Marines
Fuji Fire My Memories
I was with Dragon Platoon 2/4 and was a short timer, we had arrived at Camp Fuji and I was assigned to guard duty until I checked out and rotated back to the States. I had two 4 hour tours of duty every day from 0000 (midnight) to 0400 and 1200 to 1600 at the … Continue reading
(Boot Camp Memories) How not to wakeup
I t was a Sunday morning on Parris Island, and we normally got an extra hour before reveille meaning 0600 instead of 0500.. This particular morning my body did not want to function, I could hear everything that was going on but the eyes would not open and and the body would not move. The … Continue reading
(Boot Camp Memories) Night in a fox hole
(Boot Camp Memories) Night in a fox hole In boot camp we were out during our week for combat exercises, we had been up for about 36 hours and had settled down in a perimeter that had fighting position dug that we had to man. Half of the platoon was to sleep and we would … Continue reading
Happy Birthday United Stated Marine Corps
Happy Birthday United Stated Marine Corps “The Few, the Proud”: So says an old advertising slogan of the U.S. Marine Corps, and so it is. The Marines are the smallest branch of the U.S. armed forces, but their reputation outmatches their size. Today, the Marines celebrate their 236th anniversary, born before the country was in … Continue reading