HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL MARINES
Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:02 am
Just want to say Happy Birthday to all the Marines out there and To all Veterans tomorrow. As a Navy Vet. I would like to say Thank You to all that have served.
Pappy, USN Aviation ,1972-1984
Pappy, USN Aviation ,1972-1984
SEMPRE FI!
Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:30 am
Best wishes to all Marines past and present!
Tony Coulter
Nephew of John Clauser USMC 1918-1934 Nicaragua campaigner.
Tony Coulter
Nephew of John Clauser USMC 1918-1934 Nicaragua campaigner.
Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:27 pm
Happy Birthday to all of Uncle Sam's Misguided Children (USMC) 
Here are a few pictures from my wife's great grandad, Col Donald T. Winder (USMC).
Shay
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Semper Fidelis
Here are a few pictures from my wife's great grandad, Col Donald T. Winder (USMC).
Shay
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Semper Fidelis
Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:27 pm
my son graduated usmc boot camp 9/18 /09 he's probably having a ball today!! get this!!! he all ready has his next duty post..... pearl harbor hawaii!! talk about a charmed military career!! he will be working on ch -53 choppers which the brunt of them is at pearl. the kid is so girlfriend whipped ( i'm being politically correct) that he doesn't want to go their!! i think he'll come around once he get's their!!
Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:42 pm
There is a lot of Suzy Rottencrotch to be had at Pearl!
Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:10 pm
On behalf of my fellow (former) Marines, Leathernecks, Devil-Dogs, Jarheads, WMs, and BAMs, I accept these birthday felicitations, and I will presently go off to hoist a few in honor of the Corps.
Here's health to you and to our Corps,
Which we are proud to serve.
In many a fight we've fought for life,
And never lost our nerve.
If the Army and the Navy ...
Ah hell, never mind about that, you Army and Navy folk. Come and hoist one with us!
Here's health to you and to our Corps,
Which we are proud to serve.
In many a fight we've fought for life,
And never lost our nerve.
If the Army and the Navy ...
Ah hell, never mind about that, you Army and Navy folk. Come and hoist one with us!
Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:35 pm
*hides behind a rock and throws peanuts to the monkeys* 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARINE CORPS!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARINE CORPS!
Hawaii
Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:20 pm
When I went into the military, after basic, I was sent to Rantoul, Illinois which is a pretty grey and depressing place in the winter time.
Had I been in Hawaii, there are things I would have missed still, but I bet I would have had a somewhat more positive attitude toward the military.
My friend John Reynolds, ex U S Navy, flew for the FAA after the Korean War. He was stationed in Hawaii and his job was to fly an FAA DC-3 around to the different airports and runways in order for the technical people onboard to check the instrument approach facilities.
He thought that was a pretty nice position.
Had I been in Hawaii, there are things I would have missed still, but I bet I would have had a somewhat more positive attitude toward the military.
My friend John Reynolds, ex U S Navy, flew for the FAA after the Korean War. He was stationed in Hawaii and his job was to fly an FAA DC-3 around to the different airports and runways in order for the technical people onboard to check the instrument approach facilities.
He thought that was a pretty nice position.
Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:46 pm
And just in case you have not seen this years 234th Happy Birthday Tribute from Bob Parsons at GoDaddy.com.
https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/holiday/usmc2009
Thanks Bob, and thanks to all those that answer the call to serve.
Semper Fi
cadet77
https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/holiday/usmc2009
Thanks Bob, and thanks to all those that answer the call to serve.
Semper Fi
cadet77
Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:57 pm
tom d. friedman wrote:my son graduated usmc boot camp 9/18 /09 he's probably having a ball today!! get this!!! he all ready has his next duty post..... pearl harbor hawaii!! talk about a charmed military career!! he will be working on ch -53 choppers which the brunt of them is at pearl. the kid is so girlfriend whipped ( i'm being politically correct) that he doesn't want to go their!! i think he'll come around once he get's their!!
Gee Tom, thanks for getting back with me.
Congradulations, and Happy birthday to the Corp.
Makes me wanna watch Full Metal Jacket again
Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:52 pm
looking good at 234!
VMF-225 on CVE-112 USS Siboney 1947, with my dad in there somewhere
VMF-225 on CVE-112 USS Siboney 1947, with my dad in there somewhere
Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:40 pm
An enlisted buddy of mine, now retired Lt. Col. John Wehner USMC ret. was a senior when I started college. I went to his graduation where he got to pin on his "butter bars " He also found out his first duty station was going to be Hawaii. He got married after graduation and was pretty stoked. I repeated the scuttlebutt that"Hawaii is a bad place for junior enlisteds and officers because the living expenses are so high they say you will always be broke."
He looked at me and said "darn jarhead, can you think of a better place on the planet to live if you are broke!!"
The closest I ever got to being a Marine officer is when we would take the pull tabs off of those old style beer cans and fold them over my PFC insignia. Thus looking like a shiny new first lieutenant. I would then walk into the barracks when the guys were sitting around in their skivvies on a typical boring weekend. I would pull my cammy cover down to the bridge of my nose and standing very stiff and officer-like come walking into the squad bay yelling "OFFICER ON DECK!"
Bodies would go flying everywhere as people jumped to attention. I would briskly exit and with a booming voice shout "Carry On." On about the third or fourth time pulling this stunt someone recognized me and they all clobbered me!
Semper Fi!
He looked at me and said "darn jarhead, can you think of a better place on the planet to live if you are broke!!"
The closest I ever got to being a Marine officer is when we would take the pull tabs off of those old style beer cans and fold them over my PFC insignia. Thus looking like a shiny new first lieutenant. I would then walk into the barracks when the guys were sitting around in their skivvies on a typical boring weekend. I would pull my cammy cover down to the bridge of my nose and standing very stiff and officer-like come walking into the squad bay yelling "OFFICER ON DECK!"
Bodies would go flying everywhere as people jumped to attention. I would briskly exit and with a booming voice shout "Carry On." On about the third or fourth time pulling this stunt someone recognized me and they all clobbered me!
Semper Fi!
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:46 pm
Capt Don Owen VMF-121/112 WWII MIA
PFC John Clark !st MARDIV Korean MIA
Sgt George Zurlinden Jr 1st MARDIV Korea
1Lt T. O. Bong HMM-362/162 Viet Nam
Capt Adam Richard VMM-263 Afganistan
PFC John Clark !st MARDIV Korean MIA
Sgt George Zurlinden Jr 1st MARDIV Korea
1Lt T. O. Bong HMM-362/162 Viet Nam
Capt Adam Richard VMM-263 Afganistan