“Eye of the Storm”
Memories from an old retired Master Sergeant.
Marine Detachment
Marine Detachment
A few years back (1979) I was stationed on the 6th Fleet Flag Ship USS Albany CG 10 out of Gaeta Italy. I was just a young Boot then. New to the Detachment and the Corp. My first night out to sea Approx 2200 hours I heard someone yell section fight and the entire birthing compartment erupted into a massive brawl!. About 10 minutes into the section fight someone called attention on deck! The XO of the ship was pulling birthing inspections to insure the compartments were cleaned and all trash had been dumped.
“Welcome to the Family”
On January 24th of this year I had the great pleasure of marrying the man, (and the Marine), of my dreams! He's stationed at MCBH Kaneohe Bay, and I couldn't be more excited about moving there in two weeks. We had a nice, small wedding with a few of his closest fellow Marines at Hale Koa Beach on base. The minute I saw Jordan I knew I was going to spend the rest of my life with him. November 7th, 2008 was our first date…(yes, that's right, we only dated for two and a half months before we got married…) But like the say, when you know…you know! The moment his Sergeant slapped me on the butt with that sword and said "Welcome to the Family" has definitely been one of the proudest moments of my life. I couldn't be happier standing by his side as a member in the Marine Corps family!!
R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey
Hi Sgt. Grit,
I went to a recent “Shot Show” in Orlando, Florida and guess who I saw standing in the front of the “Glock Booth” ? R. Lee Ermey a.k.a Gunny Hartman. Who can ever forget him from the movie Full Metal Jacket as a hard core DI. His voice is very distinct, sometimes I hear it in my sleep. Few of my personal favorites that he delivered in that movie……”Until you leave my island, you are nothing but a worthless human being”…..”You give your soul to Jesus but you ass belong to the Corps”. He also has a cool intro on his website. What a thrill it was seeing him, I took a picture with him and had a Full Metal Jacket DVD signed by him. Check out the picture, still as lean and still a Marine !
We call it 5 Marines
Marine Wedding
Marine Wedding
Dear Sgt Grit:
Few occasions are as memorable and festive as a wedding, especially one where the 300 guests and the entire region were evacuated in the path of last year?s Hurricane Gustav just 5 days earlier. We all returned home to find no power, no food, other than canned, and no personnel including venue caretakers, bakers, florists and hotels employees. In addition, we had lost four days of valuable preparation time. At one point, we had people in the air, flying from four different states and no place to board them. Miraculously, all the pieces feel back into place just in time and people were calling it the miracle wedding. If you had seen it all in a movie, you would never have believed it.
FRAMES
FRAMES
Thanks again for all of your support; these shadow boxes will be auctioned off at the Shot Show next week to help deployed snipers in combat theater. The USMC Scout Sniper one always draws the highest bids, please share with Don and your company.
Did you get my pictures from the Wreaths Across America Memorial?
Marine League/Marine Piper
Marine League/Marine Piper
I zapped you some pictures here. Recently the League and myself Rendered Honors at a funeral for a James W. Erwin, (Sept 6,1927-May 1,2009)
Sgt C.
Sgt C.
When my wife and I were seated in our booth in our local IHOP this morning, I noted a man eating his breakfast in a booth to my right, directly across from us.
The first thing I noticed was that he was wearing a black baseball cap, but because all I could see was his “profile” and not his full face, I could only make out the letters “US” and what appeared to be a small American Legion insignia on his cap.