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photo by Matt Roth.Wednesday, April 11, 2012..The orange morning sun hits the rearview mirror of Ron Shriver's car, illuminating his massive nine-month-old beard. After leaving the Marines, where he had to shave everyday he decided to stop shaving. The scene he passes in the background is the farmhouse he grew up on. The barn in the far left is ordained with a U.S. Flag. His family painted it in honor of him going to bootcamp. He enlisted in the summer of 2001, before the 9/11 attacks. ..Ron's morning is particularly hectic Wednesday, April 11, 2012. After dressing his children and eating breakfast, It will take him an hour to drive around northern Carroll County, Maryland to drop Rory and Miles off to two separate schools before he literally sprints up a hill to take his exercise science exam at McDaniel College...Ron Shriver is a retired marine staff sergeant. He is also the first in his family to attend college, thanks to the New G.I. Bill. His wife, a fellow retired Marine, is finishing up graduate school in Alaska. After Ron gets his undergraduate degree from McDaniel College in May, he plans to drive to Alaska with is two children Rory, 6, and Miles, 5. For the move Ron got rid of most of his family's belongings, and after his lease was up, he and his children moved back into his parent's farmhouse.

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photo by Matt Roth.Wednesday, April 11, 2012..The orange morning sun hits the rearview mirror of Ron Shriver's car, illuminating his massive nine-month-old beard. After leaving the Marines, where he had to shave everyday he decided to stop shaving. The scene he passes in the background is the farmhouse he grew up on. The barn in the far left is ordained with a U.S. Flag. His family painted it in honor of him going to bootcamp. He enlisted in the summer of 2001, before the 9/11 attacks. ..Ron's morning is particularly hectic Wednesday, April 11, 2012. After dressing his children and eating breakfast, It will take him an hour to drive around northern Carroll County, Maryland to drop Rory and Miles off to two separate schools before he literally sprints up a hill to take his exercise science exam at McDaniel College...Ron Shriver is a retired marine staff sergeant. He is also the first in his family to attend college, thanks to the New G.I. Bill. His wife, a fellow retired Marine, is finishing up graduate school in Alaska. After Ron gets his undergraduate degree from McDaniel College in May, he plans to drive to Alaska with is two children Rory, 6, and Miles, 5. For the move Ron got rid of most of his family's belongings, and after his lease was up, he and his children moved back into his parent's farmhouse.
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