PFC Jacob Hinderliter is currently stationed in Delmar, Calif., where he began training in the assault/amphib school battalion. He will be graduating in February 2003.

Hinderliter entered the US Marine Corps on June 10 and finished basic training on Sept. 6, 2002, at San Diego, Calif. He then entered combat training on Sept. 25 at Camp Pendleton, Calif., and finished that on Oct. 25.