When Rebekah McCoy married a Marine, the Brea woman did so knowing her life would become transitory, she said, and she welcomed that adventure.

Nearly 15 years and five children later, her gunnery sergeant husband, now with the 7th Engineer Support Battalion at Camp Pendleton , has had at least six different jobs, moving the family between California and North Carolina four times, along with a recruiting move to Alabama and a deployment to Japan. In December, the family of seven, along with a service sheepadoodle and a Labrador retriever, is headed to Hawaii — move No. 7.

So, while McCoy, 32, is still into adventures and loves that her husband, who is 38, has found his life’s fulfillment in service to his country, the every-three-year moves have become a little less exciting. They are

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