In the summer of “57” I was in A Company 2nd Shore Party Bn. And we were training Midshipman in Amphibious Operations. There was some kind of NATO bash and all the ships were dressed out and we were standing at attention on the 02 deck of the Donner LSD14 The Blue Angels did their own review! When they did their fly by we were able to look down into the cockpits! They were leaving a wake! As with most of the stories that are posted here much of this one is true!
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Who ever decided a new format for the news letter was needed should be court martialed. It wasn’t broke and didn’t need fixing! User friendly is the key and this format ain’t. Sgt. Grit, lets see if you have the coconuts to give an order to whom ever to revert to old format
Reading the “new and ‘improved’ newsletter is like trying to read a book by flipping the same pages back and forth to get the jest of the darn thing and when you put the book down you don’t know if you read the whole book or not! Please take this loyal readers advise and return to the previous format.
Trying to read this newsletter is like going to the slop chute and getting a water downed milk shake.Come on & get back to the old way. if it’s not broke don’t try to fix it!!!!!!!!!
Please revert to the old newsletter format.the new one is convoluted and much shorter than the others. Why isn’t anyone listening. Did sgt Grit turn into a 2nd lieutenant? I’ll start shopping at other sites for a while.
What a damn mess this newsletter is. For what its worth you can stop mine.
Agree with my Brothers- do not like new format either- will read it- not happy with it? As always a pleasure to see what we as Marines look forward to this informative piece. Sad to see so much Segregation in early years of our History with Black- ( Afro- American Units)
I agree with the other comments here. The previous format was much more user friendly. It makes me not as excited to read the newsletter.
Sgt. Grit. This new format STINKS.it SUCKS. We do not like it. Please change it.
The new format does stink, anyway you can go back.to the old one? Sgt.O
It looks like when Sgt. Grit moved from Oklahoma to Arkansas, the Clinton’s got involved. Now nothing is a straight story! Let’s get the Oklahomans back involved!
I do not like the newsletter format either.
I agree with all of the others who do not like this format. It may look better but it is very difficult to read. Flipping back and forth is absurd, timely, cumbersome, all of the above. I vote to at least keep the story on one page. Or when you go to the internet, stay there for the rest of the newsletter.
I don’t have a sea story to share ,But I think the present format of this newsletter leaves much to be desired. The several shorter posts that used to appear in the former version was in my opinion very enjoyable reading experience rather than the two or three items in the new version.Did this change in format coincide with the company’s move from OKC to the new location.
Hey Grit. When are you going to respond to the criticism concerning this newsletter format thing?
The Grit isn’t responding . . . . maybe the Grit quit ?
I don’t care for your new format. The old newsletter had a lot more stories. I wish you would go back to the old way !!
If you’re not going to fix/change/return-to-the-old newsletter format then take my name off the subscription list. It’s a pain in the ass and not worth the hassle!
I used to look forward to getting the your weekly newsletter. Speaking as a Vietnam vet from the mid sixties, there was a lot of letters about places, units, etc. that I could relate to. Now, I hardly get through the first or second letter before I delete it. The old format usually had enough letters that there was something of interest no matter when or where you served. I urge you to return to the old format.
There is, at the bottom of the main page, their snail mail address. Spend a stamp and flood their inbox with your comments. They obviously don’t read the online comments so maybe a few sacks of mail will get their attention. Semper Fi
Don’t fix it if it isn’t broke !!! Please return to the old format.
C’mon Grit, listen to your loyal customers! I loved the old format. Please change it back! Your sidebar advertisements hooked me more than once…
Have to agree with everyone else who disapproves of the “new and improved” version of the newsletter! Much prefer the original format! Cpl. Dennis R. Smith 1957-1961
That’s it? Four letters? What about the short notes and the hunt for buddies we served with. Have you noticed some of the longtime contributors aren’t anymore? Are they being censored? What the hell is going on? Get a grip, man, listen to your customers/constituents.
Bring back the old format.
don’t like this new news letter go back to the old one, this is what happens when big company’s buy out smaller one’s
Your new N ews Lett er?.,really sucks. If it aint broke dont fix it. Why did you (fix it) ?
Have been hesitating to open your News Letter post………………don’t you realize that the old format was perfect for us grunts, ‘specially us Old Corps’ boneheads who ain’t so mouse savvy…………straighten this out Grit before we all delete Grunt.com
WELL, SERGEANT ‘GRIT-LESS’,
IT’S BEEN AWHILE & IT APPEARS THAT YOU ARE EITHER ‘TDY’ OR ‘BLIND’ OR ‘DEAD’?
WHICH IS IT, HUH? ? ?
WHEN YOU UPSET THE ‘MASSES’, YOU PUT YOURSELF IN LINE FOR A REAL BIG CAN OF
‘WHOOP-A$$’…. ENOUGH OF THIS ASCININE, STUPID, IGNORANT $#!T THAT YOU CALL A
‘news-less’ Email…. WE WANT OUR ‘OLD CORPS’ STUFF, RICKEY-TICKEY. GOT THAT MARINE? ? ?,
Thank You & Goodnight Chesty (BTW, if you look closely, HE is now a ‘Twissler’, HE has ‘rolled over’ in
his grave so many times; trying to make some kind of sense out of this INCOMPREHENSIBLE COMMUNICATION.) Carry On, Cpl Otto A. (aka ‘Har-Don’)
W/o a doubt I concur w/everyone re. this new newsletter format! It bites the big one! I suggest our new SECDEF step in & kick some righteous ass !