Brothers Forever
Dear Sgt Grit,
I wanted to share a short story with you. From 1987-1990 I was stationed at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan. I was attached to H&HS OMD and what we did was maintain and fly the Search and Rescue CH-46?s on the base. I think there is a time in everyone?s career that they look back and say that a certain time or a certain duty station was the best in their career, and this was mine. Don?t get me wrong, I have served with many outstanding units and Marines but some places just click, you know what I mean? We were mechanics, hydraulics, sheet metal, avionics, pilots and admin, but we were all OMD. We had one Marine who was like the glue for the unit, MSgt Englert, and in 2007 he started gluing OMD back together for a 2008 reunion at Quantico, Va. Most were retired and some sadly couldn?t make it for health reasons but we came from as far away as Washington , California, Indiana and Georgia. All to attend a picnic in the woods and tip a few beers with friends. The conversations picked up like they were left off eighteen years before, and if just for a few hours, we were again OMD. Those for me were the best of times. Semper Fi. to my Marine Brothers and the ?glue? that brought us back together. (FYI, the orange shirts were our softball teams colors which was coincidentally named ?Good Times?)
Brothers Forever,
Martin V. Habecker III
USMC Retired