I was given this old (very heavy) concrete Emblem that was in very poor condition. We cleaned it up and repainted so that can again serve as a symbol of honor for our Marines!
Jeffrey Moore
Category: Other USMC
Learning how to be a Crew Chief
At VMO-6 in 1962 First Sgt. Bush was his usual “Red Faced” when he told the crew chiefs that pre-flighting an aircraft was like taking a s**t “The job’s not done till the paper work’s done.” Some of us had forgotten to sign off “yellow sheets.”
A Marine KA-BAR Gear Shift
Now here is something that you can definitely get a good grip on!
Plumbing You Can Count On
If your sh-tter is unsat, this Grunt can get it squared away!
Sgt Grit
Marine Corps Vietnam Ring
I am the Store Manager of Walmart in Flowood, MS and one of cart pushers found this on the parking lot trying to find the owner of this ring! I am sure it is important to them!
Allen Patterson
They Are Still Being Used
A recruit of Company H, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, listens as his range coach reviews his shots and advises him at Edson Range aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. Nov. 27. Recruits learn and apply shooting fundamentals during grass week and firing week. They will qualify on the last day of firing week.
Clearly Wearing A Pith Helmet
Regarding Marines wearing pith helmets, I can't say for sure that I remember our PMIs or the guys that ran the range towers at Parris Island wearing them, but below is a picture of my buddy Cpl. Tim Wheeler wearing one as he was running "A" tower at the LeJeune range. This would have been around 1984. Tim was too short to go back on the second MED with us so he got assigned to the rifle range to finish out his enlistment. Not sure if he was a PMI but he did work the towers and he is clearly wearing a pith helmet in this photo. I told him I thought the pith helmets looked stupid, but he said they were required.
Camp Wilson, 29 Palms
Sgt. Grit,
Attached is a picture of me and a buddy named Max Lesko outside the old tin and wooden huts at Camp Wilson CAX 29 Palms, California in June 1982 before leaving for a Med Cruise and eventually Beirut. One day just after arriving, but before going on the actual training exercise a few of us decided to hump on over to the base of the mountain range. Needless to say, we never got there. We kept turning around and looking back at Camp Wilson and it kept getting smaller, but the base of the mountain never got closer and we just turned around and headed back. That Monday we were trucked out to the area where the live-fire operations were taking place, but I never did pay attention to how far the base of the mountain range was from the camp. Can any Jarhead or Doc who was ever at Camp Wilson tell me how far it actually is from Camp Wilson to the base of the mountain in the photo?
49th Marines
Hope this finds all of you patriots healthy, happy and safe. Warmest regards from the 49th Marines on this first long weekend in August. From all of us, up here in British Columbia.
Enjoy the summer
Gerry
Marine Barracks Great Lakes Special Project
Marines:
Today we are proud of the hard work performed by my post as well as by myself in seeing this special project come true.
On November 10th 2015 ( date pending ) we are going to see the following Marine Barracks plaque become permanently affixed to the former MB bldg # 2.