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After graduating from boot camp in 1977, i was just like any young green amphibious monster just unleashed from the hells of Parris Island, all i needed was a hip held 50 cal., enough ammo that would not run out, a box of c-rats and a full canteen and i would have taken the world myself, (yeah right) thats what i thought. After comming home for leave i had to look up some of my old high school friends. Karen and Tara two of my homegirls stopped by in their little green VW bug with a few bottles ...

Does anyone have access to the FY2011 approved selections to Staff Sergeant? I know the message is coming out soon, but I need to find out sooner because of some career path decisions I have to make.

I'm trying to get back into the marine corp. I was discharged in basic before I had a chance to finish. I was told after 2 years I could enlist agian buy I had to get 15 colloge credits. Now I have done that now I'm being told I need to go to the va & have my reentry code changed. What is stoping that is the va says I don't qualify for va benefits. When all I want is to get back in finish what I started. My seperation code is JFV1. My reentry code is RE-3P. My dream is to be a Marine it's the ...

When i arrived to the airwing from motor-t and the grunts, i found out it was like night and day, from living in tent city to living in aircondition barracks, what luxury i thought, but some places my squadron deployed too like Korea was a tent city. I was given the title of training NCO, NBC NCO, and whatever else NCO in S3 ops. Well i traded my 5-ton truck and M-16 rifle for a ink pen and a typewritter (not by my choice). Anyone who has ever had a desk job, it's just like sitting in the head, ...

Sitting in an airport waiting on his flight home, a young Marine in his dress blues, honor man of his platoon, just out of boot camp was catching up on some reading from his Marine Corps manual. He was caught up in all of the knowledge that he was taken in and drifted off into another world, the world of the Marines. He dreamed of all of the new places and people and the things that he was going to see during his tour of duty. All of a sudden he felt a couple of tugs on each side of his neck that ...

In June of 1977, 10 days after graduating from high school, i was standing on those yellow foot prints at Parris Island. A buddy and i were suppose to have went in on the buddy plan, but he had a situation pop up (a baby boy). Well i found out what Marine Corps boot camp was all about. After making it through 1st, 2nd, and 3rd phase, i was only a few days from graduation. Platoon 2072 was sitting down to one of its last meals as a unit at 2nd battalion chow hall, when a new platoon stumbled through ...

and I want everyone to know that I love the USMC with all my heart and I miss it more and more everyday, i just wish someone would see the light and make us seem like the bad ass war dogs that we are and not a bunch of fairies because "tattoos are terrible we don't want them in the corps" give me a break

O and you know what the best part of it all is. I get emails from recruiters and emails about keep up on your training and better your career and all this other crap. But guess what when I call these people to try to be a part of the Corps, its "o you have tattoos sorry we can't help you" not one person has said I'll see what I can do for you. So whats the point huh. I feel like a used diaper. The Marines got what they wanted out of me. Signed a waiver so I could go fight in Iraq ...

just wanted to say how discusted I am that good Marines good Men are not allowed to serve their country because of their tattoos, There are 1000's of Marines who do drugs and whatever the hell else they can to avoid deployments and get out of being a Marine and those hard chargers who bust their ass for this country get the shaft. I picked up Sgt in 3 years never got in any trouble I got out of the Marines for 2 weeks and tried to re-enlist and was denied I have tried 3 more times since then. ...

In the beginning was the word, and the word was GOD, and all else was darkness and void and without form. So God created the heaven and earth, he created the sun, the moon, and the stars so that light might pierce the darkness. On the earth God divided the land and the sea, and this he filled with many assorted creatures. The dark salty creatures that inhabited the murkey depths of the oceans, God called sailors and dressed them accordingly, with trousers that looked like bells at the bottom and ...

I am fixing to pcs to be an aav schools instructor. Any body been there as an instructor ? I have been with 2nd traks and done two deployments with them just lookin for some info about it got a good idea about it being that i obviously attended the school some time ago just wanting some info for the instructor side,, thank you..

www.MarinesinMexico.com just an idea and in the event it became needed, it would hurt to talk it over and think it through

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The day i joined the Marines seemed like only yesterday, but it was 34 years ago. On December 31st 1976, my dad and i were reading the sunday paper when i turned a page and saw a full page ad, "last day for G.I. bill". I looked over at pops and asked him what do you think i should do, dad being a WWII Army veteran who served in the Pacific, threw me the car keys and said, do what you have to do. Well i had just refused an offer from my dad and uncle to send me to Grambling State University, ...

For those of you who may not know, listen to this tale of a mighty foe. It lives in a place called Parris Island,"the land that GOD forgot, the sand is 14 inches deep and the sun is blazzing hot". It's so small and never seen, has a bite that's nasty and mean, it can even hide behind a hair, some claim its bite is mightier than a grizzly bear. It can bring pain to any recruit, make him move and feel the toe of the D.I.s boot. If you're one who has ever felt it's attack, then you know it ...

Im looking for a platoon book from 1974. Paris Island platoon 393. Anyone have any ideas. I'm looking for a few buddy's. I was in Okinawa 75 on Mt. Fuji . Cherry point until 78.