44 Time October 21–28, 2019
MATTHEW POBLANO, 17
BAY SHORE, N.Y.
“I applied for Naval
ROTC and didn’t get
accepted. I still wanted
to be an officer.
My recruiter told me
that I could enlist and
then go to college as
a reservist and become
an officer afterward...
All Marines know
that they’re war fighters.
You join knowing
that if you have to go
to war, you go.”