The Proposal

When I was 14 years old I drove w/ my parents out to Quantico, VA. My brother Jr was having his graduation from Office Training school w/ the Marines. Well before the ceremony he told me to go out on the lawn after the ceremony was over b/c there was going to be something special happening. Afterwards I walked out there w/ my parents and we saw Jr standing next to some girl talking to her and keeping her occupied. From behind them I saw a group of about 25 marines walking in formation (so it was 5 rows of guys w/ 5 guys in each row) towards my brother and this girl. They walked past them turned to the left walked a little bit more then made another left turn and were now facing my bro and the girl. One of the marines commanded something and all 24 guys dropped to one knee. The guy in the center was left standing w/ a red rose. It was the girls boyfriend. Someone else commanded something else and the boyfriend walked up to the girl. At that time another marine walked up placed a pillow in front of him and he then bend down on one knee and asked her to marry him. It was the most romantic way to be asked to marry someone. I couldn't even hear what the guy said but the show did it for me. Now do you see why I loves the marines so much :) I then found out that the whole idea was my brothers... Oh what a softy!