On September 24th, it will be 1-year since I lost my father. His name was Corporal Jerome Lysek. He always told me that everyone called him "Polock". He served in Vietnam from 1968-1970 with Hotel Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 1st Marine Division. I miss him everyday, but I am proud that he is a Vet, proud that he was my dad, and proudest that he was a United States Marine.
Author: SgtGrit
Old Corps – My 40th Year Tattoo!
I enlisted in 1972 and my 40th anniversary, 2012, my wife got me this tattoo as a present. Ain’t she da woman!! Semper Fi
Used The Wrong Kind Of Fuse
Over the last month or so, I've read a number of submissions from readers about a "Capt. Hiram Walker", who was reportedly Force Recon, was "a member of the famous Hiram Walker liquor family", "his personal vehicle was Marine Corps green with camo seat covers", and he had a "reputation of being a bit strange". In 1967/68, I served with a Major E. Hockaday Walker who was then CO of 1st Force Recon based at Phu Bai, RVN. The very same stories about this Walker were circulating then and I wonder if we're not talking about the same person? At one point, Major Walker denied the reported relationship with the Hiram Walker liquor family and I believe he said he was a relative but not an immediate family member. He was in fact from a wealthy family in any event and the stories about the vehicle and his dressing his entire platoon in dress blues is supposed to be true. I also heard that as a platoon commander at Lejeune, he had no civilian clothing at all – and at one point was ordered to buy a suit for a special occasion. Supposedly, immediately after the 'special occasion', he dumped the suit in a trash can and burned it.
F4 Phantoms Screaming
Been following stories about the tough duty at K-Bay. I was stationed at K-Bay with Station Operations and Maintenance Squadron (SOMS) from Oct '74 through Oct '77, then got out and stayed in Hawaii until 1984. I arrived as a 19 year old newly minted LCpl who got married en-route. In those days you had to be "Command Sponsored" to be authorized quarters and/or a wife, but we were too young and too dumb to know how poor we were while living in a tiny apartment in town and sharing our one bicycle for transportation. Road that bike about 5 miles to/from work daily, more often than not in the rain. Worked GCA Radar just off the middle of the runway with F4 Phantoms screaming by non-stop. That's our yellow trailer in the middle of the asphalt in the picture. Too far for most folks to walk out to bother us so for the most part it was just me and my Gunny. Yes, it was "swinging with the Wing" at times and couldn't have asked for better duty.
Homes For Our Troops
On June 23, 2013, Marine Corps League Detachment 1198 from Jarrettsville, Maryland provided the Color Guard for a ground breaking ceremony. A home is now under construction for Corporal Jeffery Kessler, his wife Morgan and their two sons. Homes For Our Troops is building his house in Rising Sun, Maryland. Jeffery lost both legs and partial amputation of fingers on his right hand when he was on his third deployment in Helmand Province, Afghanistan where he was wounded by an IED. It is with great pride that MCL Detachment 1198 supports the Troops.
No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy
This is definitely one of my favorite tattoos out of the assortment that I have. I spent nearly three hours on the table for it, and though it was painful, I believe it was well worth it. Becoming a Marine is one of my greatest achievements in life and I wanted to commemorate it in a lasting way.
Upgraded
I planned my first tattoo from as long as I can remember. I was always going to be a Marine and have the Marine Tattoo on my arm as soon as I was old enough. In 1983 while in Schools Battalion at camp Delmar, Camp Pen, my friend John Moore took me to a shop in Escondido to get it done. Last night, I had the original upgraded to commemorate the fact that it never leaves you. Once A Marine Always A Marine. Semper Fi! Chuck Cheesman
F.A.S.T CO. 4 PLT JOKERS
F.A.S.T. Company forearm tattoo.
Modern EGA
Eagle Globe and Anchor with 0311 mos in the wings.
CS Cunha, USMC Tattoo
In Japanese mythology, the dragon is one of four legendary creatures guarding the four cosmic directions (Red Bird – South, Dragon – East, Tortoise – North, and the Tiger – West). In translation, I protect those who are around me and the skulls in my tattoo are raptures of evil being dispensed by the dragon into the bowls of hell are results of my protection depicted by opposing axes of truth and justice. Truth always sets you free and justice is appraisal of my judgment for no protection. The dragon is wrapped around the cross which represents my protection of Christian faith. Around the cross ‘Peace be with you’ is the greeting that Jesus gives to his disciples when he comes and stands among them and in today’s faith languages, it is known as graceful open communication to all those around me. The USMC in the center of the cross represents that I am Marine Corps veteran and proud to protect God and country. The Aquarius tattoo symbol is my astrological sign by a pair of undulating or zigzag horizontal lines, representing water that characterized me as social, intelligent, and humanistic.