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01-26-10, 07:27 AM
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Thanks Top, I'm glad to hear the Corps is sizing down...
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:usmc: ... & if this is the caliber of the recruit pool, I hope they don't accept any more recruits from this breed. There's got to be a... -
01-19-10, 08:34 AM
Thread: Just Curious
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**** Happens to me ...
:D ... and the younger, smarter, quicker and richer broncs get the young, rich, big busomed and beautiful women, but I'm not saddened. Even Old Solomon who had it all (including wisdom) and also...
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01-18-10, 09:27 AM
Thread: A few questions for my fellow Marines
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From one PFC to another...
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..good luck LoganS2k7.
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01-17-10, 04:24 PM
Thread: Just Curious
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Thanks for the attaboys, Marines...
:usmc: I received more attaboys today than in the last 60 years, true story, and I am appreciative. However I should say I know myself too well to try any self promotion and besides, Gunny Roy...
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01-17-10, 02:52 PM
Thread: Just Curious
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Whitey, I've been wondering about that myself...
:D But I guess it's never gonna happen. :usmc:
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01-04-10, 05:40 PM
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I like 'em all, Dawgg...
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01-02-10, 12:14 PM
Thread: Headcalls during RT
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I realize I would be better off to be quiet & just go away...
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:DH ... however I can't resist the temptation to show how obsolete I really am (and don't give a ****...).
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12-31-09, 09:28 AM
Thread: Important notice!
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Great Work, Firedog...
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John, reckon you're any kin to John Wesley?
Also, I read your book "Lone Sirvivor", it was great.
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12-31-09, 09:05 AM
Thread: 03 going counterintelligence
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Intelligence?
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:usmc: Raider, you asked, so if you don't approve of my choice of words, as Marine Gene Hackman says "... go ahead & reject me, I can handle... -
12-29-09, 03:36 PM
Thread: Platoon Numbers
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Nope, but my ancestors were...
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My ancestor, John Hall, born about 1710 in Prince George Co., VA, married the rich & beautiful Anne Bolling, 1730. (She of the Bolling... -
12-28-09, 02:12 PM
Thread: Platoon Numbers
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Nothing special about mine: Platoon 3, MCRD, San...
Nothing special about mine: Platoon 3, MCRD, San Diego, 1948
DI: SSgt D. D. Gardner, POW of the Japanese, 23 Dec, 1941 - Sept., 1945.
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12-24-09, 06:53 AM
Thread: Have a very Blessed Christmas
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Yes, Indeed...
:flag: This can't be improved upon.
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12-21-09, 01:08 PM
Thread: Your thoughts on 03XX
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I carried an M-1 and picked up trash for 5 years...
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:usmc: and I appreciated every God Damned day of it. I didn't do or learn anything else.
Out of it, I learned 2 things:
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12-15-09, 10:58 AM
Thread: Rifle questions
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That's Good Advice, MD8724...
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Anyway, that approach seemed to work for me. It took me 3 years to qualify as Expert Rifleman (with the M-1), after 2 weeks each year on the... -
11-27-09, 11:45 AM
Thread: Ohhhhhh Boy.....exciting News!!!
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Thanks Phantom, As my South Louisiana kin &...
Thanks Phantom, As my South Louisiana kin & friends say: "A tres bon post". Always glad to read some of your thoughts. Regards...
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Hope I'm not intruding here...
:usmc: DUKW, I was not a DUKW driver but I did get a short ride (about 30 mins) in one of the vehicles. I was working for W-3-1, 1st Mar Div, about the first week of September, 1950, as we crossed...
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09-29-09, 09:31 PM
Thread: Kudos to the Marines of 3 - 1...
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Kudos to the Marines of 3 - 1...
:usmc: I remember traveling with the unit and colors as an ammunition carrier in W-3-1, 1950 - 1951.
The big difference I notice then and now is that there was in the '50's
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09-13-09, 08:05 PM
Thread: Shooting the Marine Corps way
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Shooting the USMC Way..
:usmc: Spencer, great post & subject, Thank you. I appreciated your profile. Please don't misunderstand what I'm trying to say. I carried an M-1 for 5 years, barely qualified in boot camp. I...
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09-09-09, 05:56 PM
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On Editing Profile..
:thumbup: Thanks, Drafter. I hadn't caught the disparity. Over the years
(47-52) I did have a little trouble with rank, I believe I made Private about 3 or so times. Don't misunderstand, I am... -
09-08-09, 07:07 AM
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Doc, as for Me, I'll Take only "Made in the USA"...
:usmc: I know it's getting tougher & tougher, & I'm getting older & older.
Also, I drive an '82 El Camino & a '98 Dodge 1-ton (400,000+ miles).
Where I have a choice I buy only Merkin. I... -
09-07-09, 03:39 PM
Thread: Infantry Officers
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What Kind of American Wannabe's Upbringing produced This?
:thumbdown Insert the appropriate applicant description.
I was stupefied and had to study this observation, to see what kind of American Wannabe's upbringing yielded (produced) such.
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09-06-09, 04:23 AM
Thread: Infantry a good choice?
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US Military, the most worthy of all institutions...
:usmc: In the USMC, anything 0300 is among the worthy listings. For the sense of training and considerations for others than self that will be taught.
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09-04-09, 08:51 AM
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Again, taking a chance on offending somebody...
:scared: Port Lyautey, French Morocco.
My most memorable country and people was found quite by accident. It was summer '52 and I was being sent home for early E of EE. The USMC was saying "...... -
08-31-09, 02:46 AM
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Just Ignore this Marines...
That "Giant Sucking Noise" continues. Maybe GM will do for China what they did for the USA. Bye, Bye GM & good riddance. Gary Hall and Gung Ho, Chinks.
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08-25-09, 08:03 PM
Thread: My Lai Massacre-Lt. Calley Apologizes
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Lt, I wouldn't have the brass to contradict any...
Lt, I wouldn't have the brass to contradict any of your words, on my own.
The following remarks are not of my origination, but I have come to believe them.
How would you rate Gen'l McArthur...
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