Wednesday, July 11, 2018

My Baby Brother: Lt. S. Caleb Sturm, USMC

Just over 23 years ago, I was in a hospital holding my little baby brother. Well, “little” might be stretching the truth a little since he weighed in at 12 whopping pounds upon birth. “Baby” isn’t stretching a thing. He would be the last sibling, but I guess someone has to take on that very challenging task…

Today that “little” baby brother is 6 foot 3 and 200+ pounds of sheer muscle. He’s a college grad, drives a red truck as big as himself and has been sworn in as Lt. S. Caleb Sturm – United States Marine Corps. I’m so happy we could journey out to Indiana to watch that baby I once held now stand proud as a defender of this great country. As he stated on his Facebook page:

Countless rejected applications. Five years in the Marine Corps Reserves. Three months in boot camp. One month at MCT. 8 months at MOS school. 12 weeks at OCS. Countless drills and PT sessions. Four years at Purdue. Thousands of dollars in tuition and textbooks. And even a run in with cancer thrown in there for fun. 
Everything was 100% worth it to have my big brother salute me and call me "sir". Thanks again Daniel Sturm.

As your eldest sibling, Bud, I wish as always that I could impart some great wisdom, but I’m simply not that wise. And just don’t know how to be a good sister most of the time. But, I love you and I’m proud of you.

Semper fi!

 

Lt. S. Caleb Sturm, United States Marine Corps

The brothers – Daniel and Caleb


The proud parents – Mom, Dad and Caleb

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