Have you heard the complaints by the younger Marines about being called Devil Dog? I guess the situation is usually that: Marine (A) has done something wrong, Marine (B) witnesses that error. Marine (B), in an effort to address Marine (A) and correct the problem will say, "Hey, Devil Dog!" ; then, of course, address whatever the error is. So, because Marine (A) doesn't like being corrected or maybe just doesn't like being caught, they have an attitude about being called "Devil Dog". Marines, just remember you are a Marine and act like a Marine. Then when you are called Devil Dog, there cannot be a negative connotation associated with it.
Category: Marine Corps Stories
The Twins Ronnie and Denny From Thier Nephew
SGT GRIT:
Thank you for your story about my uncles and the experience you shared about Nam it was like reading a piece of life that i was too young to understand but now that i am older it is a part of my family history that was never really talked about. I wasn't aware that they stayed for 2 more tours until after they passed. I found a letter of accomadation to my Uncle Denny from a General about his service as a radioman. I don't know what happend to it after my grandfather passed (his father) but i just know that i read it so it is recorded somewhere in the USMC . I did come a cross a picture that just made me laugh and cry because i was once told if i didn't straighten up that I would be taken to Uncle Denny's and enlisted in to the Devil Pup program… after a visit to Uncle Denny's with Uncle Ronnie and a little tour of the barracks there was very little trouble from me, lol!
Carried My Dead Brother
Was in Iraq and I was patroling Baghdad and heard that an Army Ranger was hit. I went to the location and it was my little brother. I carried him on my back to base refusing any help. He died in my arms…
Platoon 2036 MCRDPI
Anyone from Platoon 2036, that began in Dec 1972 and graduated in March 1973?
Taylor
Fallen Hero’s Dream Ride
On 22 September 2012, The Fallen Hero's Dream Ride was escorted by the Oklahoma Patriot Guard to the Sgt Grit facility in Oklahoma City, OK. Jason and Julie Vinnedge, father and mother of LCpl Phillip Vinnedge, were on an across country tour to help raise funds for the following charities: Toys For Tots, Missouri Military Memorial Fund, Gold Star Mothers, and the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, just to name a few.
We Salute You
We are always so excited when customers come from all over the United States, just to stop in and tell us how much we mean to them! Sgt Pena traveled from Fort Worth, Texas, where he serves as a Police Officer. He is still very dedicated to celebrating his Marine Corps heritage. He holds a Marine Corps birthday celebration every year in Fort Worth, where hundreds of Marines join him to celebrate their birthday.
Marine Head
Thanks Sgt. Grit. I'm the Marine who's wife is doing the bathroom. I'm sending pictures. Also, I make rifle and pistol targets, I'm making one for you and will be standing by it with my 338 Lapua and my 308 and 716 sniper rifles along on my hip. My 5.7 shoots 246 feet per second. Thank you for all you do. I'm going to try and break the world record held by a Britt 1702. I'm going for 1720 with my Lapua.
1944-1656
Not sure where I found the first photo but I picked the second one up in Monroe, LA. Maybe someone would like to see these.
Jim Grimes
USMC 1969-72 SGT
Short Timer’s Stick
Here is a short timer's stick from 1957, Camp Hague, Oki. 12th Marines, H&S battery.
Jacobs Lang – 56/62
203rd
Sgt Grit,
I found these goodies while rummaging through some boxes stuffed away in a closet. Don't know if you can use them in any of your newsletters. The first is a Dining In MAG-39 put on on 15Jun79 and the next is a dinner menu from the 203rd Marine Birthday 10Nov78. I haven't seen anything on Dining In's in any othe newsletters, is this a thing of the past? Keep on with the great newsletter and great products. Semper Fi!