

Title: Re: Recruit who dropped nearly 150 pounds to join the Corps is now a Marine
Post by: Bill Cipher on March 10, 2019, 04:28:28 pm

Good job, Marine recruit Nelson. 

Title: Re: Recruit who dropped nearly 150 pounds to join the Corps is now a Marine
Post by: Sanguine on March 11, 2019, 02:08:44 am

 Good for him!  It's hard becoming a Marine and hard to lose that weight that quickly!