Favorite Place

Walking up the large concrete walkway, with the silver and glass roof reflecting the sunlight thrown at it, like a beacon against the treeline. The glass doors are quite heavy and inside is a semicircular desk that takes up the center of the entrance hallway. Uniformed Corpsmen on either side of the desk stare directly ahead as you pass. you enter a large cylindrical room with famous quotes of Corpsman inscribed in large bronze letters on the upper section of wall, all around, directly before the beacon. To the right is the gift shop to buy all your paraphernalia that is oh so unimportant. To the left is where you can begin your journey through a designated path to take you to all the wonderful exhibits, in order. Filling the space in the main area is two life sized replicas of vehicles. One is a tank, and the other is a helicopter. Overhead, are several airplanes that are held up with cable. The path takes you through the beginning of when they first arrive at boot camp, to when they graduate as Marines. This place is so full of history and life that hours could be spent simply meandering around and looking at the exhibits.