Court St.

Dear Court st.,

You were the place not to go, getting out of bootcamp in 1981 our drill instructors warned us about it, well thats a big mistake or maybe it was reverse psychology and they were trying to tell us where the memories were. Anyways before I ever set foot in Lejeune a bunch of us met at the airport and ended up at a bar in the middle of the day and it turned out to be on Court st. I spent a lot of time and money there got in a couple of fights and watched some good friends fall in love with the "buy me drinkie" oriental girls in the lower end. read more

A friend is like family: An open letter to my Marine friends

I am now old enough to have had “my younger days.”  I can look back now on experiences I had 20-plus years ago and see quite a different person.  I’m completely the same, while completely different.  (I have talked to enough of you that I know you know what I mean.)  Youthful exuberance and excitement have been replaced by cautious exuberance, and yes, even sloth.  While excitement and great joy still occur in my life, “the way it was” can never be captured again.  I guess that is how it should be.  God willing, I am a long way from the end of my journey.  Here are some of my thoughts on friendship as I approach 40. read more

Flags

Here are a display of four of the flags I bought from your store.  We are the 1st Mar Div Association of Orange County California and we are all attending our annual luau.  Many of us were Korean war vets who fought at the Punch Bowl and other significant battle zones.  We were all recently honored by the Korean government with medals of freedom for our service at Camp Pendleton and we heard from many retired and active brass.  One of our members is an OIF vet and was presented with the Navy Cross for his action and we have a few still around who fought in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.  The MOS's cover a wide range as does the length of service from five years to over twenty years.  I believe our highest ranking member was a Major and now serves as a veteran benefits advocate.  I bring the flags to all of our events and the fellows make sure that they are put up and displayed.  However, the American flag with the EGA overlay cannot be displayed correctly so that the EGA and the USMC can be read because it is on the wrong side of the flag.  I hope this can be corrected and I can be notified when it is so that I can replace the one I now have.  The American flag you see I bought from my United States Senator and it was flown over the White House on November 10, 2010 and sent to me a few weeks later.  Our group also sponsors a group of Young Marines which we are very proud of and who we are helping to send to Hawaii for a dedication service.  Your catalogue is brought to all of our meetings for those who want to look through it or take home with them and I personally wear one of your many t shirts every day of the week unless I have to wear my ribbons. read more

Never thought I’d be where I am.

I met my LCpl, through a girl that my ex-fiance cheated on me with, strange right….

Well when I met Tj, it was just sending him a message to be careful with this girl.

Needless to say I never thought I'd become a marine girlfriend,

Tj and I met for lunch in july, I didn't know this boy from adam so when he took me back to work instead when he went in for a hug, I returned this action by quickly extending my hand for " THE HANDSHAKE" . I didn't know it was his last night home on leave and had hoped to see him again before he left, but unfortunatly I didn't get off work till very late. read more