I made a gun case with the following items. $50.00 in hardware, $20.00 scrap leather, $5.00 silver buttons, $6.00 wood for sides, the rest was garbage picked. Semper Fidelis to all of my Brothers.
Recruit Receiving at PISC 1965-66
This is not about my boot camp days, but it is about boot camp at Parris Island in 1965 and 1966.
I believe it was in last week's newsletter where I read a message posted by Col. M.A. Einsidler. He stated that he worked at the receiving barracks as a Pfc in 1967. I can't find his posting again and would like to communicate with him or any other Marines who worked the with receiving barracks crews. I was crew leader of a seven man crew working the night shift at Parris Islands between November 1965 and October 1966. Col. Einsidler's comment is the first I have seen from anyone who worked the receiving barracks.
Seagoing Marines
Of all the Marines and Marine Divisions represented in these many stories posted, I don't know why I don't ever find anything about the seagoing Marines. I know our old draft-dodging president Bill Clinton did away with the seagoing detachments, but there are a lot of us old salts still standing post on the top side of the grass. We may be getting old, but we aren't dead yet. Let's hear from some seagoing Marine detachment members.
Memorial Eagle, Globe, and Anchor
I got this tattoo shortly after one of my best friends that I’d been on three deployments with died.
TET 1968
Heading over to 3-gun detached L 4/11 from Hill 148. Just off Phi Bai airstrip
1st Lt. Richard Braley
Sgt Grit EGA
By Tim Dunn Jr. aka Babytim at RU Tattooed in Colorado Springs
Memorial Tattoo
My one and only tattoo. I wanted a combo tat for my husband who had Parkinson’s disease and passed away in 2010. My mother passed from breast cancer in 1995. I also wanted an American Flag with Semper Fidelis… I think it turned out really well and I wanted to honor the Corps, my husband and my mother…
Pride
Written phrase with stars
Celtic Eagle, Globe, and Anchor
It took me the longest time to find an artist up to the task of creating a 100% knotwork EGA. Makes me a happy man.
My Interpretation of USMC Boot Camp
Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California. My journey began on December 16 and as I sat in the white bus I heard the words that forever frightened me…..and then it began…
“Now without killing yourselves, GET OFF MY BUS!” These are the last four words you will hear prior to your life changing forever. The change begins immediately when you first mirror the yellow footprints. Whatever doubts you had if this is real are quickly gone as yelling is heard from all directions and your heart attempts to escape your frightened body. The night is young and so are you, but you will quickly learn that you have everything to learn once again. We have come from all points throughout the USA. From the big cities, to the rural farms. Different social backgrounds, Black, White, Hispanic, and Asian to name a few. We begin our journey into an elite brotherhood very different, but we will emerge as one, a United States Marine.