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Visited my Dad's (WW2 vet) gravesite there Memorial Day 2009; it is astounding how many Vietnam veterans are buried there now. A lot of them with birth years from 1946 to 1952.

I had an NBC ...

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Congratulations sir, on a well deserved promotion!

Just a point of reference, E-7 is a pay grade, not a rank. All branches of the Armed Forces have that pay grade. The Marine Corps has Gunnery Sergeants. My memory as to which Commandant came out...

Air Force messed me up! By the way did you all notice that they had the respective service chiefs and the 5 star ranks, but not the Commandant.

We are not part of the Navy. It may be splitting hairs, but both the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps are part of the Department of the Navy. BTW: Of course we are the better part of that...

Great job Bruce! As long as there are those of us who remember and care, our veterans who have passed on will not be forgotten!

How about learning to capitalize Marine?!!! Also, proper capitalization and grammar would be approriate when posting. Read the site rules.

then me, then my 2 younger sisters, and then my Uncle's son who retired as a LtCol.:flag:

I agree with Kim, her statements show that she has thought this out and has planned out what she wants to do with her life.

in order to become a Marine you go to Boot Camp, not Basic!

READ THE RULES YOURSELF AND OBEY THEM! You could have sent him a private message.

Iwakuni from 74 - 76

H&MS-15 1/74 -12/74
VMFA-115 12/74 - 6/76

First of all in the aviation electronics field you don't work by yourself. You are part of a shop that performs the required tasks. Second read the rules for the site. Your use of proper grammar,...

Let me know if you find out. I'll be glad to let them know what I think about their un-Christian attitude towards a child. Obviously, some idiot doesn't understand freedom of expression at that...

Check out the Boy Scout uniforms that have been standard since approximately the late 80's. The flag on the right shoulder faces the same way it does on Army uniforms.

Check again with the local wildlife experts!
Did you forget about Eastern timber rattlesnake, water moccasins, and copperheads?

When did the GCM become a personal award. It was listed as a service award when I was active duty.

Do any of our Marines that were active duty, remember when the switch to chevrons with crossed rifles took place?

One way is to backtrack to when the crossed rifles were added to the chevrons. The rifles on the chevrons are probably (my guess) based on the rifle in use at that time.

The recent Chairman of the JCS - General Peter Pace - Marine is also a devout Christian and fought in Vietnam.

Basically, it boils down to your belief set as was already stated. If you believe...

Semperfi is obvious and I combined it with my boot camp platoon number 170.
Boot camp is where I learned the motto and earned the title - Marine.

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I knew a PVT Schmuckatelli in 1968. How did he manage to stay in and make LCPL?

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The United States Marine Drum & Bugle Corps will be...