Marines and Yellow Footprints If you talk to a Marine or are hanging around one of us (don’t worry, we will gladly inform you that we are Marines) you have certainly heard about the infamous yellow footprints. Here is the story of those footprints. An overwhelming majority of the Marine Corps recruits arrived at MCRD… Continue reading Marines and Yellow Footprints
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You Got Me Once, Not Again Yellow Footprints
You Got Me Once, Not Again It was time to renew our Costco membership and when it became time to take my updated photo, she told me please go stand on the yellow footprints. Oh, hell no, I’m not standing on any damn yellow footprints, I did that some 35 years ago in 1988 and… Continue reading You Got Me Once, Not Again Yellow Footprints
35 Years Ago Today
35 Years Today is a big day for me, it was 35 years ago today, that I took my first airplane ride from Detroit Michigan (Detroit Metropolitan Airport) to San Diego, California. I was just 19 years old and the first time I was away from my parents was like this. After a few hours… Continue reading 35 Years Ago Today
Marine Boot Camp Anniversary – 34 Years Today
Marine Boot Camp Anniversary – 34 Years Today Today marks 34 years since I arrived at boot camp and I first stepped on those infamous yellow footprints at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. It was the first time I had traveled by myself and the very first real choice I had to make in… Continue reading Marine Boot Camp Anniversary – 34 Years Today
Yellow Tree Dicks
Yellow Tree Dicks Well, they aren’t wrong! Sadly this was not a real display and just a clever photoshop job. The real sign, however, is just about as funny, see below.
33 Years Today, I Joined The Corps
33 Years Today, I Joined the Corps Today marks 33 years since I first stepped on those infamous yellow footprints at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. It was the first time I had traveled by myself and the very first real choice I had to make in my adult life. I was scared at… Continue reading 33 Years Today, I Joined The Corps
Yellow Foot Prints
Yellow Footprints It was 32 years ago today, I stepped on those famous yellow footprints and started my journey to become a United States Marine at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California. It was a very dark night, the wind was still and the bus stopped in front of the processing building, then all… Continue reading Yellow Foot Prints
Yellow Footprints
Yellow Footprints *** I forgot to make this post live, so it is actually backdated, I should have posted it on the 2nd and I noticed on the 10th that I didn’t make it live **** In the United States Marine Corps (USMC), there is a practice, almost a tradition that when you arrive at… Continue reading Yellow Footprints
