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    Hello I amenlisting and when I came to this site I was not yet a poolee but I get sworn in on Oct. 1st. I just wanted to know how I can change my profile from Marine friend to Poolee. Can you help please?
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    .....thank You, Ellie!!!!.....doc
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    Good morning Master Sgt. i just graduated from bootcamp how do i change my profile to Marine
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    .......ELLIE...NEXPROGEN is advertising his business with his signature!!....PLEASE!!!!....DOC
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    Grrr...alright. Is it possible for me to give you the link and you post it in either Ask a Marine or the Poolee Hall. I really think it would benefit these future Marines on here.

    http://4mermarine.com/USMC/dictionary.html
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    MSgt,

    Is there a reason I'm unable to create a thread in "Ask a Marine" I have a great website that would help a lot of these poolees and would like to get it out there for everyone.
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    drifter
    I wanted to post this but can't substantiate it. I received it from an active duty Marine and he swears it is true. If this is true and not a fake story would you please post it? I think it is a great story and does sound true as it lives up to the Marine Corps legacy.
    Thanks
    iamcloudlander




    [George W. Outnumbered 8-1: 'A good day for the Corps'


    By Peter Bronson



    (Couldn't find anything in the Snopes urban legend checker to either prove or disprove the following and, naturally, there was nothing in the media.)

    "Our vehicles came under a barrage of enemy RPGs (rocket propelled grenades) and machine gun fire. One of our humvees was disabled from RPG fire, and the Marines inside dismounted and laid down suppression fire so they could evacuate a Marine who was knocked unconscious from the blast." That's not from an episode of The Unit or 24. It's not from an anti-war movie. It's not from any newspaper or TV news reports I could find.

    The quote comes from a "designated marksman who requested to remain unidentified." He was reporting what happened recently in the city of Shewan , Afghanistan . The story was told in a Marine Corps News report by Cpl. James M. Mercure. It will give you goose bumps and make you want to stand up and salute the nearest flag. Here's more, because it's a lot better than anything I could write today:

    "The day started out with a 10-kilometer patrol with elements mounted and dismounted, so by the time we got to Shewan, we were pretty beat," the marksman said. Mercure reported, "Shewan had been a thorn in the side of Task Force 2d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Afghanistan throughout the Marines' deployment here in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, because it controls an important supply route into the Bala Baluk district. Opening the route was key to continuing combat operations in the area."

    "The vicious attack that left the humvee destroyed and several of the Marines pinned down in the kill zone sparked an intense eight-hour battle as the platoon desperately fought to recover their comrades. After recovering the Marines trapped in the kill zone, another platoon sergeant personally led numerous attacks on enemy fortified positions while the platoon fought house to house and trench to trench in order to clear through the enemy ambush site.

    "The biggest thing to take from that day is what Marines can accomplish when they're given the opportunity to fight," the sniper said. "A small group of Marines met a numerically superior force and embarrassed them in their own backyard. The insurgents told the townspeople that they were stronger than the Americans, and that day we showed them they were wrong."

    "During the battle, the designated marksman single handedly thwarted a company-sized enemy RPG and machinegun ambush by reportedly killing 20 enemy fighters with his devastatingly accurate precision fire. He selflessly exposed himself time and again to intense enemy fire during a critical point in the eight-hour battle for Shewan in order to kill any enemy combatants who attempted to engage or maneuver on the Marines in the kill zone.



    What made his actions even more impressive was the fact that he didn't miss any shots, despite the enemies' rounds impacting within a foot of his fighting position. "I was in my own little world," the young corporal said. "I wasn't even aware of a lot of the rounds impacting near my position, because I was concentrating so hard on making sure my rounds were on target."

    After calling for close-air support, the small group of Marines pushed forward and broke the enemies' spirit as many of them dropped their weapons and fled the battlefield. At the end of the battle, the Marines had reduced an enemy stronghold, killed more than 50 insurgents and wounded several more. "I didn't realize how many bad guys there were until we had broken through the enemies' lines and forced them to retreat. It was roughly 250 insurgents against 30 of us," the corporal said. "It was a good day for the Marine Corps. We killed a lot of bad guys, and none of our guys were seriously injured."

    Such an amazing story of heroism and victory would have been on Page One in every paper in the country during World War II. Just 30 Marines giving eight hours of hell to 250 insurgents is the kind of story that would make a good movie -- if that kind of movie still could be made.


    But these days, it did not even make Page 10. I couldn't find a story about it anywhere. The only mentions were on conservative blogs and military Web sites. The soldiers who are fighting for their lives and our country might as well be in another dimension. News from the battlefronts in Iraq and Afghanistan is apparently not important. It reminds the jaded anti-war crowd that they were wrong. We're winning. It reminds a self-centered nation that some Americans are making sacrifices much bigger than a loss in their 401(k)s.

    So we don't hear about it.

    But we need to hear news like that, because a good day for the Marine Corps is a good day for freedom. And that's a good day for America .
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    Hello MSgt. May I please have my status changed from Marine Friend to Poolee, also I am not allowed to post anything it says I do not have permission if I may get that changed as well.. Thank you very much
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    How do you change your status as spouse to friend?
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    Is there a reason I'm unable to post any responses in the poolee hall?
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About thedrifter

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About thedrifter
First Name:
Eleanor
Last Name:
Schallow
Rank:
E-8
Do you own a business?:
No
Where did you attend bootcamp?:
MCRD San Diego
Duty Stations:
You would have to check with hubby to get that info..
My Profile pix is me and my Husband now, Mark aka (fontman)
Year Entered Marine corps:
1970
Year Exited Marine Corps:
1990
Wars and conflicts you were in involved in?:
Beirut
Current City:
Jacksonville, NC
Hometown:
Philly
Gender:
Female
Occupation:
Housewife, Modertor
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Family, Friends and Corps
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Once a Marine.....Always a Marine
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RED/GOLD
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non-fiction

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