Category: Other USMC

Marine Wedding in Amarillo

Marine Wedding in Amarillo

Dear Sgt. Grit,

I am extremely blessed that I got to marry my long time friend and the love of my life on April 4th in Amarillo, Texas. We are currently stationed at Cherry Point, NC and I am so thankful that we were able to have the ceremony. We barely squeezed it in as he is currently on deployment to Afghanistan. I just wanted to share some pictures. The sword detail was perfect and all of the Marines that were a part of it were awesome. I am so proud of my man and so proud to be a part of the Marine Corps family. read more

Train like Marines

Train like Marines

Ok,
I work on an air force base, and I see a lot of different things.
For the most part I do have some concerns.
I thought this would be interesting for the news letter

Air Force times newspaper for May 4, 2009.

They say “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!” Well they can simulate our training all they want to. But at the end of the day they still won’t be like us, let alone be US. read more

Lieutenant General D. M. Twomey (RIP)

Lieutenant General D. M. Twomey (RIP)

Back in 1981, I was a Second Lieutenant at The Basic School, at MCCDEC Quantico, Virginia, when then Major General Twomey addressed my class. The base had a history of not turning on the heat until a certain set date. When the class was asked if there were any questions, I raised my hand (but then, that was typical of me when a General addressed an audience that I was a part of). I said, “General, I know that the heat is not turned on until a certain date, but I am freezing my ass off.” read more

Looking for Input….Want to share!

Looking for Input….Want to share!

Sgt Grit

I would like to share this from the book I?m writing ?An Untold Story of a Three War Marine?.

It?s about my father MGySgt Wilfred P. Zeimet, who fought in Guam, and Okinawa, during WWII, Korea, and Vietnam

In November 1963 Willie made Master Gunnery Sergeant and by now had 23 years of service in the Corps. In 1964, LtCol Albert W. Snell was assigned duties as the Commanding Officer 1st Tank Battalion 1st Marine Division. Having an opportunity in speaking with the Colonel in Dec 2007, he shared the following; ?Bill?, he said, ?When I took over the Tank Battalion, prior to going to war in Viet Nam I was concerned but when I found out that both CWO4 Waugh was in the Maintenance Company and we got your dad in there as the Battalion Maintenance Chief, and the Senior NCO, I quit worrying I knew that 1st Tanks was in the best hands they could be. These guys were the pillars of the tankers society with 25 years under their belts, there reputations preceded them. Mine and your father?s paths had crossed more than a few times since China in 1946 and every where I went men and officers alike spoke highly of him. read more

Father and Son

Father and Son

To Sgt Grit,

Just wanted to share a picture with you. As you can see one is from the past and one is from the present. When I put them side by side everyone has commented on how we looked so much alike coming out of boot camp.There is 32 years difference between us.My son Justin is a Cpl. just back from Iraq and preparing to go to Afghanistan soon due to the shortage of Marines to rotate back over.Just wanted to share this and say ,”SEMPER FI”,to all the fellow Marines out there. read more

The old stuff box

The old stuff box

In the Sgt.Grit newsletter, of 7 May 2009, short piece by Paul Martell about the fouled anchor got me to looking in my stuff box from the Corps. Some of the things I remember, Dress Shoes were Ox Blood or Cordovan in color. No boots they were Boon Dockers just to the ankle, then canvas leggings that laced up in side, they were not polished. In my stuff box have one dark bronze hat device, not black. Have a bronze device that does not have the rope on the anchor,(pix.attached) for the Dress Blues. Also the last set of Dog Tags, P-38 can opener, a dark bronze tie bar, several awards, such as expert rifleman, sharpshooter pistol?the old 45 cal. Utilities was light green with a herringbone pattern And a few medals, nothing big just what everyone in that era had. Also the rank of Gunny Sgt. today was Technical Sgt. No Social Security Number, had Service Number. PISC boot camp we lived in tents ? can?t remember if five or six men per tent. SDI then was Sgt. John M Morse, JDI was Ralph L Lorenzo. I guess I can now call myself Old Corps ??? read more

Interesting story

Interesting story

I enjoy reading your news letter and read it from end to end, especially anything to do with my era Marines (1959-1963). A few years ago I got in contact with another Marine on the internet that was stationed on Okinawa with me (1960-1961). That Marine is Tim O’Reilly. After we returned from Okinawa I never saw Tim again (48 years). We have had many recent discussions on the internet on clothing of the day, including Ike jackets,herringbone (sp?),etc. I was issued the old herringbone with the copper USMC buttons. I thought I still had some in my seabag still sitting in storage. Since I’m now 68 years old I’m learning, better get ‘er done while I still have a heartbeat. So I dumped out the seabag and much to my disappointment I only had ONE standard green utility shirt. So naturally I tried to put it on over my “disproportionately accented” body and it didn’t work. This is a picture of my shirt: read more