Sgt. Mike Alu, Platoon 2048, PISC
I believe SSgt. F.X. Muldowney is the Drill Instructor at the left in your platoon portrait. Senior Drill Instructors wore the garrison belt instead of the cartridge belt. Check it out, he was my Senior D.I., Platoon 2003, probably just before picking up your platoon. I was the platoon artist and given the task of painting Guantanamo Bay as seen from the sky. I guess Moe, as other Drill Instructors called him, was pleased with the painting, since I wasn't supplied anything to work with except a sheet, Q-Tips, mud, yellow Magic Markers, etc. It's a bit faded, but to the left it reads, First In The Air, On Land And Sea. I always regretted not doing a better job, but I had to improvise with what I could dig up. Note the trophies on the stacked rifles and streamers on the guidon. SSgt. Muldowney wouldn't have it any other way, but to be the BEST in the series.
Semper Fi!
Sgt. Joe Alvino