Sgt Grit,
On June 24th, my brother, Lt. Col. Patrick Waugh, assumed command of MALS 13 "Black Widows" in Yuma, AZ. I was honored to attend his change of command ceremony where he assumed command from Lt. Col. Gregory Clarke. My brother is six years younger than me and I recall how displeased he was when I entered the Marine Corps in 1978. He was just 13 at the time. I still look back and laugh at how he wouldn’t even say good bye to me the morning I left for Parris Island, because HE wanted to be the next Marine in the family.
Our Dad is a veteran seagoing Marine who served from 1950-53. Needless to say, we were “brainwashed” regarding the Corps from an early age.
Patrick eventually enlisted in the Corps after high school, achieved the rank of Corporal, got out, went to college and upon graduation, returned to the Corps as an officer. Even though he is the “black sheep” of the family for becoming an officer, we are still very proud of him.
I have attached two pictures. The first is of Patrick and me when we were enlisted and the second is of three Waugh Marines today. From left to right is former Corporal Robert Waugh, Lt. Col. Patrick Waugh and me.
Michael Waugh
Former S/SGT USMC (1978-88)
Tarpon Springs, FL
Awesome picture and awesome story of a Marine Family! SEMPER FI
does anybody know how I can get an NCO sword to use when commanding an honor guard for deceased Veterans funerals?
Most recruiting station ‘s have at least one
Where do you live ? I have one and I have friends all over the USA that have one
my dad warren grant powers was in army during ww11. my oldest brother steve-gary s powers was also in us army. i jerry warren powers was in usmc jan 7 1972 till july 17,1973. spent 5 months in va hosiptals i suppose.. steve was in during viet nam for seven years.