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03-14-12, 09:42 AM #1
Leatherneck 1975
Looking through an old Leatherneck magazine,July 1975.
In 1965,at the age of 20 Lance Corporal O'Donnell was one of 14 lance corporals approved by the Commandant of the Marine Corps to serve as a DI because of serious personnel shortages to use younger men,Semper Fidelis.
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03-14-12, 03:31 PM #2
Ive seen pictures of Pfc DI'S. Why not. Im going to get hit with danger close on this one but who has a drill field mindset better than a Marine who just spent 13 weeks living it. (Before you put you put your front sight tip on my head lets use common sense, obviously nothing beats a DI School trained Marine, but after that???)
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03-14-12, 06:38 PM #3
All Drill Instructors attend Drill Instructor School.
My Drill Instructors were as follows:
Buck Sgt. Montgomery
Cpl. (E-3) Morrison
Pfc. Pallot
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03-14-12, 09:36 PM #4
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03-14-12, 10:08 PM #5
back then a PFC may have been in for over a year I think. Am I right Gunny ( Old Marine)
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03-15-12, 09:49 AM #6
Saw a few Pfc's with a hash mark to match their chevron. I ran into my Pfc. Drill Instructor in Ascom City. He was still a Pfc and I was a Cpl. Go figure.
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03-15-12, 10:32 PM #7
I would say Drill Instructor school would be more intense than the boot camp we went through,lol,Semper Fidelis.
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03-15-12, 10:42 PM #8
By 1969 this same Marine made SSgt and was SDI at PI, he later took on a job usually held by captain-that of coordinating the over all training of recruits in his battalion and was meritoriously promoted to Gunny and awarded the Navy Achievement Medal after that tour of duty,Semper Fidelis.
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03-16-12, 06:56 AM #9
In 65, there were many pfcs with hash marks.
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03-16-12, 08:17 PM #10
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