This picture is of my son on July 4th, 2012. His father Sgt Chance Chambers was deployed to Bahrain.
Ashley Chambers
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Landing Vehicle Tracked Personnel 5
A brand new book about the Vietnam era LVTP5 (Landing Vehicle Tracked Personnel 5) hits the ground:
The first and only illustrated book about the LVTP5 (Landing Vehicle Tracked Personnel 5) and its variants. Over 60 photographs never published before about the construction and building of the LVTP5, by the St. Louis Car Company Records. Rare B&W photographs from the LVTP5 in combat during the Vietnam War. Also some breathtaking, revised color photographs. All from private collections, provided by Vietnam amtrackers. Brief written history about the LVTP5 and its variants and detailed captions for every photograph. Over 40 funny, crazy, horrible and grim testimonials by amtrackers and a foreword by retired USMC Captain David Sconyers.
Rifle Qual Range Score Book
I’m just wondering if any of my brothers out there still have their U S Marine Corps rifle range score book. Here’s what it looked like in 1948. Didn’t do too bad at 300 yards but still ended up as just a Marksman. That’s probably why they sent me to an Air Wing (2MAW).
Straight Scoop
Reading the 25 May newsletter, I came across some information regarding rifle and pistol qualification that needs to be clarified to some extent. I have qualified with the three service rifles that the Marine Corps had up to 1988: They were the M-1 Grand, M-14, and the M-16. From the fifties and well into the eighties, the course of fire for qualification for recruits never changed.
I Learned In The Marine Corps
L to R, Holland, Meadows (RIP), Adcock and Kennedy singing “Folsom Prison Blues” on board LPH8, USS Valley Forge (RIP), Jan. ’68. Holland had received that scotch in the mail and we were feeling pretty darn good.
USMC Pride On Truck
This is my truck. Just thought you would like to see how I display my pride. Flag, knobs, shift tower, wheel cover, floor mats and carpet stickers outside… All USMC.
The USMC Tradition Continues
Lieutenant Col. Jason L. Nickerl, Deputy Director of Recruiting, Western Recruiting Region, was honored at his retirement ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, May 20. His retirement was bittersweet because as he leaves the Corps, he watched his son graduate recruit training and fill his footsteps.
The Flag Pole
Semper Fi to my brother and sister United States Marines!
I served from July 1986 – July 1990 and my oldest son served from October 2011 – October 2015. We both went through MCRDSD; at some point I will share some stories! I have received the Sgt. Grit newsletter for several years now but this is the first time I have submitted a letter.
Old Corps Marine
Grandfather, Guy Timberman, aka, Rattlesnake O’Grady.
A Lieseke
Summer Of Love
The Summer of Love was a social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people converged in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco. Although hippies also gathered in major cities across the U.S., Canada and Europe, San Francisco remained the center of the hippie movement.