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Divine Intervention

By Kristy Fomin

It could only be “divine intervention” that brought SSgt Nathaniel Watrous to our store on October 5th. SSgt Watrous and his wife along with their dog Penelope were passing through Oklahoma City on their way to California to report for Recruiting school when they got lost and turned around, then lo and behold! awwwwwww, the clouds parted and the light was bright when SSgt looks up and sees the Sgt Grit sign. He couldn’t believe it, right in front of him is his favorite store to shop for Marine Corps items. He had no intention of coming here, he didn’t even know it was located in Okc; immediately he says to his wife “we are stopping!” read more

Navy Cross–Kenneth Korkow

Awarded for actions during the Vietnam War

The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Corporal Kenneth A. Korkow (MCSN: 2258125), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving as Mortar Section Leader of Company B, First Battalion, Twenty-Sixth Marines, THIRD Marine Division (Reinforced), Fleet Marine Force, in the Republic of Vietnam on 30 March 1968. During a search and destroy operation in the vicinity of the Khe Sanh Combat Base, Company B suddenly came under intense small-arms and mortar fire from a well-entrenched North Vietnamese Army battalion. read more

Marine MOH Recipient Takes it to Letterman

USMC Medal of Honor Awardee

After a long stressful day, open your Corona or Pabst Blue ribbon and listen to a Marine really get to David Letterman. This one is for you!

All….worth watching if u have time. this Marine is funny and very, very humble….
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Enlisting

Well, as soon as I graduate high school, I am joining. At 18, I can't wait, I wanted to be called a Marine since I was 5. Semper Fi Marines.

Da Nang Pic’s

Just read the post by Choo Choo with pictures of MAG-11. Thanks for bringing back old memories of when I was with the seat shop in VMFA-542 during 68-69. The hangar that displays the VMO-2 sign with all the holes was VMFA-542's home just prior. The holes bring back the eeire feelings I had back then. Thank you for the photos. Everything is the way I remember it. read more

Billy and Max Tribute

Forty years after Vietnam I decided to get this one done. It is a tribute to my cousin William Ray Fowler KIA,10 May 1967, And the best 0331 Maxamino Estrada KIA 25 March 1971. Thanks for letting me display. Semper Fidelis, Paul

Freeman Field Recovery Team’s Videos

This is a compilation of two films shot during the September, 1945 airshow at Freeman Field. The aircraft seen both in the air and on the ground are nothing short of spectacular. Many of the remaining captured aircraft have yet to arrive. Our thanks to the Freeman Army Airfield Museum who provided the video. read more

Camp Pendleton Marine lauded for bravery in Afghanistan

Two medals for bravery in Afghanistan were awarded this week to a Marine at Camp Pendleton — a reminder of how intense the clash between U.S. forces and Taliban fighters has been in the insurgent stronghold of Helmand province.

Master Sgt. David Jarvis received a Silver Star for courage and leadership during a firefight in Sangin on Oct. 25, 2010, and a Bronze Star with a Combat V for valor for a series of similar actions from June to November of the same year. read more

Retired Marine’s eyesight is saved with proton treatment in Oklahoma City

Debra Fortune took the news of the brain tumor like a Marine.

She'd earlier developed an odd, super-sense of smell. Her more alarming symptoms were a headache on the right side and gradual vision loss in her right eye. A rare type of tumor was stealing her eyesight as it wrapped around an optic nerve, doctors found. The tumor's pressure against the smell-registering olfactory nerve had given her a super nose. read more

A Veteran

A Veteran is someone who… at one time in their life, wrote a check made… “payable to The United States of America” for an amount… “up to and including MY LIFE.”