Author: SgtGrit

NY native Navy corpsman reflects on 9/11

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Helmand province, Afghanistan – “Being there that day and seeing the things I saw left an indelible mark on my psyche, my soul; I couldn’t get beyond it. The more I thought about it I realized I wanted to give back in some way; I wanted to do everything in my power to make sure something like that could never happen again.” read more

Ontos

I was in Alpha Company in the !st, 3rd, and 5th Marine Divisons. I started in Horno Camp Pendelton, California, went to Camp Henson, Okinawa then on to Viet Nam.  We moved around I Corps a bit, then I headed back to Camp Pendelton Ca. There a few photos on my web gallery of the Ontos. if you wish to see them go to http://gallery.mac.com  read more

1st Anti-Tank Bn.

I really enjoyed seeing the post by  Capt. Bailey. In the photo of Comm. Plt. I am the second from the right in the front row.  I was then a young Sgt. in communications maintenance. Those first few weeks in Chu Lai were busy. We had one company that had been in country year and needed a lot of maintenance. Working inside an ontos was a chore to say the least. read more

Royal Marines

Hi thought I would send you this email about the DET 1088 here
in London. I made this Royal Marines Commando Green beret for
them, and as you can see they were very pleased with it. Made me
feel really proud, as I did serve alongside the USMC in N/Africa
1961 on a joint USMC/RM exercise. Still in contact with 2 US
Marines since 1961, that's why we are a Brotherhood. read more