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03-14-16, 10:53 AM
Thread: Chief Shipley
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None of this makes any sense to me on a Marine...
None of this makes any sense to me on a Marine Corps site, perhaps i've just been out or away to long.
Tiger insinuated it, IMHO.
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03-13-16, 04:19 PM
Thread: Chief Shipley
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You guys don't get it, he may expose SEAL posers...
You guys don't get it, he may expose SEAL posers but he also exposes quite a few Marine posers as well as a matter of calateral damage. These fakes aren't satisfied with just one row of ribbons on...
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03-12-16, 03:00 PM
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I guess the old adage about forgeting history...
I guess the old adage about forgeting history isn't applicable anymore. I wonder if they're planning on pulling out of Korea, Germany, and Oki?
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03-12-16, 01:20 PM
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"Marines can expect to deploy in smaller teams in...
"Marines can expect to deploy in smaller teams in the future, with more responsibility trickling down to junior ranks compared to past large-scale conflicts as the service hones its post-war crisis...
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03-12-16, 01:18 PM
Thread: Chief Shipley
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I find the clowns he exposes to be entertaining....
I find the clowns he exposes to be entertaining. He has exposed fake Marines in amongst the herd. The guy who was in the Corps, the Rangers, and has his dive qual. from the SEALs. I knew guy like...
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03-11-16, 03:11 PM
Thread: Chief Shipley
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Chief Shipley
I like to watch these, he finds some real shiatbirds.
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03-11-16, 02:58 PM
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What has ****ed me off since I gave a rat's...
What has ****ed me off since I gave a rat's pituitary gland about politics is how the pigs at the trough in DC will attach their personal crap to any and all bills meant to fund the military. These...
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03-10-16, 02:12 PM
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Ah, but you can still ride a bike. I'm envious.
Ah, but you can still ride a bike. I'm envious.
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03-10-16, 09:25 AM
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But you can use the basic of tools to get the job...
But you can use the basic of tools to get the job done, the only reliance you have on the red dot is because your eyes aren't what they use to be, right?;)
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03-10-16, 09:11 AM
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It's like the rest of this society, the...
It's like the rest of this society, the dependance on technology has us on the edge of a major malfunction, nationaly speaking. One good power failure, the type obama is working towards, and that's...
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03-09-16, 08:58 AM
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If they recalled me I'd have to go through boot...
If they recalled me I'd have to go through boot again to learn all the gear.
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03-07-16, 03:01 PM
Thread: Thanks to Corpsmen
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Sitting on a knoll at sunset in the desert at the...
Sitting on a knoll at sunset in the desert at the stumps. Lovely sunset to enjoy our C-rats by (Yes, I said LOVELY!!) Doc was on my left.
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03-07-16, 02:19 PM
Thread: Looking for Any and All
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Closest I've come to meeting someone here from my...
Closest I've come to meeting someone here from my time there.
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03-07-16, 01:55 PM
Thread: Looking for Any and All
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Parris Island 7/77-11/77 Plt. 1094 SDI SSgt. M....
Parris Island 7/77-11/77 Plt. 1094
SDI SSgt. M. S. Scott
ADI's Sgt. G. J. Chester and Sgt. T. A. Irvin
I was the hatch recruit.
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12-08-14, 10:21 AM
Thread: Gitmo Cuba job
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I thought the lease on Gitmo was up, terms of the...
I thought the lease on Gitmo was up, terms of the Spanish-American war was that the US had a 99 year lease on the base. Castro that hard up for money that he'd renew the lease with the capitalist...
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12-08-14, 10:13 AM
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E 2/6 & I 3/6 77-80 (Cuban operation, whatever the name was.)
Anyone out there?
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12-08-14, 10:10 AM
Thread: Plt 1115 Parris Island 1977
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Plt 1095 graduated in Oct 77. SDI Ssgt. Scott....
Plt 1095 graduated in Oct 77. SDI Ssgt. Scott. Boy was it getting cold near the end. Or maybe I was so use to the summer heat.
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02-27-12, 07:52 PM
Thread: Do you miss it?
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Oh come on Gunny, being a lifer you had/(have?)...
Oh come on Gunny, being a lifer you had/(have?) to overlook the nonsense due to your career choice. Not that you didn't (don't) see it, just you had to ignore it to maintain your sanity.
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02-27-12, 09:59 AM
Thread: Do you miss it?
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Miss some aspects (commraderie), don't miss some...
Miss some aspects (commraderie), don't miss some others (chicken ****, which mainly came as a result of who was in charge as CIC, Carter for me). I remember 2 fiscal years starting off with a...
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01-30-11, 03:05 PM
Thread: The decom. of Nassau. An open invite.
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The decom. of Nassau. An open invite.
A few weeks ago I posted that the Nassua is about to be decommissioned, the details are now coming together. There's an open invitation for any Marine who was embarked upon her to attend the decom...
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12-16-10, 11:42 AM
Thread: You know your getting old when...
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We were the lab rats when this started. Was...
We were the lab rats when this started. Was ****ing in a cup every other day wondering what they were looking for? Thought maybe it was a new method of short arm inspections.
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12-15-10, 01:02 PM
Thread: You know your getting old when...
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Going to Gitmo I drew a good billet when they...
Going to Gitmo I drew a good billet when they sent me to the Nassua. The other 2 troop carriers were LST's and I really felt sorry for the guys on those flat bottom boats when we hit heavy weather....
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12-15-10, 11:54 AM
Thread: You know your getting old when...
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Man Bucksgt. you is old, I've probrably been...
Man Bucksgt. you is old, I've probrably been shaving with the ships you were on for the last 20 years. You don't even have crossed rifles on your stripes.:)
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12-14-10, 09:00 PM
Thread: You know your getting old when...
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You know your getting old when...
a ship you sailed on during her maiden voyage is being decommed.
http://www.lha4.com/gangway_.html I'm registered at this site and they don't mind.
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11-23-10, 11:27 AM
Thread: Humor in blue.
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Not sure leprechaun9544, but like many things in...
Not sure leprechaun9544, but like many things in the Marine lexicon I imagine it's a derivitive of some Asiatic slang. Like gung-ho.
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Ghost Of Iwo Jima
04-04-24, 11:35 PM in Open Squad Bay