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02-04-12, 12:23 PM
Thread: Is herding goats a force-multiplier?
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Is herding goats a force-multiplier?
A local news clip on 2/2/2012 spoke about how the Department of Agriculture was training a Marine unit in how to approach an Afghan goatherder in the Helmond Province.
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10-18-11, 10:41 PM
Thread: Duty Station Quantico
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When you've been there a while, would it be...
When you've been there a while, would it be possible to see if there's any photos of the base when the PMO was located just on the base side of the tracks at the point where the street that goes from...
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10-17-11, 09:48 PM
Thread: Duty Station Quantico
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As an MP in Khakies we had gold collar emblems...
As an MP in Khakies we had gold collar emblems and there were a lot of "nervous encounters" (both us MPs -anticipating by the other's unsure movements- as well as whomever was approaching us) until...
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10-17-11, 12:15 PM
Thread: Duty Station Quantico
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For someone's who's a Civil War buff, the "Show...
For someone's who's a Civil War buff, the "Show Case of the Marine Corps" is an ideal station, (but not necessarily for the Show Case part).
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09-30-11, 10:25 PM
Thread: Serial numbers?
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Since this thread seems to have brought attention...
Since this thread seems to have brought attention to Gen'l Krulak, here's another one.
He was based at Quantico (Maj Gen Merrill B. Twining, who's brother was Lt Gen Nathan B. Twining - was Base... -
09-19-11, 03:08 PM
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Can't make an expectation any clearer: "run hot,...
Can't make an expectation any clearer: "run hot, get not."
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09-11-11, 10:46 PM
Thread: Dhimmitude
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I can't seem to find the sentence with the word...
I can't seem to find the sentence with the word you're referring to. Could you please attach the page you're meaning?
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09-10-11, 10:50 AM
Thread: Looking For Marines
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You might want to check Ancestry.com...
You might want to check Ancestry.com (subscription required) as who you may be looking for (having this DOB: 8/14/1921, Died: 10/28/1970, served in Marines from 9/23/1946 until 10/5/1962 and was a...
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08-24-11, 12:32 PM
Thread: 43 years ago today.................
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I think the arrival time at PI was intentionally...
I think the arrival time at PI was intentionally intended to be while it was dark, so I think our arrival time at Yemassee depot was set up to be in the wee hours of the AM (and that could account...
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08-24-11, 11:18 AM
Thread: 43 years ago today.................
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Was there any connection to starting the...
Was there any connection to starting the "footprints" (whereever they were located) and the no longer getting onto soil from the train to board the busses at Yemassee?
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08-24-11, 10:50 AM
Thread: What about the Marines in WWII?
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Though an older post, I have to say that as I was...
Though an older post, I have to say that as I was only 2 when the US entered WWII, I well remember being enthralled by the Sunday News (New York Times paper, I think) having Sunday "maps" that showed...
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08-18-11, 08:19 PM
Thread: WWII Grave Memorial for '46 Enlistee
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Serving COG and who never got past States' side...
Serving COG and who never got past States' side assignment should NOT bar anyone from anything they are otherwise entitled to.
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07-14-11, 02:23 PM
Thread: Westboro Church is at it again...
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Were it that simple:...
Were it that simple: http://cjonline.com/news/2011-04-28/miss-sheriff-online-wbc-reports-are-false
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Not being a legal scholar, I would think your...
Not being a legal scholar, I would think your deceased mother would have rights of succession in the marital "chain."
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06-03-11, 09:32 AM
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You're all correct. This post (#18)'s referenced...
You're all correct. This post (#18)'s referenced URL in the URL I cited will take you to the site that contains post #260. Sorry.
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06-03-11, 08:45 AM
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In this URL...
In this URL http://www.socnet.com/showthread.php?t=102600 (pay particular attention to ALL of post #260), this guy seems to be a real prize to who's ever path he crosses.
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06-03-11, 12:44 AM
Thread: Batty from New Zealand thread.
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Where I have a "problem" in believing the...
Where I have a "problem" in believing the authenticity of the OP is that person's claim of subscribing to and teaching ILETS and then seeing it's use (or lack thereof) in the speech and writing...
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06-02-11, 11:32 PM
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I guess that would allow a Marine to have...
I guess that would allow a Marine to have something more to do than watch over as a farmer tends and harvests his opium crop so he can get it ready to ship to market.
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05-25-11, 11:29 PM
Thread: Westboro Baptist prepares to strike again
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Westboro Baptist prepares to strike again
The disaster in Joplin, MO has brought renewd activity from Phlaky Phred & Phamily:
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05-20-11, 10:25 PM
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Happened to let some moths out of my wallet and...
Happened to let some moths out of my wallet and found my DD-217 Certificate Of Service (GPO : 1951---O-935480).
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05-19-11, 04:31 PM
Thread: Show me your coin?
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Seems I recall that a dollar bill was used in...
Seems I recall that a dollar bill was used in much the same way during WWII.
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05-17-11, 12:12 PM
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Seems as if, with today's technology, a radar gun...
Seems as if, with today's technology, a radar gun would NOT have a speed/date/time hard-copy stamp built in for Court purposes.
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05-12-11, 01:44 PM
Thread: Sleep Or Reality, You Decide!
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Sounds like Men Who Stare At Goats is the "movie"...
Sounds like Men Who Stare At Goats is the "movie" version, right?
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05-09-11, 08:15 PM
Thread: Walt Disney
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Having never heard this "story" before now, it...
Having never heard this "story" before now, it makes me wonder what people use for "logical thinking."
That is, we've all heard about what a DD does to person's future.
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05-09-11, 02:18 PM
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This brought to mind that I was with the color...
This brought to mind that I was with the color guard (with field music) to raise the Base main flag.
It was a cold day so the bugler practiced in the ready room (he did a few bars of Cherry Pink...
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Ghost Of Iwo Jima
04-04-24, 11:35 PM in Open Squad Bay