Sgt. Grit:
I viewed your very interesting profile and discovered that you were a Radio Operator, and you were in country March 1969. I arrived in country Jan 1969 and want to India 3/7. I was a 0311 than they sent me to a three day radio class on Hill 10, and I humped that PRC 25.
Author: SgtGrit
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How do you describe freedom?
A lot of people ask Veterans and service members the same question, how do you describe Freedom? Our answer is usually the same, the common “well, it means different things to different people.” Because most people do not look at it from our perspective,
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A Place Called Vietnam… Superb Vietnam Tribute
A Place Called Vietnam… Superb Vietnam Tribute
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Everything you wanted to know about C-Rats:
C-RATIONS
Commercially prepared meals were used in the field and at times when hot meals were not available. These meals came in a case containing 12 meals. Each meal was in it's own cardboard box, which contained the individual items sealed in cans. A can opener (called a “John Wayne” or a “P-38”) was needed to open the cans. The accessory pack with each meal was sealed in a foil pouch.
I am a Marine
I am a United States Marine
My commander is The President of the States of America.
My duty is to serve the Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
To protect The Bill of Rights, The Declaration of Independence
And the Constitution of the United States of America
Unbreakable
SOUTHERN SHORSURAK, Afghanistan – Cpl. Matt Garst should be dead. Few people survive stepping on an improvised explosive device. Even fewer walk away the same day after directly absorbing the force of the blast, but Garst did just that.
A squad leader with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Garst was leading his squad on a patrol in Southern Shorsurak, Afghanistan, June 23 to establish a vehicle checkpoint in support of Operation New Dawn.
Montford Marines: Few, proud and black
(CNN) — Edwin J. Fizer got off the train to report for training at Montford Point, North Carolina in the summer of 1942. He, like all proud Marines, had to prove his mettle.
Except, Fizer had another tough hurdle. He was black, and until then, the U.S. Marine Corps had been all white.