Staff Sgt. Nicholas A. Granter 

US Marine drill instructor 

MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina 

I love the United States. I’ve been all over the world, deployed, been to Haiti, been to Africa, I’ve been to Europe, Italy, Greece, Russia, phenomenally beautiful places, beautiful people. But it’s something about coming back home and being in America, with the opportunities that we have, the freedom that we enjoy, there’s nothing really quite like it.