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Daughter of two Marines featured in Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue

By Gina Harkins on February 19, 2014 Battle Rattle

Hannah Ferguson doesn’t just have two Marines as parents — her mom served as a drill instructor and her dad as a sniper. Prospective dates asked her out at their own peril, according to Sports Illustrated. Ferguson, 22, spent a lot of time hanging around her dad’s shop, and it was there where she was first exposed to a community she wanted to join. But that community didn’t involve dress blues or MARPAT. Ferguson wanted to show a bit more skin than that. “My dad has Sports Illustrated calendars in his shop,” Ferguson told Reuters. “I would always flip through them and…

After 30 years as Marines, married sergeants major retire on the same day

By Hope Hodge Seck on July 30, 2013 Battle Rattle, Leadership, Marines

Talk about a motivated marriage. On July 26, Sgts. Maj. Bradley and Holly Prafke retired in a joint ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C. The Prafkes’ commitment to the Corps goes almost as deep as their commitment to each other: They retired with 30 years of service apiece under their belts, and they were together for 27 of those years. They met, according to news reports, in Camp Pendleton, Calif., when he was a lance corporal and she was a corporal. Bradley Prafke relinquished his last post, that of sergeant major for Marine Aircraft Group 29, during…

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