good news?!?

so i really do try not to get excited over anything these days when it comes to marine corps related stuff because i have just been let down way too many times in the past. to kind of set up where i am going i should probably give a little background for those of you who don't know. with less than a month until rey deployed they said they were going to have a weigh in and then they would see which guys needed to lose weight and they were then going to be given ten days to lose all that weight. well, rey ended up being way over what he was SUPPOSED to be at, which in all honesty i can't ever see rey being at that weight with his body build. so in the end it was pretty much going to be impossible for him to make that weight. he definitely tried and even though he lost 10 pounds he still wasn't at what he was SUPPOSED to be at. in the end this pretty much screwed rey up BIG TIME! while on deployment he now has to work out like 2-3 times a day and even though the guy working out with them told they need to eat more since they are working out so much, well, whenever the guys on this program do eat people make ridiculous comments! for instance, i sent rey cake in a jar for the 4th of july and then stupid a holes made comments like 'of, of course you'd get cake fatty,'.. so basically it's just ridiculous! that is not even the worst part! rey has finally reached his cutting score to get promoted to corporal and because he is on this program he is getting non ranked every month until they get back from deployment.. which of course means he wont actually pick up corporal. well, the other day the guys had to do this big run and guess who came in first place? yep! rey!!! well, two of his sgt's told rey that because of that they are going to see if they can get him un non-ranked! like i said, i'm trying not to get myself too excited, but it would be soooo amazing if they could! first off, he should have gotten promoted in july, but due to being non ranked he wasn't able to and he would finally get what he deserves! as a corporal you get FAR more respect than just a lance corporal and he more than likely wouldn't get treated as badly as he does now. plus, being a corporal you get paid more.. so it would be absolutely amazing to get more money especially since we are going to need to start saving up the moolah for when rey gets out of the marine corps! i know i shouldn't get too excited, but i just can't help it! i just want this for him so bad for his sake! so here's to hoping he gets un non ranked and gets promoted in either september or october!
peace in the middle east!