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11-29-17, 09:09 AM
Thread: Infantry Training Battalion
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My infantry training in '57 was with 2nd ITR. My...
My infantry training in '57 was with 2nd ITR. My guess is that the SOI is a vast improvement. I'm curious about the makeup of leadership in a SOI company. Our's had two pretty much out of shape NCOs...
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05-14-16, 06:58 PM
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One reader said he liked today's structure. Not...
One reader said he liked today's structure. Not me. I was an NCO as a corporal (E-3). Then they made all us corporals Acting Corporals to differentiate between L/Cpls and us. I'm sure I'm not alone....
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11-28-13, 09:24 AM
Thread: Radio Operator MOS/Communications
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I was a 2531. Started out in 81 mortars and went...
I was a 2531. Started out in 81 mortars and went out with FO teams, so I spent most of my first couple of years with line companies in the 9th Marines. Back stateside, I was assigned to battalion...
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07-20-10, 05:22 PM
Thread: Hardcorps Marine Warrior Song
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Hardcorps Marine Warrior Song
http://www.thewarriorsong.com/video.html
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01-19-10, 06:19 PM
Thread: Parris Island Marines
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You must have been in 1st or 2nd BN. I bet we...
You must have been in 1st or 2nd BN. I bet we marched near each other somewhere on the Island. I was in 377, 4th BN, one of the Nissen huts on Wake Blvd.
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11-29-09, 09:26 AM
Thread: Georgians welcome fallen soldier
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Georgians welcome fallen soldier
Get out your Kleenex. I worked this area for five years, covering all kinds of sports for the Atlanta paper. I didn't realize how great these people are.
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11-19-09, 06:15 PM
Thread: Thank you for your service
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Thank you for your service
My oldest daughter called with a nice story today. She, her husband and middle son were at Fort Benning for the youngest son's Turning Blue ceremony--for Marines, that's when a soldier completes...
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11-14-09, 02:39 PM
Thread: Camp Lejeune Base Order 1020.8x
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What a crock of sh*t. And it takes a M/GY SGT to...
What a crock of sh*t. And it takes a M/GY SGT to give you all the information you can't use. Gunny, who can and who CANNOT get a CAC, whatever that is . . . and while he's waiting is that base order...
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11-14-09, 09:23 AM
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Poser caught, admits he isn't a general
Credit goes to Maj. Anthony Milavic whose emails to fellow Marines set off BS Detectors across the country.
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10-24-09, 10:46 AM
Thread: Chow Halls
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From what I'm reading, maybe it's true to some...
From what I'm reading, maybe it's true to some extent--at least in the chow hall--that today's Marines are candy as*es. Many a time overseas we preferred C-rations to what they served in the chow...
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10-23-09, 06:32 PM
Thread: Chow Halls
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Omelets? You gotta be sh*tting me! You want to...
Omelets? You gotta be sh*tting me!
You want to complain, try green dehydrated eggs, 2 strips of soggy bacon, little rocks called potatoes and wet toast. That's what we had every day on Okinawa back... -
09-15-09, 01:51 PM
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It all goes back to the old saying, "I love the...
It all goes back to the old saying, "I love the f**ing Marine Corps and the Marine Corps loves effing me."
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08-14-09, 04:03 PM
Thread: Vick signs deal with Eagles
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Hard to let MD8724's remark pass. The Japs...
Hard to let MD8724's remark pass.
The Japs killed many more innocents before we ended the war at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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08-14-09, 03:55 PM
Thread: Vick signs deal with Eagles
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I haven't read the feedback yet, but here's my...
I haven't read the feedback yet, but here's my take on it:
I'm an old--too damn old--southern white guy, just to let you know where this is coming from.
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08-14-09, 03:52 PM
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How do people get away with making up **** like...
How do people get away with making up **** like this guy--Barron James Shortt--did?
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08-14-09, 03:46 PM
Thread: I need some advice for my son...
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If request mast doesn't work, he might have to...
If request mast doesn't work, he might have to see the IG. Won't make any points in his unit, but it looks like his unit has written him off . . . Semper FU
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08-11-09, 11:08 AM
Thread: I need opinions
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Here's what I learned about that gesture: It's...
Here's what I learned about that gesture:
It's a muslim greeting. Don't know how it would go over with guys returning from Iraq or Afghanistan.
Body language
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08-11-09, 09:33 AM
Thread: I need opinions
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I need opinions
As we know, every Marine has an opinion on EVERYTHING!!!!!
What is your opinion on this greeting to military that's going around: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSfFYxSdKdo -
08-03-09, 07:51 PM
Thread: Seabag
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Good to know they still call them seabags.
Good to know they still call them seabags.
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08-03-09, 04:29 PM
Thread: The best song in the world
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Brown Eyed Girl--makes me think about my baby...
Brown Eyed Girl--makes me think about my baby every time I hear it even if she's sitting next to me.
Just One Look (was all it took)--ditto
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08-03-09, 04:18 PM
Thread: Army Paratrooper School
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I wonder if parachute infantry isn't a waste of...
I wonder if parachute infantry isn't a waste of good men. They take good men who are supposed to be elite, their units are seriously under-armed and their line of supply . . .?
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08-02-09, 12:16 PM
Thread: The Dog Fighter
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I also agree with Old Marine . . . but that...
I also agree with Old Marine . . . but that doesn't mean some NFL team MUST acquire him, and that's the rub.
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08-02-09, 12:08 PM
Thread: Army Paratrooper School
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One of the things that stood out was the number...
One of the things that stood out was the number of "fat chicks" in the ranks on that show.
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08-02-09, 11:21 AM
Thread: Army Paratrooper School
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Army Paratrooper School
I've been watching a show on The Military Channel about the army's paratrooper school at Fort Benning.
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08-01-09, 06:11 PM
Thread: "Gunny"...appropriate for recruiter?
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Crotch sure has changed since I was in. It was...
Crotch sure has changed since I was in. It was Gunny and Top to us.
Of course, that was in the FMF, in my case the 9th and 1st Marines.
And, of course, all these MGYSGTS and GYSGTS probably...
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Ghost Of Iwo Jima
04-04-24, 11:35 PM in Open Squad Bay