Courtesy of The North Jefferson News:
“The few, the proud, the Marines,” is a popular slogan that many would associate with the U.S. Marine Corps.
It’s part of that slogan that led 21-year-old Fultondale native Chaney Hubbert to enlist in the Marines three years ago.
“It was a real big pride thing,” Hubbert said. “They’re supposed to be the best.”
Hubbert, a Fultondale High School graduate and daughter of Fultondale City Councilman Darrell Hubbert, is stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. She will be deployed this summer to a to-be-determined location.
On Monday, Hubbert took part in a Memorial Day ceremony at the American Legion in Fultondale that paid tribute to both fallen heroes and those currently serving in the armed forces. She said she was proud and honored to have been a part of the ceremony.
“It was an honor to be recognized,” she said. “Being on a base, Marines are a dime a dozen, so you don’t feel appreciated until you come home.”
She doesn’t get to come home from the base too often, and she said her time in Fultondale was the first leave she had taken in nearly a year. When she is at home, she said she enjoys spending time with her family, which also includes her mom, Tammy Hubbert, and sisters Shea Anderson and Katie Hubbert.
Hubbert has not been to Iraq or Afghanistan, but said she is up to the task should she be asked to go. Her previous missions have included providing medical and humanitarian assistance, working with the countries of Jordan and Qatar.
Other countries she’s visited include France, Italy, Dubai, Bahrain, Spain and Turkey.









