MillRatUSMC
11-10-04, 01:10 AM
Happy Birthday! Devil Dogs!!!
<MARQUEE BEHAVIOR=scroll DIRECTION=left LOOP=infinite>Here's wishing you the best on the 229th Birthday of the Marine Corps</MARQUEE>
http://grose.us/bootdir/flattop.html
An interesting read on boot camp
http://grose.us/bootdir/talking.html
Talking the Talk, how did we ever get past this...memories of a time long ago...
Later the Marine Officer wrote this about the Sergeant Major;
The Sergeant Major was on the phone and he flashed a big grin and a head nod as I entered. Physically, the man had only changed in minor ways a life of a Marine requires. He told the phone he had to go and hung up quickly as he sprang to his feet and thrust out an eager hand which I met with an iron grip. These same hands had guided me, adjusted my drill movements, and welcomed me to the Corps on graduation day so many years ago. Symbolically, these were the same hands that guided my movements for a decade and a half through endless missions and even a war. These hands never abused me but never approached covered in velvet. These hands were responsible for so much of what I am and they had never led me astray.
As I left, I realized I had taken up the Sergeant Major’s valuable time and there were people waiting for him. I don’t think he would have ever pointed it out at the time. To converse with him on a somewhat equal footing, to see him as a man and as a Marine, eye to eye, was a enlightening experience. For just a moment, I saw a man who, like me, dedicated some of his best years to the Marine Corps and endured the highs and lows of Marine life. It felt somewhat like coming full circle and accomplishing something I had unconsciously striven for all these years: living up to the lofty expectations taught to us from the beginning. If I could be found worthy by the very man who instilled the expectation, well, I guess I can take that as proof that I did good. Even after all these years, his approval is the very definition of success for me. Such is the effect of a Marine’s Senior Drill Instructor.
I think that many might see ourselves in what he says in the above exceprts...we're driven to this day by what we were taught in boot camp.
It's not noticeable but still many of the actions are done with our mind on our core values taught on a Marine Corps Recruit Depot...those only enhance what we were taught as young men and women...
Another look at my Marine Corps Birthday page;
http://www.geocities.com/millrat_99/mcbirthday2004.html
My upgrade to my 229th Marine Corps Birthday page.
Warning! Embed sound, Marine's Hymn
A quote from a Danish woman after the recent killing of a writer by the terrorists;
"Freedom is not for people who are afraid."
As we are showing the world in Iraq, that we are not afraid to fight for the freedom of other people...
With that I close,
Happy Birthday, Devil Dogs!
Semper Fidelis/Semper Fi
Ricardo
<MARQUEE BEHAVIOR=scroll DIRECTION=left LOOP=infinite>Here's wishing you the best on the 229th Birthday of the Marine Corps</MARQUEE>
http://grose.us/bootdir/flattop.html
An interesting read on boot camp
http://grose.us/bootdir/talking.html
Talking the Talk, how did we ever get past this...memories of a time long ago...
Later the Marine Officer wrote this about the Sergeant Major;
The Sergeant Major was on the phone and he flashed a big grin and a head nod as I entered. Physically, the man had only changed in minor ways a life of a Marine requires. He told the phone he had to go and hung up quickly as he sprang to his feet and thrust out an eager hand which I met with an iron grip. These same hands had guided me, adjusted my drill movements, and welcomed me to the Corps on graduation day so many years ago. Symbolically, these were the same hands that guided my movements for a decade and a half through endless missions and even a war. These hands never abused me but never approached covered in velvet. These hands were responsible for so much of what I am and they had never led me astray.
As I left, I realized I had taken up the Sergeant Major’s valuable time and there were people waiting for him. I don’t think he would have ever pointed it out at the time. To converse with him on a somewhat equal footing, to see him as a man and as a Marine, eye to eye, was a enlightening experience. For just a moment, I saw a man who, like me, dedicated some of his best years to the Marine Corps and endured the highs and lows of Marine life. It felt somewhat like coming full circle and accomplishing something I had unconsciously striven for all these years: living up to the lofty expectations taught to us from the beginning. If I could be found worthy by the very man who instilled the expectation, well, I guess I can take that as proof that I did good. Even after all these years, his approval is the very definition of success for me. Such is the effect of a Marine’s Senior Drill Instructor.
I think that many might see ourselves in what he says in the above exceprts...we're driven to this day by what we were taught in boot camp.
It's not noticeable but still many of the actions are done with our mind on our core values taught on a Marine Corps Recruit Depot...those only enhance what we were taught as young men and women...
Another look at my Marine Corps Birthday page;
http://www.geocities.com/millrat_99/mcbirthday2004.html
My upgrade to my 229th Marine Corps Birthday page.
Warning! Embed sound, Marine's Hymn
A quote from a Danish woman after the recent killing of a writer by the terrorists;
"Freedom is not for people who are afraid."
As we are showing the world in Iraq, that we are not afraid to fight for the freedom of other people...
With that I close,
Happy Birthday, Devil Dogs!
Semper Fidelis/Semper Fi
Ricardo