Author: SgtGrit

24 MAU in Beirut

I was hoping to catch up with some of my fellow Marine's that I spent a part of my life with that I'll never forget! Fom a working port in Hifia, to the train ride to Tel Aviv, then Jerusalem. Then of course the no duty store for the ride back with Johnny Walker. We did have fun, but it never took the true pain away! Making Grape hooch down in the well deck of the USS Nassau (Being a Marine I never thought I'd say she was a GOOD ship). Never did we forget the REAL reason we were there! God bless our Hero's that gave all! And are still giving!     read more

I Never Did Get My Draft Card

I joined the United States Marine Corps at the age of 17 and went through boot camp at Parris Island, then on to ITR just like the older guys. All of that took about 6 months and upon completion, we all got to take a little vacation (leave) for about 10 days before reporting to our first duty stations. My MOS being 0311, I reported to the FMF at Camp Lejeune, NC. While stationed with the FMF, I went on what was known back then as a “Carib Cruise”. The cruise lasted about 6 months and we returned to Camp Lejeune where many of us received orders for WESPAC or as the older guys put it, “the land of the many rains”, Jarhead jargon for Vietnam. That duty lasted a little over a year and upon returning to “the world”, I got to go home for a 30 day leave before reporting to my next duty station as an Instructor at TBS (The Basic School) in Quantico, VA. read more