Haddock
Marine

About Haddock

First Name:

Charles

Last Name:

Haddock

Rank:

E-3

Do you own a business?:

No

Where did you attend bootcamp?:

MCRD Parris Island

What date did you graduate bootcamp?:

21 Sep 69

What was your bootcamp platoon number?:

2013

Duty Stations:

MCRD PI, 2nd RTR
Camp Geiger ITR (AIT)
MCRD SD Basic Electronic School (BES)
MCRD SD Radio Fundamentals School (RFS)
MCRD SD Radio Relay Repair (RRRC)
Camp Lejeune Ser Co, H&S Bn, 2 MARDIV
Camp Pendleton Staging and Survival (SEER)
Camp Schwab Okinawa, RR&C Co. 7th Comm Bn
Camp Hansen Okinawa, RR&C Co. 7th Comm Bn
Quantico until ETS
Did NOT serve in Vietnam (I volunteered to go (to avoid transfer to Gitmo, but was retasked for MOS reasons to Okinawa)
US Army Duty Stations (1974-1979)
Fort Jackson, SC (electronics, teletype repair schools)
Fort Gordon, GA (crypto, multchannel radio repair schools)
Coleman Barracks, Sandhofen FRG ELM, HHC, 97th Sig Bn, CENTAG, NATO

Year Entered Marine corps:

1969

Year Exited Marine Corps:

1974

Favorite Duty Station:

Camp Schwab (mostly because of Henoko)

Favorite Marine:

Greg Boyington (MOH, AVG Flying Tigers, et al)

Wars and conflicts you were in involved in?:

Vietnam

Combat History:

None

Military Biography:

USMC Mar 69 - Oct 74 -- US Army Oct 74 - Jul 79

High School:

Holderness

Gender:

Male

Occupation:

Retired

Colleges Attended:

UNH
UMD
Embry Riddle

Interests:

Writing, gunsmithing, computers

Favorite Quote:

If it's not broken, don't fix it; and, if you don't know what you're doing, don't do anything!

Favorite Color:

Camouflage (MARPAT) It was issued LONG after my time!