Her College Counselor Had A Suggestion
The future looked so uncertain to her, so she spoke to her counselor at the college and asked for advice. After she explained her fears about her debts and the recession, what happened? Ihrke shared, “[The counselor] told me two people get college completely paid for – single moms and those in the military. I thought, well… [the first one] is out. But I thought about the military, and so I went to a recruiting fair.”
Her College Counselor Had A Suggestion
The Marine Corps Piqued Her Interest
“I decided to research the different branches [of the military], and a Marine Corps recruiter caught me on the way out from talking to an Air Force recruiter,” she informed Yahoo! Lifestyle. Shannon Ihrke was a pretty young woman, so people were surprised to see her at the military recruitment fair. She didn’t look there like most people! What really made her decide on this path was something that a Marine recruiter had heard from her.
The Marine Corps Piqued Her Interest