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Harrison - By squats, do you mean deep knee bends or squat-thrusts?

Sheila - I was stationed at MCRD San Diego for a little over a year. I was in boot camp from February 2 until sometime in late May or early June. I had 30 days leave and then I returned to MCRD for...

Foxman - Funny you mentioned Gen. Krulak. I was in just a few years before you, and I'm only 5' - 6". When I was in Purdue University, I was in R.O.T.C. and on the Purdue Drill Team, so I knew how to...

Well Brian and pecks - I think pecks is having trouble with his keyboard. At first I thought he (pecks) had hit 58 when he meant 85. but then I looked at his "Public profile" and noticed that he...

If he's only a "Colonel", I wonder what a general looks like?

Well hell yes, I'll jump in here!
I am and always have been interested in history, and for that reason I've been what I call a "traditionalist". I don't know who said it, but I firmly believe that...

Josephd and others - Bear with me, I'm just now reading through this forum. Here's where I come from. Back in the old days (and believe me - I won't say things were better - they were just different)...

Dave2571 and others - I haven't read all the responses in this particular forum, but one thing "seems" to be apparent. Many of us old timers are complaining about how the boots are being handled...

Tripledog - Hey! you were in MCRD alsmost the exact same time as I was. I know Texas is a big place, but my bunkmate was Ferle Thomas and he was from Texas. This kid was 6" 2 or 3" and skinny as a...

I went through bootcamp in 1961. Being fairly fit ( I went from 165# to 180# in boot camp, believe it or not!) the physical part of it didn't bother me very much. I was a little older then, than most...

6yrforMar - I know what you mean. When I re-read that first message in this string, I noticed that the Royal Marines spent 18 days in this operation. I say that if it takes 18 days, it takes 18 days....

Also - one of the "excuses" used by all the top "thinkers" in our government is that going after the Taliban might mean crossing over into Pakistan. DUH!!! Then the next day they will use the...

6yrformar, the drifter, et al - Well this is good news, but the statement about good training pays off misses the point. I doubt that the Royal Marines are any better trained than the US Marines are,...

Libo - You keep saying that she doesn't want to get very far from her mother. I think that is the primary problem and it could be a detriment to your marriage whether you go in the Corps, the Army,...

Well Hussar - It's been a while (like back in 1960) and I never worried about my creases when I was in the Corp, but,,,,,,,,,,,,
I was on a drill team at Purdue University when I was in college and...

Well, I'm not too sure how smart or dumb he was, but believe me, after about 2 weeks I was wondering what I had gotten into too. But, I had no doubt as to what branch I was in. I fully intended to be...

Well, I guess if you've just recently gotten out, you could remember your DI's name. The only one I can remember was Sgt. Molina, and that's because all of us in our platoon hated him. As for...

Good morning Marine Brothers – I hope you had a happy birthday. Mine could have been better, but for some disturbing news I heard on the radio shortly after getting out of bed.
When I was in Air...

Montana - I sure got a laugh out of your comment about the pink cowboy shirt. I remember when I was in high school (graduated in the great class of 59!!!) it was a no-no to wear a yellow shirt on...

Chumley and other bros - I sure wish I had found this website earlier! It would have saved me so much anguish and consternation! It just goes to show that 2 heads are better than 1, and it certainly...

That's about what this article said except it didn't refer to someone charging into battle. It was something like when you would be carrying the flag it would be pointing to the back. I'm really...

Well Semperfi170- I had to go upstairs and check my Scoutmasters uniform which I bought in about 1988. On the right shoulder it has the flag flying horizontally with the blue field in the upper left...

Well call me a "b****er." I was always told that if you can't contribute to the solution, then don't b**** about the problem (or something like that - and probably the motivating force behind my 100%...

First off - Bob, if you were here now I would give you a big hug. And I would say very sincerely "Thank you." The war was very controversial - and guess what - it still is. I grew up believing in the...

Bob, in my haste to "unload", I didn't mean to question the dedication of either the draftees or volunteers. (I was a volunteer that was going to get drafted! So rather than be a doggy if I got...