BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — As they say, "Once a marine, always a marine."

Will Cook served a stint in the Marine Corps and is going back, but the next time it will be to fulfill a calling to serve God and not only an oath to serve his country.

Cook is a transitional Catholic deacon serving a transitional internship at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brunswick. The ongoing pastoral service is the final year of a seven-year process that will culminate with his ordination as a priest on June 4 at the St. John the Baptist Basilica in Savannah.

The first six years were at the Notre Dame Catholic Seminary...