Parris Island Marines

[ecfree]

A new social group was started not to long ago,called
Parris Island Marines.
We're lookeng for people to join us..
You need to have been stationed at "Gods Marine Factory",eather as boot,TAD or permanent duty.
It doesn't matter what year,"Old Corps or New Blood".:beer:

[HurricaneRJ]

Tell me how?

[1Marine4Life]

Tell me how?

Me too.

[mgkusmc]

Gentlemen click on "MY INFO" towards the top of the page, the next window will open up and you will see a list on the left hand side of the screen scroll down to "Networking" and click on "Social Groups" and it will show you which groups you can join, that is where you will find it.

[ecfree]

Thanks Mike,I would have helped them but I just got home.
Thanks bro.....:beer:

[ecfree]

Bump

[ecfree]

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR MUSTANGS,MALE AND FEMALE TO JOIN US..:iwo:

[fjmas1976]

I was trying to figure that out. Thanks:usmc:

[ecfree]

Bump

[ecfree]

Bump Again

[ecfree]

Hey people,did you know that the Poolees have their own social club,and they out number the "PARRIS ISLAND MARINES"....:evilgrin:
There are alot of you Old Salt and New Blood PI Marines out there that havent signed on.
WHY ?

[temarti]

joined, thanks ecfree

[ecfree]

BTW I DID NOT START THIS GROUP . MGKUSMC STARTED,I'M JUST RECRUITING FOR HIM.
IN MIKES OWN WORDS " P I MARINES ARE THE BEST"

SIGN UP NOW AND SHOW YOUR PRIDE...:iwo:

[1Marine4Life]

BTW I DID NOT START THIS GROUP . MGKUSMC STARTED,I'M JUST RECRUITING FOR HIM.
IN MIKES OWN WORDS " P I MARINES ARE THE BEST"

SIGN UP NOW AND SHOW YOUR PRIDE...:iwo:

Amen to that bro.:evilgrin:

[nptwildcat]

I'm in.

[vmfn513]

I think I signed on. Have a hard time remembering sometimes. Was on PI at two different times--BOOT and at Paige Field.
SEMPER FI !

[TazMatt]

I'm in Thanks for the info.

[AL49BGN]

I am in.I attended Boot Camp on the Island in 1986,PLatoon 1085

[jrhd97]

I am in.I attended Boot Camp on the Island in 1986,PLatoon 1085
Also in. Boot Camp 1993, platoon 1085 also.

[mgkusmc]

Warms my heart to see my recruiter doing such a wonderful job. :-D

[tgwkreu7]

here i am a 1947 marine joining your club

[ecfree]

Thanks Joe,you are one of the few and the proud PARRIS ISLAND MARINES.
Now if this young 77 year old Marine can join us so can you,SgtJim,CpltoCIV,Sgt Baker,YutYut,dgallagher,and the rest of you who proclaim to be PI MARINES.
Esprit De Corps....Pride Up, Jarhead.......:evilgrin:

[ecfree]

Bump it up

[AL49BGN]

Also in. Boot Camp 1993, platoon 1085 also.
Platoon 1085 :thumbup:

[jawhed]

semper fi! P.I. 1965 plt 344

[YutYut]

Good to go, I've joined.

[sparkie]

OK, I'm in. So where's the beer?
Plt. 3011, 1969,,,[a very good year].

[hermogenesm]

wait for me 3069 oct 69 good year sparkie save some beer for me

[ecfree]

OK, I'm in. So where's the beer?
Plt. 3011, 1969,,,[a very good year].


Coming up the road any minute,in that big wagon pulled by those giant hoarses......:banana:

[ecfree]

WTF,,,You mean to tell me that there's only 40 Parris Island Marines on board ?
You people who have not signed on are a pittiful lot.
I thought you would show your pride in the "Island".
There are more poolees out there and more Hollywood than "Parris Island Marines".
Come and sign up and I'll buy the brew,how's that .............:beer:

[HurricaneRJ]

I think that most people are proud of where they came from. But I don't think anyone want to revisit that hell of a Island.

[hrscowboy]

That base should have been closed down years ago..

[sparkie]

That base should have been closed down years ago..
Right?

[MyCorps]

I'm in.

[THAT AINT IT]

I think that most people are proud of where they came from. But I don't think anyone want to revisit that hell of a Island.


2007 June 18-2007 September 14 Papa Co.PLT 4028
"through pain comes discipline"

I'd go back anyday and I hope to as a drill instructor.

[ecfree]

Bump

[sscjoe]

Just joined the ranks. Dec 75-Feb 76. Plt.3028

[ecfree]

I want to thank all the Marines that have signed on with "Parris Island Marines".
I'm proud of you and I know Mike (mgkusmc) is also...:iwo:
How about it,all you vets,boots,mavericks,wm's,if you haven't signed up please do....

[Sgt Baker]

Thanks Joe,you are one of the few and the proud PARRIS ISLAND MARINES.
Now if this young 77 year old Marine can join us so can you,SgtJim,CpltoCIV,Sgt Baker,YutYut,dgallagher,and the rest of you who proclaim to be PI MARINES.
Esprit De Corps....Pride Up, Jarhead.......:evilgrin:
Reporting for duty ecfree! What's my first order?:marine:

[3531marine]

I Thought I Was On Here,o Well Plt.380----- Sept 63 Dec 63. Sgt Springer,cpl Blanchard,cpl Pitts. Oh Man,a Tough Row To Hoe.

[ronr418]

I just signed up. Plt. 3050, H Co. 3rd training Battalion. (Hell Company as we called it)

[jetdoc]

I just signed up. Plt. 3050, H Co. 3rd training Battalion. (Hell Company as we called it)

Ron, I was down to PI two summers ago and didn't see H Co. any longer...I too was H Co.

[Old Marine]

Pleasure Island Marine Social Club.

[ecfree]

Bump

[RYDERKUR]

Ron, I was down to PI two summers ago and didn't see H Co. any longer...I too was H Co.

Sgt, Hotel Company is now part of Second Battalion...it's still there.

[ecfree]

Bump it up.;)

[ecfree]

:yes:

[ecfree]

We need the Marines that gave their all against the allmighty SAND FLEA..:evilgrin:

[b2542]

Plt 129 May 6 1968

[ecfree]

Hey sign up before it starts.
Hurry while it lasts.........:beer:

[PFC Horse]

Second Battalion Platoon 2019 Commenced training 20 October 1970 Completed training 21 December 1970

[teufelhunden17]

Platoon 2073, F Co, 2nd Bn 1986

[SgtHopperUSMC]

Awww Say It Aint So!!! H Co. in 2nd Bn???

[SgtHopperUSMC]

1986 Plt 3302 H Co. 3rd Herd:evilgrin:

[FistFu68]

:usmc: I CO.PLT.307"DISNEYLAND" 3RD.BN.1/18/68 COULD SMELL THE STANK FROM THE 4TH BN.:D :usmc:

[FLRULZURSHPSCKS]

PLT 3013 I CO 3RD BN just back in NOV 2005 to FEB 2006.

[K-Bay Jim]

Jan-Mar. 1966, Platoon 218 SSgt R.J. Handley

[ecfree]

Hey thanks for signing up y'all,we need more like you.
Any WM,Mustang,Any rank,TAD,Perm.personel,even boot,can join up.....Officers and WM's ARE WELCOME......:iwo:

[FistFu68]

:evilgrin: YOUR A GOOD CHIT RON,NO MATTER WHAT ANY1 SAYS(LOL)THE MORE I "HEAR" WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.THE MORE THE COMMON SENCE SOAKS IN.KEEP KEEPING ON MARINE!!!SEMPER~FI~THAT,LETS HAVE A TOAST TOO THE 3RD.BN.OOHRAH :beer: :iwo:

[FLRULZURSHPSCKS]

3RD HEARD :beer:

[devildog21345]

Plt. 242 Sept.18Th 1962

[ecfree]

Plt. 242 Sept.18Th 1962

devildog21345,you're welcome to join our Social Group "Parris Island Marines".:thumbup:

[ameriken]

PI Marine......1976-1980, Plt 185

[ecfree]

HELLO........HELLO....HELLO...HELLO..HELLO
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW
Parris Island Marines :beer:

[tgwkreu7]

anybody home

[marine0351]

i would be honor to join this group graduted from P.I. in 1978

[ecfree]

Hey Moderators,how y'all doin tonight ?
I'd like to request that this thred be made STICKY,please......:thumbup:

[ecfree]

Hey Moderators,how y'all doin tonight ?
I'd like to request that this thred be made STICKY,please......:thumbup:
bump

[ecfree]

Hey Moderators,how y'all doin tonight ?
I'd like to request that this thred be made STICKY,please......:thumbup:

STICKY UP ;)

[tgwkreu7]

sticky it is

[SgtThrasher]

Parris Island September & December 1965 Platoon 195.I'm in ED.:marine:

[ecfree]

Hey Moderators,how y'all doin tonight ?
I'd like to request that this thred be made STICKY,please......:thumbup:

Bump

[tgwkreu7]

ecfree---i am not a moderator for the P I marines i am just a member like you
i am one of lost peons looking for ther light

[sparkie]

P.I. Marines still might carry a leech or two,,,,, Bump.

[yellowwing]

Hey Moderators,how y'all doin tonight ?
I'd like to request that this thred be made STICKY,please......:thumbup:
Request approved. But you got firewatch tonight! :D

[ecfree]

Hey thanks Mike,,,How 'bout that ,I get a ribbon for the fire watch too......:D

[tgwkreu7]

i am not a moderator i am just like you a lost peon looking for the light
we handle every stressful situation like a dog if you can't eat it or hump it then **** on it and walk away

[MLMonk]

I'm here in Parris Island at 4th Bat. in the Basic Marine Platoon. It's very boring here, considering my internet card gets no reception in my barracks, we basically look at this all day.. http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/290/epicboobsssqe2.jpg .. and some other stuff. I have about 7 weeks until I am able to go to MCT because I stress fractured my foot during the crucible, while I was duck walking the entire 5mile night hike...Yet some faggot chickened out because he was "tired" and got droped back 5+ weeks, and he even signed up as infantry.

[ecfree]

HEY POOLEE MLMONK,TO BAD ABOUT YOUR STRESS FRACTURED FOOT,A BAD SET BACK.
DID YOU KNOW THAT YOUR SIGNATURE IS ILLEGAL?
IT STATES THAT YOU ARE A MARINE,WHEN YOU ARE NOT......:evilgrin:
THAT SHOULD BE CORRECTED.

[MLMonk]

I am a Marine actually...How else would I know this? I messaged a moderator to change my disgusting pollee title to a Marine one, but that hasn't happened yet.

[sparkie]

Well, Monk. Congrats, and heel the hell up, Marine.

[Marine1955]

live in god's promise land for 13 weeks as a boot. semper fi P.I.:flag:

[ecfree]

live in god's promise land for 13 weeks as a boot. semper fi P.I.:flag:
Hey Bill,welcome aboard,glad to have you here.
It's great haveing another PI Marine amongst the rest of the ELITE.
Hey Bill why not join us,THE FINEST FIGHTING FORCE ON THE FACE GOD'S EARTH....."The Parris Island Marines",a great Social Group.
Simply go to where it says (my info)towards the top of this page and click on,you'll come to a page called My Info.On the left side is a list of items,scroll down and you'll find SOCIAL GROUPS,click on and take your pick.:thumbup:

[tgwkreu7]

you must be sending me the wrong mail my name is joe not bill
i am not the best but i haven't found anybody better yet

[Sgt Jim]

Went in on Oct 1969,loved all the sand,the sand fleas only ate a little of me.the saw dust hill was a trip,drown proofing at the pool.motivation plt was a blast,when does the vacation start ??

[tgwkreu7]

when does vacation starts hell you were already on it it doesn't get any better than that

[ronr418]

Marines... I have some bad news.... General Robert Barrow, former Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, member of the Chosin Frozen has past away and reported to St. Peter.... another Marine reporting for duty sir for I have served my time in Hell.
Also, Lt. Col. John Ripley, last Marine Hero of the Vietnam War also has past away and reported aboard with Gen. Barrow. Lt. Col. Ripley as a Captain was ordered to hold at all cost a bridge in the NVA Easter Offensive of 1972. While under fire placed 500 lbs of explosives under a bridge and blew up the bridge prevented a force of 20,000 NVA soldiers and 200 tanks from crossing thus delaying the fall of South Vietnam until 1975.
Gen. Barrow was Commandant when I joined the Corps. Both of these Great Marines will be sorely missed.

[ecfree]

Indeed,they will be sorely missed.
They will be serving under the highest Commandant ever,inside them golden gates....:thumbup:

[NoRemorse]

I miss those sand fleas so much I want to go back. I guess that's a testament to the character of the inmitigable United States Marine.

I was medically retired and then cleared for active duty in 2007. I've been pining for reenlistment for so long that my wife actually decided that I should go for it. How's that for support?

I'll be 28 next year and my reenlistment code requires me to go through Boot again. I'll be the grand old man of the training company. Oh joy. I've been having trouble getting my azz into gear.

A helpful boot from my fellow Marines would definitely get that fire started again.

[MLMonk]

I say go for it, there's a guy here in BMP that's 29 years old.

[jahhead88]

Count me in.

[tgwkreu7]

if you have 10 or more years in i'd go for itget you 20 yrs in then they can't take that away from you but make sure you get into a good field that will be useful after your retirement or you could stay in longer if you wanted to but do things that will help you ater you get ot for good
take care

[NoRemorse]

I say go for it, there's a guy here in BMP that's 29 years old.

If he can do it then there's no reason I can't. Waiver me up, I'm ready for round 2 at PI!

The island so nice ya gotta do it twice.

[Zuc21]

"Parris Island where it all began,
A little rock with a lots of sand!"

Present or accounted for...

[tgwkreu7]

that is where is all begins and ends for alot of marines including me

[LCPLE3]

118 days at Parris Island!
Arrived at 08-06-1975.
Graduated on 12-01-1975.
Lesson learned: Don't get into a fistfight with a fellow recruit! :marine:

[ecfree]

Hey all you sand flea bittin Jarheads....We broke the century mark.......We now have 101 members in our Social Group "Parris Island Marines".
Keep em coming Brothers.......:beer:

[Mister-Postman]

fresh outta PI no better place on earth

[tgwkreu7]

you are right there that is the land god forgot about when i was there in the late '40s and mid '50s

[ecfree]

Mister-Postman,I beleave,if you fill out your PROFILE,the powers that be will square you away..:evilgrin:

[tgwkreu7]

my profile has been filled out awhile back if bull**** were music you would be a brass band bar none

[ecfree]

Mister-Postman,I beleave,if you fill out your PROFILE,the powers that be will square you away..:evilgrin:

Hey Joe,I was NOT refering to you,read the post,I was refering to Mister-Postman.

[ecfree]

Mornin y'all,cool and cloudy morning here 'bouts.
Have to put up the Christmas lights,outside today.
I know I'm late,I would have done it over the weekend but it was a 2 day wash out.
Hey coffee's up,Freedom Toast,maple syrup(warmed up),and crispy bacon....mmm...mmm..:yes:

Hey y'all stay safe today,say a prayer or two for Dave and our brothers in harms way,God Bless.

[mgkusmc]

my profile has been filled out awhile back if bull**** were music you would be a brass band bar none

Hahaha Joe he was referring to Mister-Postman, but I love that quote about bullsh*t haha.

Been a while since I posted on this thread and I'm glad to see so much enthusiastic posts about the group I started. Once again a big thank you to my top recruiter ecfree for keeping this alive, its him that has made the group grow huge.

Everyone to all PI Marines, Past, Present, and Future, I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving, and I hope your Christmas is even better I will be on Parris Island for Christmas (figure I have to stop by since I'll be down there visiting my folks for a lil Xmas libo) I'll get me a couple pics while down there.

Have a safe Holiday season and on New Years eve raise your glasses to those who can't be with us.

[2ndCEBSupply]

San Diego Marine Boot Camp is like bigger brother to you guys in Parris Island.

Paradise Island sounds more like it.

[mgkusmc]

San Diego Marine Boot Camp is like bigger brother to you guys in Parris Island.

Paradise Island sounds more like it.

Okay lets look at some facts here San Diego didnt have Marine Presence until 1915 where as there were Marines tooling about the Union Ships and shore parties that blockaded Beaufort, SC during the Civil War thats a 53 year head start. But Marines were not officially stationed there til 1891 thats still a 24 year head start.

Parris Island was Officially designated as a Marine Corps Recruit Depot on November 1, 1915....where as San Diego was officially designated as a Marine Corps Recruit Depot in 1948 we still have a longer streak.

Parris Island has its own rifle ranges and field training area. San Diego has to go and use Camp Pendletons.

Big brother...psshhhh hardly.....Parris Island is more like the Father of San Diego.

Now Hollywood go peddle your crap else where.

Oh and no hard feelings brother.....it's an Island thing.

[Ben67zl1]

I was in the third battalion at PI ,hit fat body, passed all tests first day still sent back, motivation for a week sent back, third platoon DIs were going to jail ,after third set of DIs graduated as the honor platoon with a bunch of other pickups,lost 50# just in time for TET, lost 30 more, thanks for the memories, I'm proud to have made it thru Semper Fi! Lord bring back our young men from harms way!

[mgkusmc]

Update: Parris Island Marine Group Size : 119!
San Diego Marine Group Size: 5!

Who's The Big Brother 2ndceb? Lol

[2ndCEBSupply]

Okay lets look at some facts here San Diego didnt have Marine Presence until 1915 where as there were Marines tooling about the Union Ships and shore parties that blockaded Beaufort, SC during the Civil War thats a 53 year head start. But Marines were not officially stationed there til 1891 thats still a 24 year head start.

Parris Island was Officially designated as a Marine Corps Recruit Depot on November 1, 1915....where as San Diego was officially designated as a Marine Corps Recruit Depot in 1948 we still have a longer streak.

Parris Island has its own rifle ranges and field training area. San Diego has to go and use Camp Pendletons.

Big brother...psshhhh hardly.....Parris Island is more like the Father of San Diego.

Now Hollywood go peddle your crap else where.

Oh and no hard feelings brother.....it's an Island thing.


As soon as Paradise Island grows some mountains then i will except it as a challenge swamps or humidity dont count.

[mgkusmc]

As soon as Paradise Island grows some mountains then i will except it as a challenge swamps or humidity dont count.

San Diego doesnt have mountains either.....they borrow Camp Pendletons....oooh burn! LoL

[2ndCEBSupply]

San Diego doesnt have mountains either.....they borrow Camp Pendletons....oooh burn! LoL


LOL ...I really was laughing when i read that no pun intended.

Who has it harder though? This goes beyond opinnion and more of fact.

See this flag being raised here :iwo:they were probally from west coast because going up that mountain seems kinda west coast.

[mgkusmc]

LOL ...I really was laughing when i read that no pun intended.

Who has it harder though? This goes beyond opinnion and more of fact.

See this flag being raised here :iwo:they were probally from west coast because going up that mountain seems kinda west coast.

Honestly boot camp is as hard as the individual makes it.

And of course they were west coast Marines....only a Hollywood Marine would cheese it up for the Camera :D

[2ndCEBSupply]

Honestly boot camp is as hard as the individual makes it.

And of course they were west coast Marines....only a Hollywood Marine would cheese it up for the Camera :D

Yeah it is. :usmc:

[ecfree]

If Diego had swamp and sand fleas,they'd be makin movies and not makin Marines....:marine:
When it comes to mountains,Pendelton has them,not SD.

[silverdollar]

I think that both boot camps are getting soft, when I went through PI we had to clear minefields with a hammer.:evilgrin:

[Bruce59]

<CENTER><FONT size=4>MY NAME IS PARRIS ISLAND"

http://www.wtv-zone.com/swanlover/military/PI_gate2.jpg

If you have been here, you know my name, My name is Parris Island.I was officially started in 1915 and I've seen recruits come and go by the thousands. If you were here when you got here by ferry boat, then you are truly old Corps. All recruits see my main gate only twice, once on the way in and once on the way out.Mostly you come by bus in the middle of the night. Tall,short,fat, skinny, black and white, long hair, short hair.You come through my main gate laughing some scared, mostly you act like teenagers, mostly you are teenagers.You each come here for your own reasons, but most come to test themselves, most need a direction in their lives. As you pass through my main gate your lives will change from that point on. I hope to see you leave as Marines, but you will not all leave together as Marines.Some will leave by themselves ,not Marines. They did not make the goal, my heart goes out to them, but not everyone can be a Marine. But today my heart is full of pride, for the next graduation of recruits, now MARINES, is leaving my front gate, teenagers no more but young men & women with a history to live up to.13 weeks and just look at the change. You know this is a happy day for me, but my best days are yet to come. That's when these Marines come back to see me 20, 30, 40 years from now. Oh yea, a lot of the old ones come back to see me, they have not forgottenOld Parris Island and I have not forgotten them. Former Marines and I have this bond, it's in our blood, it's PRIDE it is where it all started for both of us. My sad days are the ones that those that can't come back to see me those that were killed in WW1, WW11,Korea,Viet Nam, Beirut and all the little actions around the world. Hey, I've got to go have a bus load coming in tonight and one leaving in the morning...SEMPER FI!! You all come back and see me, you hear!



</CENTER>

[mgkusmc]

I think that both boot camps are getting soft, when I went through PI we had to clear minefields with a hammer.:evilgrin:

yea but that was just for motivational platoon back then lol

[sscjoe]

Is the Motovation ditch still there or has it been PC'd out? At the range our Senior would have Recruits from the moto platoon parade across the sinks while we were cleaning weapons. What a stench.

[Bastion]

Second Recruit Training Battalion:Best of the island.

[NoRemorse]

Second Recruit Training Battalion:Best of the island.

Can't argue with that. :thumbup:

[ecfree]

Second Recruit Training Battalion:Best of the island.

It was when I was in boot,and always will be,the Fighting 2nd.......:evilgrin:

[kentmitchell]

We had a "motivation ditch." It was called Ribbon Creek. I was in after the McKeon thing, but we still got a lotta threats about taking a hike to the creek. Happened once while we were pulling butts at the range. Ribbon Creek ran right behind us and we could see what they were threatening. Not a pleasant thought, wading in that thing.

[ecfree]

Be one of the Proud.
Join us now in THE Social Group "Parris Island Marines".


I DARE YOU..........:evilgrin:

[ecfree]

Be one of the Proud.
Join us now in THE Social Group "Parris Island Marines".


I DARE YOU..........:evilgrin:
GET ER DONE......

[DocGreek]

:mad: I'd like SOMEBODY, to tell me why a new member, refuses to fill out his Profile. Are they ashamed of thier time in the service? At least the rest of us would like a valid reason. I, really DON'T understand......Doc Greek

[Marine1955]

:mad: I'd like SOMEBODY, to tell me why a new member, refuses to fill out his Profile. Are they ashamed of thier time in the service? At least the rest of us would like a valid reason. I, really DON'T understand......Doc Greek


cause they have there heads up there azz and don't know there azz from a whole in the ground..!!!!!!!!!!!
simple doc

P.S. hey doc how did the doc visit go? i hope well.

[DocGreek]

Marine1955....THANK-YOU! This past week, I had 6 Dr. appointments! I'm sick of being poked, pushed, pulled, and tested, for WHAT?? Been waiting 6 weeks, for a consult, at J. Haley, V.A. Hosp., and....hopefully have a dam arthroscopy, on my left knee....SOON! One nutty Doc, thinks I've got some shrapnel, in the joint, SOOOO.....let's get this crap over with!! Don't need another P.H., NEED to be able to walk!!!!....DUH!!.....SEMPER FI....Doc Greek

[hvmech]

Count me in too......think I already did....The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Lose......so if one of you find it...please send it home!!!!!
MCRD Parris Island
2nd RTB K Co Plt 2008
Oct- Dec 1965
SSgt JD Fry
Sgt CG Skinner
Sgt PD Tinson...(KIA-2/6/1968--Hue City, RVN)

also, while stationed at MCAS Beaufort SC we setup operations (late '67-'68) at Paige Field on Parris Island to traing Army Helocopter Pilots from Fort Stuart (sp?), GA learn Touch & Go operations for their coming tours in RVN.......

[muck]

Ooorah - I'm in - MCRD Parris Island - Plt 276 - 13 July 1970 to 15 Semptember 1970
SSgt. H. W. Oliver SDI, SSgt. J. Q. Robbins ADI and SSgt. E. A. Parrish

[ecfree]

Hey come on Marines,I know you're out there.All you jarheads that were stationed at Parris Island,boot,tad,permanent or other.:marine:
Join our little social group.
Got any stories about PI,we would like to hear them.....:D
SEMPER FI BROTHERS & SISTERS

[buckeyeblue]

Went through Parris Island in 1978. Great experience. I was a 17 year old kid when I entered and a man when I graduated.

[ecfree]

You can take the boot out of Parris Island,but you can't take Parris Island out of the boot that graduated a MARINE..:iwo:

[sgt03gunr]

Get Some

[buckeyeblue]

:mad: I'd like SOMEBODY, to tell me why a new member, refuses to fill out his Profile. Are they ashamed of thier time in the service? At least the rest of us would like a valid reason. I, really DON'T understand......Doc Greek


Gee.... I bet you wish you were a real Marine instead of a Sailor Wanna-Be, huh?:usmc:

[ecfree]

buckeyeblue,no proper profile and DISRESPECTFUL to our Corpsman,who has been through hell in NAM.God Bless all Corpsmen....
and God Bless you....:iwo:

[6yrforMar]

Count me in, 2nd Batt.I-CO,Plt 229,May 23rd-Aug.9th 1965

[NewHarleyGear]

PMI from April 1978 through Nov. 1980. Trained approx. 50 platoons on B and C Lines. Remember sight alignment, trigger squeeze, point of aim = point of impact at 300 yards, etc.? Miss the heat and sand fleas (Ha!).


Semper Fi

[FemaleDevilDawg]

Count me in as well. I went through plt 4019 company N March 2000 - June 2000... Parris Island.. wow.. gotta say I didn't mind the place too bad... Kinda liked it actually... Definatly didn't know what I was gettin myself into when I joined though! =)

[srinaldo86]

Plt. 3012 Quebec Co. Graduated 20090213

[Zebra29er]

Marine1955....THANK-YOU! This past week, I had 6 Dr. appointments! I'm sick of being poked, pushed, pulled, and tested, for WHAT?? Been waiting 6 weeks, for a consult, at J. Haley, V.A. Hosp., and....hopefully have a dam arthroscopy, on my left knee....SOON! One nutty Doc, thinks I've got some shrapnel, in the joint, SOOOO.....let's get this crap over with!! Don't need another P.H., NEED to be able to walk!!!!....DUH!!.....SEMPER FI....Doc Greek

Oh I will be so glade when they get Lk Nona ( How ever you spell it ) the one south of Orlando, up n running , maybe they will draw some better Doc's and equipment

[Zebra29er]

Plt. 3012 Quebec Co. Graduated 20090213

Man its so strange to see all these big numbers on Plt. LOL makes me feel ancient, My Plt. was 154, in 1060 LOL Dauuumn where is my rocking chair :evilgrin:

[Tommy1089]

1st Bn Charlie Co.
PLT 1065
June 4 2007-August 31st 2007:banana:

[phillipkane]

Platoon 2101 Fox Co. Graduated November 16 2001 ... In Boot Camp for 20 days when September 11 happened ...

[hellfire43]

:iwo:
A new social group was started not to long ago,called
Parris Island Marines.
We're lookeng for people to join us..
You need to have been stationed at "Gods Marine Factory",eather as boot,TAD or permanent duty.
It doesn't matter what year,"Old Corps or New Blood".:beer:

[knuckles 19]

well i cant say that im a PI Marine or a Marine at all but i come from a family of them an their all proud to be PI Marines.

Il be going visiting PI in January as a civilian an if i meet the standard il leave a 0311 Marine.

:beer: cheers everyone

[hayes1225]

MCRD Parris Island- Plt. 3020 Kilo Comp.- DEC 15 2008- MAR 13 2009.

[pierced58]

Never be afraid of the devil, you lived with 3 of them at Parris Island for 13 weeks and lived to tell about it.:evilgrin:

[ameriken]

Yeah, them and their hordes of sandfleas and fire ants! :evilgrin:

[MrRobert]

Plt. 2028. Hotel company. Graduated 20090424. Man it feels good to say that.

[Chumley]

Okay lets look at some facts here San Diego didnt have Marine Presence until 1915 where as there were Marines tooling about the Union Ships and shore parties that blockaded Beaufort, SC during the Civil War thats a 53 year head start. But Marines were not officially stationed there til 1891 thats still a 24 year head start.

Parris Island was Officially designated as a Marine Corps Recruit Depot on November 1, 1915....where as San Diego was officially designated as a Marine Corps Recruit Depot in 1948 we still have a longer streak.

Parris Island has its own rifle ranges and field training area. San Diego has to go and use Camp Pendletons.

Big brother...psshhhh hardly.....Parris Island is more like the Father of San Diego.

Now Hollywood go peddle your crap else where.

Oh and no hard feelings brother.....it's an Island thing.

Since PI came first, the very first recruits to train at SD had to have been trained by DI's who were reared at PI. Hmmm, is that SECOND or LAST???? Semper Fi Hollywood!

MCRDPI 2nd Bn F. Co Plt 2056 OOORAH

[frankquirk]

I Was In Platoon 276 In 1976 Anyone Out There At Parris Island At That Time?

[ameriken]

I Was In Platoon 276 In 1976 Anyone Out There At Parris Island At That Time?

Platoon 185 Aug 76 to Nov 76.

[semperfiman]

i'm in going back to P.I. 02 june with 12 other Marines gonna be one helluva train ride

[sparkie]

i'm in going back to P.I. 02 june with 12 other Marines gonna be one helluva train ride

You're gonna dry up the bar,,,,,,,,:beer:

[Tom Pemberton]

3Rd. Batt. Plt.348 July1959-Nov.1959, Spent several weeks on clean up detail from storm damage. Sgt.Harris Senior D.I.

[ronr418]

Ron, I was down to PI two summers ago and didn't see H Co. any longer...I too was H Co.

I was there from 15 Apr 83 to 10 jul 83 in the 3rd Battalion

[ronr418]

:evilgrin: YOUR A GOOD CHIT RON,NO MATTER WHAT ANY1 SAYS(LOL)THE MORE I "HEAR" WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.THE MORE THE COMMON SENCE SOAKS IN.KEEP KEEPING ON MARINE!!!SEMPER~FI~THAT,LETS HAVE A TOAST TOO THE 3RD.BN.OOHRAH :beer: :iwo:

OOHRAH 3rd HERD

[polizei]

Just got done!

3rd Bn, Plt. 3037
Mike Company
Grad: May 8 2009

-Cody

[tracs2142]

PI Marine...Plt 2094, 1978!

My Father and Uncle went to PI for boot also

[ecfree]

I've been going through these posts and found that alot of you did not sign up for our social group "Parris Island Marines".:marine:

[Gunner 0313]

i'm in going back to P.I. 02 june with 12 other Marines gonna be one helluva train ride

:flag:20 yrs ago today I was born P.I.S.C., 2nd Bn. Second to None ! Yutttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt tttttttttt !!!!!!!!!

[redman1]

I did but I never see any activity on there or am I doing something wrong.
Not the brightest horse puck on this form.
Semper Fi Redman1

[redman1]

Gunner1313 Congrats to becoming one of the Few The Proud The Marines
It has been 44 years in July since I was at PI
Semper Fi Redman1

[ecfree]

Gunner I'm also a 2Bat Marine (Plt 288) Nov.'61.:marine:
Buddy ,people sign up and never leave a coment over there...:evilgrin:

[Gunner 0313]

Gunner I'm also a 2Bat Marine (Plt 288) Nov.'61.:marine:
Buddy ,people sign up and never leave a coment over there...:evilgrin:

:flag:I have to sign up.

[redman1]

What can we do to make it a better thread?
Semper Fi Redman1

[NoRemorse]

What can we do to make it a better thread?
Semper Fi Redman1

More sandfleas :marine:

[ecfree]

Maybe if we could pipe in some cadence it might work...:D

[NoRemorse]

Sh!t, I still find myself swinging my arms 6 to the front and 3 to the rear, thumb on the side of the hand and fingers lightly curled.

At times I catch myself sitting at POA eating with one hand and not chewing or tasting my chow at all.

[tavern1775]

plt 3012 3rd blt , nov 89-feb90

[kabar1]

platoon 370 june 22,1970 3rd batt. is the best.also i am a proud 1833 tractor rat crew chief.you grunts sure did not mind a ride when it was offered.the only time you didnt was when we were in the water. i sure did like giving smart ass troop commanders a bath.


Semper FI,
Kabar:tank:

[Rocky C]

Parris Island, 1st Battalion, A Company, Platoon 1072, June-Sept, 1977.
One Hot Summer!!!
Semper Fi,
Rocky

[pierced58]

2nd bat. plt 2044

[markthorpe]

Friday the 13th May 83 Plt 1042, and everyone says its a bad luck day Semper Fi Marines

[ecfree]

2nd bat. plt 2044

Hey Marine,we would like to see you join our Social Group "Parris Island Marines"..:marine:
Simply go to My Info,click on and you get to your control panel.On the left side scroll down till you come to social groups ,click on and your good to go...:iwo:

[DocGreek]

PARIS ISLAND??....is that on the Seinne River???....DOC

[ecfree]

Hey Doc ,,,,that's not nice......:(
HAHAHAHAHAAAHAAAAA....:D

[quest23]

Platoon 1020 Honor platoon!! 2002 Feb-May...
Senior Drill Instructor Ssgt Hollensworth
Ssgt Roddy
Sgt Gianatino

[ecfree]

BUMP

[Fizzer]

2/75, 1st Btn, Co B, Plt 117

[rabidron]

2nd Btn Platoon 214 9-Mar-1966

SSgt. Hale
Sgt. Starbuck
Sgt. Sparks

[William Hardy]

Pround to be a PI Gyrine, but I place no value on who is better trained..I love my fellow San Diego Marines as well as those trained else where like at Muntford Point.
I never could chose who I served with. I do know that they were all great Marines.
Semper Fi

[coachbarnes]

1st Battalion, Platoon 1039 - Jun78-Aug78. :usmc:

Semper Fi!

[Bigd53]

Platoon 2028 Parris Island 1973 2nd Marine Batt. OOOOOOOOOOORAAHHHHHHHH

[Bigd53]

American by birth Marine By God

[MrRobert]

Platoon 2028 Parris Island 1973 2nd Marine Batt. OOOOOOOOOOORAAHHHHHHHH
Ohrah, 2028 in 2009. Still 2nd battelion. Hotel company?

[Bigd53]

I don't remember a designation of Hotel Company

[linda1945]

I took basic at Parris Island in 1964 can I join up

[Bigd53]

yes mam

[linda1945]

Got your message Bigd53. Now what do I do?

[William Hardy]

Linda just make a post if you have any memories to share or questions to ask. Otherwise just read and reply to any post that you feel like. Same applies to any post or blog on this site. Welcome and hope to see your around the web page.
Gunny H

Oh yeah - about the previous post . . I don't remember anything except Alpha through Delta. One of you ex-DI's can square that one away. As a matter of fact, I didn't know that I was in Charlie until I saw a boot brother post that he was in Charlie Co. All I knew was I was in PLT 173, 1st BN, May-July 1967.

[linda1945]

I was in basic training at Parris Island, Jan. 1964, Plt 2A and I can hardly remember of it all, but I do remember one thing for sure. I was transferred to CamPen and off all things to happen was of our platoon DI. was also transferred. For some odd reason I never did like her, and never will forget her name Cpl. Carpenito. Never have regretted one minute of being in the Marines and just wish I could have stayed in longer than I did. Semper Fi
Linda

[Wyoming]

Got your message Bigd53. Now what do I do?

Click on "MY INFO" towards the top of the page, the next window will open up and you will see a list on the left hand side of the screen scroll down to "Networking" and click on "Social Groups" and it will show you which groups you can join, that is where you will find it.

[jetdoc]

1st Battalion, Platoon 1039 - Jun78-Aug78. :usmc:

Semper Fi!

Hey same time as me, but different Battalion. I was in 3rd.

[jetdoc]

Just got done!

3rd Bn, Plt. 3037
Mike Company
Grad: May 8 2009

-Cody

Dang another hit....I was 3rd Battalion, and also platoon 3037, but a "couple" of years before you, haha.

[Bigd53]

I would like to know what happened to Sgt. Lee the platoon DI

[linda1945]

our training dates 20 Jan - 19 March 1964
Company Co Capt. A.M Trowsdale
Exec. Officer 2nd Lt. J.A. Lavin
Chief DI GySgt Henrietta Smith
Senior Platoon Sgt. S/Sgt M.J. Williams
Platoon Sergeant Sgt. H.A. Levan
Platoon Sergeant Cpl. P. R. Carpenito
Male DI S/Sgt M.A. Cortez

[Bigd53]

Sgt. Lee of platoon 2028 feb1973

[ecfree]

Click on "MY INFO" towards the top of the page, the next window will open up and you will see a list on the left hand side of the screen scroll down to "Networking" and click on "Social Groups" and it will show you which groups you can join, that is where you will find it.
A few Marines have posted here on this thred but have not joined our social group"Parris Island Marines".:iwo:
Please follow the instrutions above,from Big Al,and you're good to go....:thumbup:

[Wyoming]

A few Marines have posted here on this thred but have not joined our social group"Parris Island Marines".:iwo:
Please follow the instrutions above,from Big Al,and you're good to go....:thumbup:

... and Big Al is a Hollywood Marine.

Of course we have had to carry you swamp Marines for yeeeeaaaaarrrrs! . :bunny:

[ecfree]

HAHAHAHAHAAHAAAAHAAAAAAA...HA....:D
I freakin doubt it..:)..Boot....:p

[Wyoming]

HAHAHAHAHAAHAAAAHAAAAAAA...HA....
I freakin doubt it..:)..Boot....:p

Yeah Ed, but, Love You Brother!! . :beer:

[ecfree]

Back at ya My Brother....:beer:
SEMPER FI....

[ecfree]

Click on "MY INFO" towards the top of the page, the next window will open up and you will see a list on the left hand side of the screen scroll down to "Networking" and click on "Social Groups" and it will show you which groups you can join, that is where you will find it.
The directions are correct,PLEASE follow..:thumbup:
We're stuck on 201 and can't seem to expand...:confused:

[linda1945]

I just remember another thing about Basic and that was I wasn't able to attend graduation. :( Why you ask? I was in the hospital with the measles and Dr.s thought I had scarlet fever. Did I itch and red all over. Bawled because of not being able to go to graduation.
There were 3 cases of the measles if I remeber correctly. one on one side of me and then it jumped me and then jumped back to me. never have had measles since.
Semper Fi
Linda

[topendchuck]

May 12, 2008 to September 5, 1978 (My birthday hehehe)
Plt 1032 Co. A
Ssgt Wyrick Sr. DI
Sgt. Ellenberger
Sgt Eilkelburger
Sgt. Vinziono, little short guy from NY. Use to like to bite ears. He loved my picture my family sent that had a picture of a little piglet a friend of mine was raising. He asked me what kind of dog it was, so I told him it was of course a "hog dog". That last for about 30 minutes till he took the picture from me and showed it to the other DI's who had a big laugh over it. I spent about 3 hours on the quarterdeck. lol
Sgt Swarski, drove a very sweet looking 1976 Nova.
Corpral Alwin ( What a jerk, sent me to CCP for telling to go screw himself.)

Plt 1038 Co B
Ssgt. Johnson, Sr. DI
Cpl. Le Mione

Plt. 1045 Co B
Ssgt. Meenie Sr DI
Sgt Fitzpatrich ( What a trip, They tried to court marshall him because some lame brain peed in his canteen and Fitz made him drink it. Hey he asked the guy if he peed in it 3 times. The dude said no 3 times then he drank it! )
Sgt. Trossel

Oh I remember those days on PI What fun.

:flag:

[Tom Pemberton]

S Co. Plt 348 3rd Batt. July--Oct 1959 Old as hello! Can only eat jello. Turned just a little mello. But still bellow! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORA! SEMPER FI Marines.

[sparkie]

S Co. Plt 348 3rd Batt. July--Oct 1959 Old as hello! Can only eat jello. Turned just a little mello. But still bellow! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORA! SEMPER FI Marines.

Did my boot in '69. The knots in the rope were gone. We just adapted.

Don't be a stranger, Marine. :beer:

[Bigd53]

did my boot from nov72 till feb73 in Parris Island
2nd marines platoon 2028

[Bigd53]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOORAHHHHHHHH Marines

[fjmas1976]

2nd Battalion, Echo Company
Plt. 2025
December 30, 1996-March 28, 1997

Senior DI SSgt. Epps
DI Sgt. Robertson
DI Sgt. Osborne
DI Sgt. Garcia
DI Sgt. Wooten

"I love it when you call me Big Poppa"
-Senior DI SSgt. Epps

Good times.....lol.:usmc:

[old grunt]

PI
2ND BN
PLT2211
12/10/1980
2/24/1981
SDI SSgt. CAMPBELL
DI Sgt. LOMAX
DI SSgt.SCHUETZ
DI Cpl. BRADFIELD

SEMPER FI !!! TO ALL MY BRO'S AND SISTERS !!!! NOT AS LEAN NOT AS MEAN BUT ALWAYS A MARINE !!!!

[Bigd53]

Once a Marine always a Marine

[William Hardy]

I have been searching the internet for a map of PI with the old buildings. I cannot recall my building number. 1st BN, the last building on the right facing the barracks from the Iwo Monument. Anyone know where a map is to be found?

[linda1945]

Would anybody know SSgt M. A. Cortez? I would like to know where he went; he was our male DI.
Semer Fi
Linda

[riceke]

SSgt Ferrari Head DI, Cpl. Corbit DI

[Bigd53]

did my boot from nov21972 till feb1973 at Parris Island

[rabidron]

A couple of photos scanned from my Plt. book.

http://i583.photobucket.com/albums/ss271/RabidAU/P_I/th_ParrisIslandPhotocopy.jpg (http://s583.photobucket.com/albums/ss271/RabidAU/P_I/?action=view&current=ParrisIslandPhotocopy.jpg)

http://i583.photobucket.com/albums/ss271/RabidAU/P_I/th_RTRAerialViewcopy.jpg (http://s583.photobucket.com/albums/ss271/RabidAU/P_I/?action=view&current=RTRAerialViewcopy.jpg)

[pierced58]

Try looking at the same map on google earth and see how much its changed.

[Zulu 36]

Try looking at the same map on google earth and see how much its changed.

I've done that with MCRD San Diego and all of the changes are amazing. My barracks are still there though.

[sparkie]

I've done that with MCRD San Diego and all of the changes are amazing. My barracks are still there though.

Quanset????

[Zulu 36]

Quanset????

When I went through San Diego 1st and 2d Battalion had the new (now old) barracks to live in. Only 3rd Bn was still in Quonsets, but not for long. I was in 2d Bn.

[pierced58]

Parris Island is the same as i remember but outside the gate the town has changed so much, i cant find the main gate.

[pierced58]

Anyone remember S.D.I. SSgt. Hodges,SGT. Moran or SSGT. Fraciscino
2nd Bat.platoon 2044 or later
circa. 1980 or later at M.C.R.D Parris Island platoon

[pierced58]

I have been searching the internet for a map of PI with the old buildings. I cannot recall my building number. 1st BN, the last building on the right facing the barracks from the Iwo Monument. Anyone know where a map is to be found?


Parris Island has not changed just like the rest of the Corp., Everyone changes, we stay the same oldschool way. Look up the map on google earth and zoom in. The base has stayed the same only the uniforms changed.:evilgrin:

[William Hardy]

Parris Island has not changed just like the rest of the Corp., Everyone changes, we stay the same oldschool way. Look up the map on google earth and zoom in. The base has stayed the same only the uniforms changed.:evilgrin:

Negative - That's why I asked if anyone had found any old maps...All the old buildings in 1st BN are long gone...Way back in the 70s when I was there I only saw a few old white wooden "H" style buildings left...one of them was mine, but with the new construction on the far side of the parade deck, it is hard to determine exactly where my barracks was. I have looked, but I haven't run across one yet.
SF

[mkgal715]

Count me in. I signed up in '78 and didn't leave PI until '82. Went overseas for a year and ended up right back in Beaufort at the air station. I have had my share of sand fleas.

[Bigd53]

I am looking for Sgt LG Lee , Sgt Parsons ,or SSgt Herron platoon 2027 Feb. 12 1973 Parris Island SC

[Bigd53]

I have found my platoon graduation book and it still looks like it did in 1973

[Bigd53]

Semper Fi brothers and sisters

[ecfree]

Click on "MY INFO" towards the top of the page, the next window will open up and you will see a list on the left hand side of the screen scroll down to "Networking" and click on "Social Groups" and it will show you which groups you can join, that is where you will find it.
I had to bump this...:evilgrin:
All you newbees to this site,that went to boot or were perm.duty or TAD,but no poolees alowed,are invited to join our Social Group "Parris Island Marines"..:iwo:
Follow the instructions above and you're good to go..
BTW ,,,Beer and Pizza's on me....:D

[NoRemorse]

Beer and Pizza's on me....:D

Oh really? :marine:

[Roger Shepherd]

I was there in 18, June 1978 to 12, September 1978. What a fun time it was.

[linda1945]

I have found my platoon graduation book and it still looks like it did in 1973
I also found mine from 1964 and it's in real good shape.
Semper Fi
Linda

[ecfree]

Hey thanks for signing up y'all,we need more like you.
Any WM,Mustang,Any rank,TAD,Perm.personel,even boot,can join up.....Officers and WM's ARE WELCOME......:iwo:
STOP EYEBALLIN ME...:evilgrin:
SIGN UP....:iwo:

[linda1945]

I had to bump this...:evilgrin:
All you newbees to this site,that went to boot or were perm.duty or TAD,but no poolees alowed,are invited to join our Social Group "Parris Island Marines"..:iwo:
Follow the instructions above and you're good to go..
BTW ,,,Beer and Pizza's on me....:D
Well since you're buying the beeer and pizza, I'll take the pizza (supreme for me), but no like the beer and can't have the beer so you can pass the beer on to somebody else.
Sempers Fi

[Bigd53]

AAAWWWWW Linda we need you Semper Fi sis

[ecfree]

STOP EYEBALLIN ME...:evilgrin:
SIGN UP....:iwo:
For all you Ladys and Gentlemen out there who went through Parris Island one way or the other....
"The Parris Island Marines" social club is for you...:iwo:

[Bigd53]

Nov 1972to Feb1973 MCRD Parris Island SC Vietnam era veteran
Platoon 2027 12Feb1973
Semper Fi

[ameriken]

Sand fleas and fire ants and DI's, OH MY!!

28Aug76 to 16Nov76

Plt 185

Ooh-fvcking-rah!!!

[Bigd53]

OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAHHHHHHHHHH Semper Fi

[fmwright]

I have found my platoon graduation book and it still looks like it did in 1973

The book may look the same, but I bet you don't.

I know I don't. Feb '78 - June '78, Plt 3018

[Mac3043]

P.I. 3 Sept 75 - 1 Dec 75. It's my other birthday.

[GT6238]

Yeah...here....so what's the deal?

[ecfree]

Are there any newbees out there that are not signed up in our Social Group--"Parris Island Marines " ?:iwo:

[hermogenesm]

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By Tim Padgett (http://javascript<b></b>:void(0)) Wednesday, Sep. 16, 2009

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Heaps of destroyed military hardware at a processing area of the former naval training range on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, 2008
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When Hermogenes Marrero was in Marine boot camp, he recalls being the only recruit who didn't panic during simulated-chemical-warfare drills. "I'd sit there calmly with my gas mask on," Marrero says, "while a lot of other guys got scared and ran away." It was 1969, and Marrero, a New Yorker born in Puerto Rico, was fresh out of high school at the age of 17. But his composure caught the eyes of Marine instructors — and the next year, he says, he was at Camp Garcia on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, helping guard for 18 months chemical agents being tested by the U.S. Navy.
Today Marrero, at 57, believes he was too poised around those hazardous materials for his own good. In an affidavit filed last month in the U.S. District Court in Puerto Rico, where Marrero now lives, he says he is legally blind, uses a wheelchair, has battled colon cancer and chronic pulmonary illnesses, and was recently diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, among other ailments. "I've been sick in some form or another since I was 25," says Marrero. He was stationed on Vieques, he adds, "for too long."
Most Vieques residents — who, as Puerto Ricans, are all U.S. citizens — would agree with Marrero. In 2007, more than 7,000 of them filed a federal suit, Sanchez v. United States, claiming that in the nearly 60 years after World War II that the Navy used a portion of the island as a firing range and weapons-testing ground it negligently exposed Vieques' population of 10,000 to dangerous levels of toxins. The community, according to several independent medical studies, has a cancer rate 30 times higher than that of Puerto Rico's main island to the west. The U.S. Justice Department has filed a motion to dismiss the suit, which collectively seeks health and property damages in the billions of dollars, claiming the Federal Government's sovereign immunity. A federal judge in San Juan, Puerto Rico's capital, is expected to make a ruling this fall. (See TIME's MAGZ 16,SEPT 2009
One thing the judge is waiting for is a deposition from Marrero, which the former Marine sergeant is scheduled to give next week (though Marrero is not actually party to the suit). Lawyers for the Vieques plaintiffs say his testimony lends credence to their assertions about the long-term effects of living on the 55-sq.-mi. (88 sq km) island during the last half of the 20th century — and about the federal health and environmental laws they allege the Navy violated. "His coming forward offers proof," says John Eaves Jr., a Mississippi lawyer representing the Vieques residents. "These are things the Navy has to answer for." The Pentagon refers questions about the suit to lawyers at the U.S. Justice Department, who are handling the case for the Defense Department. They say they can't comment on pending litigation. But in their dismissal motion, they cite similar Vieques cases earlier this decade in which judges upheld the claims of sovereign immunity.
Marrero says his job at Camp Garcia from 1970 to 1972 often entailed helping Navy officers test hazardous airborne chemicals on animals like goats. Many of the canisters he handled, he says, were labeled "112" for Project 112, a top-secret Cold War U.S. military program conducted between 1962 and 1973 that involved experiments with chemical and biological weapons. Project 112's records were finally declassified at the start of this decade, but the Pentagon as yet does not acknowledge a link between the chemical tests and the spate of illnesses suffered since then by servicemen like Marrero, who is still fighting to get his veteran's medical benefits. "I'd always ask how safe that stuff was and those Navy chemical guys always told me, 'It's safe, you'll be O.K., kid,' " Marrero says. "But I wasn't, and I'm not."
The Navy's half-century on Vieques was a controversial chapter in U.S. military history. Protests erupted after a stray bomb fired during a Navy training exercise killed a local security guard in 1999; a few years later, the Navy closed Camp Garcia and left for good in 2003. By then it was already conceding things it had long denied — such as its use of toxic materials like Agent Orange and depleted uranium. It also admitted that on at least one occasion, during a chemical-warfare drill in 1969 for a project called SHAD — for Shipboard Hazard & Defense, which was part of Project 112 — it had sprayed trioctyl phosphate, a chemical compound known to cause cancer in animals, as a simulant for nerve agents. When the Navy left, the island was declared a federal Superfund site for environmental cleanup. The Navy has cleared thousands of undetonated bombs and turned its area of the island into a fish and wildlife refuge.
Still, the federal Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR) said in 2003 it found no negative effect on health from the Navy's decades on Vieques. Much of the scientific community howled at that verdict, given that independent studies of hair, vegetation and other local specimens indicate island residents have been exposed to excessive levels of lead, mercury, cadmium and aluminum. "The [ATSDR] conclusion seemed borderline criminal," says former Vieques mayor Radames Tirado, a plaintiff in the Sanchez suit who says at least 13 of his relatives there today have cancer. Says Arturo Massol, a biologist at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez, "We've also found that since the Navy left, those contaminants have decreased eightfold. That's no coincidence."
As a result, Congress this summer sent the ATSDR back to Vieques to begin a review of its earlier findings. "If there is anything more we can do, it will be done," ATSDR director Howard Frumkin pledged on a visit to the island last month. The Navy itself had already realized it had more to do, setting aside an additional $200 million last year for seven more years of Vieques cleanup. Still, Viequenses complain the Navy is exacerbating the problem by detonating left-over bombs; the Navy insists it is the only safe way to dispose of them.
Marrero, meanwhile, says he spends much of his time today volunteering to help Iraq war veterans apply for their own benefits. "One of my jobs at Camp Garcia was to gauge the wind direction during those tests," he says. "If the wind ever shifted toward the population, I'd shout, 'Cease fire!' "
From: Sgt H.Marrero:
To US Marine Veterans with service from 1962-1975
PROJECT 112 A COLD-WAR TOP SECRET EXPERIMENT WITH CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPON'S. I'AM LOOKING FOR MARINE VETERANS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSE WHILE ON TRINING AT CAMP GARCIA, VIEQUES ISLAND PUERTO RICO. I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU REPORT AS ORDERED

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