Was security for an " IOD Spyglass" on hill 119, Dec., Jan., & Feb 70' & '71.
Author: SgtGrit
Parade Rest
Maybe three years after having been honorably discharged from the Marines as an E-5 in San Diego, I was attending a 4th of July parade in Pittsburgh's three rivers area. My hair had grown out a bit and I was wearing cut off shorts and a sleeveless t-shirt. I was flanked on either side by my two young children, 3 & 5 years old. As the parade approached, it was lead by a limo carrying a Marine full bird colonel in dress blues right behind the color guard detail. I had been sitting on the curb dishing out cotton candy to my kids and waiting for the parade to begin. As the colors approached, without hesitation or conscious thought, I stood to attention. You, that are Marines, will know the posture without explanation… With hair on my shoulders, tattered shorts and shirt… and thumbs on my seams, I'm sure I appeared to have anything but military bearing. Much to my surprise, and pride, the Colonel standing in the back seat of the open limo, recognizing the posture, pivoted precisely on his heals, faced me and popped a perfect salute.
Outlaws of Comm
Commemorating my time of service with 2/2 Comm often referred to as the Outlaws.
2013 Division 2 Young Marine of the Year
Dakota Richter, 16 of the Northern KY unit, has been selected as Division 2 Young Marine of the Year (Division 2 encompasses KY, WV, VA, DE, MD and D.C.) Division YMOY earns scholarship money, a trip to Guam and Iwo Jima with the National Executive Director, WWII Veterans and the other 5 Division YMoYs, plus a trip to the Adult Leaders Conference in Reno (May 2013) to compete against the other 5 Division YMoYs for selection of National YM of the Year. Selection is based on their YM career, academic standing, achievements both in and out of YMs, and a “What Being Young Marine of the Year Would Mean to Me” essay. National YM of the Year earns another scholarship and the privilege of traveling to visit other YM units.
18 Years After Stepping On the Yellow Footprints
The traditional Eagle Globe & Anchor, with graffiti style writting to represent my NYC backgroud
Old and the New
The bulldog was done in Jacksonville in 1984…it had weathered a bit. A little new ink and some updated design give new life to an OLD DOG
New Life
The old one was faded and with some inspiration from another Marines tat…new life to old colors….
Camp Fuji McNair, Japan
Your newsletter is GREAT!
I was at Camp Fuji McNair Japan in 1954 to 1955. My outfit was
K-4-12, 3rd Marine Division and I drove a 2-1/2 ton truck. We
conducted maneuvers all over that area. At that time, McNair was
all tents except for the quonset huts which were the head and
showers. All roads leading to Camp McNair was dirt, and we
supplied fuel to Fuji View Hotel in 50 gallon drums.
Senior Class Trip
Plt. 103, MCRD 1967, Honor Platoon. The amazing thing is, our
platoon was made up of reservists and a group of Marines from
Peru. All the drill instructors were Spanish speaking, so most of
our commands were in Spanish. I went on to spend my senior class
trip in Viet Nam (18 months) with 1st Marine Div., 7th. Com.
Support Co.
Operation Kingfisher
Don,
This is the first story I ever wrote. I was mad at what the
Marine Corps had written about Kingfisher and I wanted the first
hand truth told. I sent it to a Col. Summers, who used to be the
editor of Vietnam Magazine and he accepted it first shot. He told
me I needed about 200 more words so I e-mailed my BN CO. and he
helped me with things that a L/Cpl Machine-gunner was not privy
to. They published it in the Spring of 2001. I tell it like it
was! Semper Fi!