Bodie Moore, a 2021 Becker graduate was recently promoted to Lance Corporal in the Marines. 

Moore, who decided to join the Marines about one year after high school, had been job searching for quite some time and could never find a career that stuck. It wasn’t until he started thinking about his great grandfather, Horace Moore (who served in the Marines during the World War I), that Bodie finally felt that this was the path he was supposed to take.

Bodie had never met his great grandfather, but he had heard many stories from his dad, his uncle, and his grandfather. When asked why he chose the Marines over any other branch, Moore stated that “they are the best of the best.” He decided that if he was gonna join the military then he was gonna join the hardest branch, the Marines. 

In the beginning, his mom was hesitant to let him join, but after some persuading he managed to convince her that this was the best thing for him and his future. Unlike his mom, Moore’s father was on board from the get-go. In the end, both of his parents were proud of him for making this decision and were excited for him to begin the process of becoming a Marine. 

Currently, Bodie has undergone a great deal of training and schooling. He started his boot camp in San Diego where he stayed for three months, then he moved on to Camp Pendleton to do MCT Marine combat training. After that, he went to his schoolhouse where he stayed for 6-7 months to be trained for his job title - which is 2651 ISR engineer (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance engineer). More specifically, Moore works with communications which means he has the ability to send information to whoever needs it. 

Finally, Bodie made the move to Hawaii after graduating from his schoolhouse where he is continuing to work with communications. 

Recently, Moore has been scheduled to go on a deployment to the Philippines in the upcoming new year. Due to the confidentiality of the mission, he is not allowed to say what business he would be conducting at that location. Along with the Philippines, Moore would also like to be deployed in other places such as Japan, Australia, and Korea. 

Some accomplishments that he has achieved as a Marine include being assigned the title of lead series guide in boot camp. When asked to explain further, he said that “a company is broken down into six platoons, three platoons are lead series and the other three are follow series, they are called this due to the way in which they march.” 

“For me, I was the lead series guide, so I was able to hold the series guide flag during the final test of boot camp which was the crucible,” he said. 

Along with the lead series guide title, Moore was also recently awarded a certificate of accommodation. This certification was due to performing as a communications chief as a Lance Corporal.

“This is a billet typically reserved for a sergeant, but I had taken the billet on even as a Lance corporal and performed the duties to the best of my ability,” Bodie said. 

Moore’s commander had seen the work that Moore was putting in and believed that he did above and beyond what was acquired of him. On top of all of that, Moore had given a top secret brief to a large quantity of commanding officers. This earned him respect from many of the higher sergeants. 

As of today, Moore has been in the Marines for three years with his contract stating that he must serve at least five years as a U.S. Marine. After those five years are up, Moore plans to move on with his life with the added skills of a Marine.