I DO NOT COME FROM A MILITARY FAMILY, NOR WAS THERE ANYONE IN MY FAMILY WHO HAD EVER BEEN A UNITED STATES MARINE AND THERE DEFINITELY WERE NOT ANY FEMALES IN MY FAMILY WHO WENT INTO THE SERVICE, LET ALONE THE MARINES. BUT SOMEHOW, IN MY UPBRINGING, I DEVELOPED THIS GREAT SENSE OF PRIDE IN MY COUNTRY, AND THE MARINES WERE THE ONLY VOICE. AS A MARINE, I WAS ACCUSTOMED TO MANY TRADITIONS AND RITUALS, ONE OF THOSE BEING DAILY RITUAL OF"MORNING COLORS AND EVENING COLORS." THIS IS THE RAISING A