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When I was short, much to to my shame, on one occasion meeting Gunner Clayton between a couple of buildings at K-Bay on Oahu I failed to slalute and greet him. Now that I'm much older than the kid I...

My unit was detached at MCLB Barstow back in 80-81. We built the solar pond at Yermo. I wonder if it's still in use?

Not of my own experience but of my father's (a lifer w/30 years service) he would talk story (even more after I was in) about his time at Tent Camp #2 at Gotemba (Goat Town they called it) at the...

A word about recruiters, perhaps it is different now but don't take everything as gospel. ;)

I could go on about my experience back in '79 but suffice to say despite some inaccuracies I notieced...

In my experience (although long ago) I made some of the most memorable friendships with some of the most noteworthy Marines whom served in Vietnam and Korea. I know that time softens the harshness of...

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Cpl. Mike O'Harrow

Right, a dam reservist I was after schools. However I served with some of the best comrades I've ever known.

The following ranks will likely be obsolete;

Col. Okerman
Maj. Minor
CWO4 'Gunner'...

Well it turned out that the mortgage company was mistaken that the VA only needed my DD 214. They also wanted my DD256 (discharge papers) and NAVMC 118 & 796 showing years of service and points...

Greetings from Oregon, the shower me state. Well, I'm in the process of a second try at buying a house and I seemed to have submitted my original COE to the mortgage company on a home that fell...

I got out in '85 and only now I'm looking into buying my first home, checked in with the state VA and BOOM! qualified for a little over 400k After all's said and done going to look into medical too!...

I didn't ask annnny questions when I won my meritorious E5. However I do recall that the order was signed by the Inspector General during his vistit to the unit I was with. Back in those days (80's)...

...now just have to wait and hear back from my boss to see if my post service emplyment will remain solvent so I can buy my first home with the VA's help.

Das Trinken, das soll man nicht lassen,
Das Trinken regiert doch die Welt,
Man soll auch den Menschen nicht hassen,
Der stehts eine Lage bestellt.
Ob Bier oder Wein, ob Champagner,
Nur...

HAH! Right on Seattlefungus :banana: I hadn't heard that one in so long

another one,

Around her neck, she wore a yellow ribbon
she wore it in the springtime and in the month of May
and if you asked her why the f@ck she wore it
she wore it for her young Marine, so...

A marching cadence I recall from '79;

The prettiest girl, I ever saw, was sipping boubon, through a straw
{refrain the above}
I picked her up, I laid her down, her golden hair, laid on the...

Well, what do you know? Seems I had presence of mind last time I used the public library's fische reader to do a lighter print of my DD 214 that I can actually read. Still plenty of distortion, but...

Semper Fi all,
Now that I completed the details of my profile.
No hero am I, did a stint of active duty in the late '70's then the reserve thereafter. Now I'm finally getting to the point (now...

Semper Fi all,
No hero am I, did a stint of active duty in the late '70's thenr the reserve thereafter. Now I'm finally getting to the point (now that I'm pritnear 50) of buying a home and I'm...