YOU CAN ALWAYS VISIT WJCL.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION. THIS WEEK ... AN ALL-NEW VOICES OF VALOR ... A UNIQUE BROTHERHOOD ... SHARED BY THREE NEW U.S MARINES. WJCL 22 NEWS' LYDIA BLACKSTONE INTRODUCES US TO CONNOR, MATT, AND GRIFFIN WEHR, TRIPLETS THAT JUST WENT THROUGH BASIC TRAINING ON PARRIS ISLAND, TOGETHER. "WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THE MARINE CORP, IT'S THE BROTHERHOOD, ((NAT)) IT'S THE CHALLENGE, ((NAT)) IT'S BREATH THE CORP, ((NAT)) IT'S BEING ELITE, IT'S OUR MINDSET." A BAND OF BROTHERS... SOMETHING THE WEHR BROTHERS ALREADY HAVE. "I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE MY BROTHERS HERE BY MY SIDE, FIRST IN BOOTCAMP." GRIFFIN, MATT AND CONNOR ARE TRIPLETS, "THEY WERE BORN EARLY, VERY SMALL, AND NOW HERE THEY ARE IN THE MARINES." THEIR MOTHER MICHELLE SAYS IT TOOK HER BY SURPRISE WHEN THEY ALL WANTED TO ENLIST.. "I TOTALLY WAS NOT EXPECTING IT. I MEAN IT WAS A TOTAL SHOCK, AND I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, HOW IT HAPPENED. I DON'T KNOW IF SOME PART OF THEM THAT BROTHERHOOD THAT THEY SHARE THEY WANTED TO BE TOGETHER." THE WEHR BROTHERS GREW UP IN MASSACHUSETTS, BEING TRIPLETS THEY'VE SHARED A LOT THROUGH THE YEARS. "WE'VE DEFINITELY SHARED SOME SMALL THINGS, BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY THE BIGGEST THING WE'VE SHARED." BUT FOR PARENTS OF ANY MARINE, SENDING THEM OFF IS NEVER EASY "BEING ABLE TO HEAR THEIR VOICE AND SEE THEM, AND FOR THEM TO BE IN THE HOUSE AND SEE THEIR ROOMS ARE EMPTY...UH YEA...IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD, BUT THEY DID IT, THEY DID IT, THEY ACCOMPLISHED ALOT." ((MICHELLE AND KEN WEHR, TRIPLETS PARENTS)) WAITING FOR THE MOMENT YOU GET THEM BACK... THEY JUST WENT THROUGH BASIC TRAINING AT PARRIS ISLAND, ONE OF TWO MARINE RECRUIT TRAINING STATIONS IN THE U.S. "YOU WAKE UP EVERY DAY NOT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN EACH DAY IN RECRUIT TRAINING, SO IF IT WAS A BAD DAY AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE GET FREE TIME AND IF YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT THEY WERE THERE JUST TO TALK ABOUT IT." A SHARED EXPERIENCE OF BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS, THAT IS EARNING THE TITLE OF U.S MARINE 'I DON'T THINK I SLEPT FOR THREE DAYS WHEN THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THE CRUCIBLE, 54 HOURS OF INTENSE CHALLENGES." "DID IT GIVE YOU SOME PEACE THEM HAVING EACH OTHER?" "OH DEFINITELY, EVEN THOUGH THEY DRIVE EACH OTHER CRAZY I KNOW THAT THEY'LL ALWAYS HAVE EACH OTHER ((MICHELLE AND KEN WEHR, TRIPLETS PARENTS)) THE HONOR, COURAGE, AND COMMITMENT BINDING THE WEHR BROTHERS, AND THEIR NEW BROTHERS, MADE ON PARRIS ISLAND. "LIKE BEING ABLE TO CALL YOURSELF A UNITED STATES MARINE, I'LL BE ABLE TO LIVE WITH THAT FIR THE REST OF MY LIFE SO THAT'S A AD LIB AD L
'It’s been a long road, but they did it': Triplets graduate basic training together
Growing up, the three brothers have shared a lot, but nothing quite like this.
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Updated: 11:49 AM EST Nov 13, 2023
Three new U.S. Marines share a unique brotherhood. Connor, Matthew, and Griffin Wehr are triplets who went through basic training together on Parris Island in South Carolina. "It’s the brotherhood. It’s the challenge. It's that warrior spirit, just being elite, it’s our mindset,” said Sgt. Marcus J Webb Jr., a drill instructor at Parris Island. "I’m very proud to have my brothers here by my side, first in boot camp,” Pvt. Matthew Wehr said.The boys' mother, Michelle Wehr, said it took her by surprise when they all wanted to enlist.“I mean, it was a total shock, and I still don’t understand why, how it happened. I don’t know if some part of them that brotherhood that they share they wanted to be together,” Michelle Wehr said. The Wehr brothers grew up in Massachusetts. Being triplets, they’ve shared a lot through the years. “We’ve definitely shared some small things, but this is definitely the biggest thing we’ve shared,” Pvt. Griffin Wehr said.For parents of any Marine, sending them off is never easy.“Not being able to hear their voice and see them, and for them to be in the house and see their rooms are empty. It’s been a long road, but they did it, they did it. They accomplished a lot,” Michelle Wehr said. The Wehr brothers graduated from basic training in September at Parris Island, one of two Marine recruit training stations in the U.S.“You wake up every day not knowing what’s going to happen each day in recruit training, so if it was a bad day at the end of the day, we get free time, and if you need to talk about it, they were there just to talk about it,” Pvt. Matthew Wehr said. "I don’t think I slept for three days when they were going through the crucible, 54 hours of intense challenges,” Michelle Wehr said. “Like, being able to call yourself a United States Marine, I’ll be able to live with that for the rest of my life, so that’s a really good feeling,” Pvt. Connor Wehr said. “They are fast, they’re hungry. They are brothers, and now they are brothers in arms,” Webb said.
PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. — Three new U.S. Marines share a unique brotherhood. Connor, Matthew, and Griffin Wehr are triplets who went through basic training together on Parris Island in South Carolina.
"It’s the brotherhood. It’s the challenge. It's that warrior spirit, just being elite, it’s our mindset,” said Sgt. Marcus J Webb Jr., a drill instructor at Parris Island.
"I’m very proud to have my brothers here by my side, first in boot camp,” Pvt. Matthew Wehr said.
The boys' mother, Michelle Wehr, said it took her by surprise when they all wanted to enlist.
“I mean, it was a total shock, and I still don’t understand why, how it happened. I don’t know if some part of them that brotherhood that they share they wanted to be together,” Michelle Wehr said.
The Wehr brothers grew up in Massachusetts. Being triplets, they’ve shared a lot through the years.
“We’ve definitely shared some small things, but this is definitely the biggest thing we’ve shared,” Pvt. Griffin Wehr said.
For parents of any Marine, sending them off is never easy.
“Not being able to hear their voice and see them, and for them to be in the house and see their rooms are empty. It’s been a long road, but they did it, they did it. They accomplished a lot,” Michelle Wehr said.
The Wehr brothers graduated from basic training in September at Parris Island, one of two Marine recruit training stations in the U.S.
“You wake up every day not knowing what’s going to happen each day in recruit training, so if it was a bad day at the end of the day, we get free time, and if you need to talk about it, they were there just to talk about it,” Pvt. Matthew Wehr said.
"I don’t think I slept for three days when they were going through the crucible, 54 hours of intense challenges,” Michelle Wehr said.
“Like, being able to call yourself a United States Marine, I’ll be able to live with that for the rest of my life, so that’s a really good feeling,” Pvt. Connor Wehr said.
“They are fast, they’re hungry. They are brothers, and now they are brothers in arms,” Webb said.
