Episode 32. SSGT Dillon

SSGT Dillon spent 12 years in the Marines from 1998-2011. She talks about her family history of service to the country and how that influenced her to go in and join herself.   She spent her time as an aircraft maintenance data specialist and eventually became a Drill Instructor on Paris Island.  She talks about the time in the Corps when it went from peacetime duty, to after 9/11 and the focus shifted to the war effort. She gets into becoming a drill Instructor and what life was like on the Drill field, as well as her time spent being a PMI.  We talk about getting out and trying to find a new purpose to push forward with, and in her case, she's continued the path of being a firearms instructor.