Skipping Boot Camp No, I’m not talking about Sgt Howard Davis, who managed to be a Marine without going to boot camp. I have a post about Sgt Howard Davis here. I’m not even talking about the Marine Corps Band, where musicians are recruited into the band skip boot camp, and join as a SSgt…Continue readingSkipping Boot camp
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80th Anniversary of D-Day
80th Anniversary of D-Day The Normandy Landing – Operation Overlord The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began…Continue reading80th Anniversary of D-Day
Thank Me for My Service!
Thank Me for My Service! I personally could care less if you noticed I’m a Marine vet and thank me. I’m usually caught off guard or embarrassed that someone noticed and said something. Now I know that they are being polite, and I usually reply to “Thank you for your service” with a short sweet,…Continue readingThank Me for My Service!
The Marine That Skipped Boot camp
The Marine That Skipped Boot Camp Meet Sgt Howard Davis (94), who has the distinction of being in the Marine Corps, but did not go through boot camp. Davis and two of his friends enlisted in the National Guard in June 1948 at the age of 19. While they were getting their health screening for…Continue readingThe Marine That Skipped Boot camp
Gunny and a Boom, boom, boom
Gunny and a boom boom boom I have worked for and with some interesting characters in my military history, and I’m going to tell you about some of them. I had this gunny once who seemed to ramble on after he told you what he wanted. It would be something like “I need the door…Continue readingGunny and a Boom, boom, boom
VA Benefits for Veterans with 100% Disability Update
VA Benefits for Veterans with 100% Disability Update Updated video for 2024. If you watch the video on YouTube, you can access the links referenced in the video. To watch on YouTube click the title at the top of the video itself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cLTIGkcNGI
Too Cheap to License The EGA
Too Cheap to License The EGA It kills me that legal firms are too damn cheap to purchase the commercial use of the EGA from the Marine Corps. Here, I’ll help you out some, here is the link to the USMC Trademark Licensing Office. If you aren’t aware, for some companies like the Advocate Alliance…Continue readingToo Cheap to License The EGA
Fleet Week – NYC – 2024 Motivation
Fleet Week – NYC – 2024 Motivation SgtMaj of the Marine Corps SgtMaj Ruiz getting the Marines and the crowd a little Marine Corps motivations. How cool is this? I love to see this type of Marine Corps activity, where the SgtMaj is positively promoting the Corps. And yes he does look way too young…Continue readingFleet Week – NYC – 2024 Motivation
National Armed Forces Day 2024
National Armed Forces Day 2024 Armed Forces Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in May each year to honor and recognize the men and women who serve in the United States Armed Forces. This day was established in 1949 to replace separate Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force Days and to promote unity…Continue readingNational Armed Forces Day 2024
Crayon Eating Marines
Crayon Eating Marines Well after my time in the Corps, came the Meme of the Crayon Eating Marines. I find it stupid, but then again, it wasn’t a thing while I was on active duty, so I just don’t get it. According to online sources, the meme started in the early 2010s and was playing…Continue readingCrayon Eating Marines
