Category Archives: usmc

The best Marine Corps recruiting poster. Ever.

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

After posting the picture my sister sent me the other day, I started thinking about Parris Island, and boot camp, with one thought leading to another as I bounced around the web looking for pictures and whatnot. Then, I stumbled … Continue reading →

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Been there, done that.

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

My sister sent me this pic yesterday. She and her family were traveling up the highway on their way to a vacation destination. She asked me if it brought back any memories…. It surely did. Of course, the first time … Continue reading →

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Remembrances of Thanksgivings past.

Posted on November 22, 2012 by

Everybody get enough to eat today? A few posts on Facebook and Twitter are reminding folks to keep in their thoughts the men and women in uniform who can’t be with their families today, as they’re either serving abroad–perhaps in … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Marines!

Posted on November 10, 2012 by

On November 1st, 1921, John A. Lejeune, 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps, directed that a reminder of the honorable service of the Corps be published by every command, to all Marines throughout the globe, on the birthday of the … Continue reading →

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October 23, 1983. Semper Fi.

Posted on October 23, 2012 by

In early 1983, the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit was deployed from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina to Beirut, Lebanon to take up post as part of the peacekeeping force originally inserted the previous year into the conflict raging there between Christian … Continue reading →

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Happy 25th Birthday, Full Metal Jacket!

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

“If you ladies leave my island…if you survive recruit training…then you will be a weapon. You will be a Minister of Death, praying for war. But until that day, you are pukes. You are the lowest form of life on … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Chesty Puller…wherever you are.

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

Semper Fi, Chesty! Lieutenant General Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller June 26, 1898 – October 11, 1971 “Pain is weakness leaving the body!”

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Get on ‘em!

Posted on June 9, 2012 by

Ah, memories. (Sent from a friend via e-Mail.)

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Happy 25th Anniversary, Heartbreak Ridge.

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

Wait…what??? That’s right, Heartbreak Ridge, the 1986 film starring and directed by Clint Eastwood, turns 25 this year; yesterday, as a matter of fact (which also was my father’s 69th birthday, so there’s an interesting bit of symmetry right there.). … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Marines!

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

On November 1st, 1921, John A. Lejeune, 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps, directed that a reminder of the honorable service of the Corps be published by every command, to all Marines throughout the globe, on the birthday of the … Continue reading →

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