Corporal, 1981. Had received a Navy Achievement Medal for performance as a member of 6th Marines Rifle Squad. Did not have a Good Conduct Medal yet. 1982, Did a lat move to 0231 Intelligence Specialist, got assigned to 1/6. Spent a year busting my b-tt for that Bn under the direction of LtCol Fox. When I got my orders to go to Oki, the S-2 wrote me up for another NAM. Deploy to 1st MAW HQ on Okinawa. Working in the G-2 as the daily briefer for the CG, MGen Peterson. I get called out one day to go receive my award. Well, son of a gun if it was for a Navy Commendation Medal. He pinned it on proudly, and I was just as proud that it was him doing it.
For the next several years I got the strangest looks from Officers and SNCOs for being a Sergeant wearing an NCM, NAM, and GCM.
Semper Fi.
GySgt Bob Bergae
I love this story. Are they guys in the picture Army or Marines? Their sleeves are rolled up like the Army not like Marines. Did we roll sleeves like the Army at some point?
Didn’t know the Corps rolled their sleeves like the Army. I as in back then and never saw that!
Geez, in the Old Corps we didn’t even have sleeves …