Top Ten World Air Forces

Top Ten World Air Forces

 

Great photos presentation made by an Israeli group and I suspect some of the rankings will surprise you. It did me. I was especially surprised that China did not even make the top ten, but then with that many people maybe they don’t need to. Note what we spend to train each USAF pilot.

Mount Mora Marine gets his due

Mount Mora Cemetery wouldn’t seem to be where one would expect to find the U.S. Marine Corps. But it is a place where young recruits found one of their own.

 

“The original plan for the men was to do a car wash on Saturday to raise funds for next month’s poolee event,” said Staff Sgt. Gerardo Banda, one of the recruiters attached to the St. Joseph office. read more

SENSITIVITY TRAINING

SENSITIVITY TRAINING

A young Naval Officer was in a terrible car accident, but due to the heroics of the hospital staff the only permanent injury was the loss of one ear.
 
Since he wasn't physically impaired he remained in the military and eventually became an Admiral. However, during his career he was always sensitive about his appearance.
 
One day the Admiral was interviewing two Navy Master Chiefs and a Marine Sergeant Major for his personal staff.   
 
The first Master Chief was a Surface Navy type and it was a great interview. At the end of the interview the Admiral asked him, “Do you notice anything different about me?”
 
The Master Chief answered, “Why yes sir. I couldn't help but notice you are missing your starboard ear, so I don't know whether this impacts your hearing on that side.”
 
The Admiral got very angry at this lack of tact and threw him out of his office.
 
The next candidate, an Aviation Master Chief, when asked this same question, answered, “Well yes sir, you seem to be short one ear.”
 
The Admiral threw him out also.
 
The third interview was with the Marine Sergeant Major. He was articulate, extremely sharp, and seemed to know more than the two Master Chiefs put together. The Admiral wanted this guy, but went ahead with the same question.
 
“Do you notice anything different about me?”
 
To his surprise the Sergeant Major said, “Yes, sir. You wear contact lenses.”
 
The Admiral was impressed and thought to himself, what an incredibly tactful Marine. “And how do you know that?” the Admiral asked. read more

SHIELD OF BLT 3/26

I was looking through you magazine that I just received and found a patch for 3/26, since I was with BLT 3/26 when it was formed in Dec 1968 at the Rock Crusher on the backside of Danang  the reverse side of the hill that the 3RD MARDIV Headquarters was located and then we went afloat until July or Aug 1969 I am not sure of the month.  One of the GySgt from the battalion rotated to Okie and had this shield made up for those of us that wanted one.  He told me he took it from the old 5th Marine Div logo.  I have attached some pictures of the shield that he had made I got from him when I went through Okie on my back to the states.  Compare it with yours and let me know if you can tell me if my shield is close to the original.  Thanks for your email and catalog.   read more