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10-01-16, 10:17 AM
Thread: Coffee Talk
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He also came in firing, his first targets were...
He also came in firing, his first targets were women on a riverside. They intended to massacre so massacred is what they got. The Sioux wrote a very clear history that white men did not like in their...
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09-29-16, 07:51 PM
Thread: Coffee Talk
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I'm back from San Diego and a stop at SF VA where...
I'm back from San Diego and a stop at SF VA where I lost my luggage at Hoptel. Went back today on shuttle to find it at Lost and Found only missing pain pills. Codeine tax must be enforced I guess....
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09-18-16, 05:22 PM
Thread: Coffee Talk
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Went by VA hospital and they were worthless....
Went by VA hospital and they were worthless. Slept in a cactus garden in old town on the dirt. Weather ain't to bad but I'm downloading some geezer pain.
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09-17-16, 01:57 PM
Thread: Coffee Talk
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I'm stranded in San Diego as my contact fell...
I'm stranded in San Diego as my contact fell through. Still in my wheelchair I came via Amtrak for a Conference that starts Monday. Meanwhile I sleep in park bench outside train station. Maybe if I...
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06-19-16, 11:16 PM
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I'm the only Marine in my family generation, my...
I'm the only Marine in my family generation, my uncle served from 1941 to 1971, much time on rifle range. My 6 years affected one niece and nephew who joined. My niece in Navy Sea Bees because she...
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06-18-16, 10:26 AM
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Men will always be men and women will always be...
Men will always be men and women will always be women with all the conflicts intact between those sexes. Sex is an instinct stronger than survival and woman who know that can lead a man by the short...
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06-17-16, 11:03 AM
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Jar heads are so slow it will take us 2 days to...
Jar heads are so slow it will take us 2 days to learn how to leave the toilet seat up
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05-31-16, 02:10 AM
Thread: Remember Beirut?
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How do you defend against a suicide bomber? How...
How do you defend against a suicide bomber? How do you defend against someone in the mainstream you don't expect to attack you?
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05-31-16, 01:58 AM
Thread: Remember Beirut?
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Monday May 30 is coming to an end and I'm lying...
Monday May 30 is coming to an end and I'm lying in bed with a cast on my leg from VA surgery. Spending much time on the web I finally found a good easy link to Beirut KIA list...
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05-31-16, 12:49 AM
Thread: Memorial Day Liberty Brief.......
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Hard to find list of Marines KIA in Beirut but...
Hard to find list of Marines KIA in Beirut but here is one for Memorial day
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05-29-16, 12:07 PM
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not to mention ruining his own career....
not to mention ruining his own career.
Destruction of government property! Yes we break when used too hard. When one leader does it they get fried but when it comes from the top it all gets... -
05-29-16, 05:19 AM
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No mention of a black flag warning I would call...
No mention of a black flag warning I would call this a fluke death. Sudden unless the Marine was hiding his symptoms. I've dealt with dehydration/heat exhaustion on long distance cycle tours and...
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05-29-16, 04:35 AM
Thread: Looking For Marines
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Reporting for duty but my damn uniforms all shrunk
Reporting for duty but my damn uniforms all shrunk
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12-10-15, 10:12 PM
Thread: Obsolete MOSs
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OK the Ferrret was also drunk and we got on...
OK the Ferrret was also drunk and we got on splendid
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11-15-15, 10:01 PM
Thread: Obsolete MOSs
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I giggled when someone dropped a rabid ferret...
I giggled when someone dropped a rabid ferret down my shorts
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11-08-15, 12:09 PM
Thread: Obsolete MOSs
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Village idiot! My MOS never gets old
Village idiot! My MOS never gets old
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10-23-15, 10:10 PM
Thread: Remember Beirut?
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There was no excuse for a truck to get that close...
There was no excuse for a truck to get that close inside a combat zone. There were no real barricades and most important there was no lethal force boundary. Marines were required to call Caspar...
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10-23-15, 12:52 PM
Thread: Remember Beirut?
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Remember Beirut?
32 years ago a truck drove through poorly constructed wire gates past guards with unloaded weapons into the front door of BLT. Several tons high explosives wrapped around oxygen tanks in a shape...
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10-23-15, 12:38 PM
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Due to budget cuts we never fired a live TOW...
Due to budget cuts we never fired a live TOW during our training for 0351 and 0352. About 3 hours per day in a million dollar video machine and about 50 LAAWs total much of out time was spent...
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10-23-15, 10:56 AM
Thread: Marine Arrogance??
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Confidence is easy to mistake for arrogance
Confidence is easy to mistake for arrogance
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10-21-15, 10:48 AM
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Ice cream and cocoa? Yea I think I remembered...
Ice cream and cocoa? Yea I think I remembered that was during the afternoon when we hung out on beach towels drinking Pina Coladas
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10-20-15, 01:35 PM
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I'm from Truckee California and hate the heat...
I'm from Truckee California and hate the heat therefore I chose winter for MCRD San Diego. I cried when I saw Desert Storm Marines in full NBC gear running through Iraq on TV and was damn glad is was...
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10-20-15, 01:25 PM
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We alway got more of the green weeny ooh rah
We alway got more of the green weeny ooh rah
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10-17-15, 11:16 PM
Thread: Marine Arrogance??
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I spent 5 years trying to join because cancer at...
I spent 5 years trying to join because cancer at 17 was a deferment. Talked to many veterans and a pattern developed. Marines saw nasty combat and survived while many army saw light combat and died,...
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10-16-15, 02:26 PM
Thread: The smell of napalm in the morning
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Cordite, burnt flesh, Thermite, after shave of...
Cordite, burnt flesh, Thermite, after shave of the rapist, all are strong triggers of memory. I've smelled napalm but never in a traumatic event so its just another smell to me. I'll bet if you set...
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Ghost Of Iwo Jima
04-04-24, 11:35 PM in Open Squad Bay