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  1. Thread: Sequestration

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    I remember when I was in, 92-96, Clinton had just...

    I remember when I was in, 92-96, Clinton had just come into office and the numbers were supposed to go down from 220k to 120k. Don't know if it went that deep though.
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    Just finished a book called "Secrets of D-Day"...

    Just finished a book called "Secrets of D-Day" that talked about this. Great read.
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    Best was any club in Pattaya Beach, Thailand...

    Best was any club in Pattaya Beach, Thailand (Cobra Gold '94), played a lot of Connect 4 at the outdoor tiki bars, a beer was 24 baht, two kinds of beer, green or brown bottle.

    Second was...
  4. Looks like he's being released today in time for...

    Looks like he's being released today in time for Christmas...Outstanding!
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    I want to emphasize how very different the...

    I want to emphasize how very different the atmosphere is from the grunts to the MPs. It was almost like having a regular job, because you worked in shifts. For us, it was either days (6am-6pm), or...
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    in '95 I did a FAP with the MPs. I loved it, it...

    in '95 I did a FAP with the MPs. I loved it, it was a nice change from 3 years of grunt life.

    I was a 0351 stationed on Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii, and after our 2nd pump on Oki, several of us got...
  7. Back in '95 I was on a fap the the MPs and got to...

    Back in '95 I was on a fap the the MPs and got to raise/lower the flag a couple of times. There were 3 of us, and we had to be very careful...

    Sometimes our Ssgt watch controller was hiding in his...
  8. Thread: What's new!

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    Enjoy, Hawaii, my friend...was there in 2/3 & 3/3...

    Enjoy, Hawaii, my friend...was there in 2/3 & 3/3 95-96...loved it, loved it, loved it.

    Is Moose's, the Wave, or Pink Cadillac still there in Waikiki?
  9. So when your current enlistment in the Reserves...

    So when your current enlistment in the Reserves ends will you automatically go into the IRR? I don't know how the reserves works, but active duty guys do 4 active / 4 IRR, or 6/2.

    If this is not...
  10. In '92 I was at Camp Hanson and we got a typhoon...

    In '92 I was at Camp Hanson and we got a typhoon warning. Had to push the wall lockers in the squad bay up against the windows and wait it out. Spent the next week on working parties cleaning up the...
  11. A senior military official clarified Wednesday...

    A senior military official clarified Wednesday that despite some reports, no Marines were killed in the Tuesday attack.

    Read more:...
  12. Back when I was in (96-96), 0351's had two ways...

    Back when I was in (96-96), 0351's had two ways you could go (I was a 0351). You either got put in a weapons platoon or a weapons company. I did both, the 1st with 2/3 and 2nd with 3/3. A weapons...
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    Seperations Bn Stories

    Anyone remember seps bn? Remember hanging out waiting to get your orders to go home?

    I spent 2 weeks on Pendleton in '96 somewhere near the 51 area I think. I remember the bus ride into the base...
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    Great news, thanks! It was frustrating never...

    Great news, thanks! It was frustrating never getting promoted past lance while on active.

    Let me tell ya, there's nothing like being the senior lcpl in the battalion...
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    Question about rank after discharge.

    I was honorably discharged in '96 as a lance after 4 years in the Corps (the cutting scores for E-4 for 0351s were extremely high at the time).

    When I got my discharge certificate (the official...
  16. Thread: Mt Fuji...

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    I guess we had it easy, the barracks were...

    I guess we had it easy, the barracks were finished when I was there. They were squad bays closed off by wall lockers with a big rec room. The gym was in a quonset hut, same as the arcade. I remeber...
  17. Thread: Mt Fuji...

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    Climbed in '94 with 2/3...5 tons took us to the...

    Climbed in '94 with 2/3...5 tons took us to the dropoff point and we hoofed it up in a couple hours. I remember a few hardcores ran up. Everybody ran down, though, easier on the knees. I remember at...
  18. Thread: H&MS 24 K-Bay

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    I was on K-bay 92-96...92-94 Fox Co 2/3, 95 MP's...

    I was on K-bay 92-96...92-94 Fox Co 2/3, 95 MP's & weapons Co 3/3... good times, good times! I was a fan of the show Lost and loved seeing filming locations on the island I remember...
  19. Military helicopters collide in southeast California killing 7

    http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/23/2-military-helicopters-collide-in-southeast-california/

    YUMA, Ariz. – Two military helicopters collided Wednesday night near a remote region in southeast...
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    Read in the paper they were from Hawaii...wonder...

    Read in the paper they were from Hawaii...wonder what unit?
  21. Thread: Sound Off!!!

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    Was on the USS Belleow Wood for about a month in...

    Was on the USS Belleow Wood for about a month in '94. Went from Oki to Thailand for Operation Cobra Gold. Remember not bringing enough Copenhagen, running out and the sailors had snatched it all up,...
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    My last year I was on a FAP with the MPs ('95)and...

    My last year I was on a FAP with the MPs ('95)and a SSGT Contreras would take us out on runs. He sang a cadence I'd never heard in the grunts and it always sent chills up my spine...

    Does anyone...
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    I had a difference pic from the Boeing news which...

    I had a difference pic from the Boeing news which I can't send out, but it looks like the same folks. In my pic I could of swore they had what looked like an EGA on their cover. The pic was from the...
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    Wearing ribbons with cammies?

    I saw a news article today for the Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade held on 12/7 at Pearl Harbor. In one of the pictures two Marines marching in the parade carrying a banner have their ribbons attached...
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    I didn't have to write anything, the new guys...

    I didn't have to write anything, the new guys did... it was usually something to do with what they did wrong in the first place.
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