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Muster at 1300

airfrogusmc

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Being a newbee here I've been going thru posts and I see there are a few (pardon the pun) former fellow leathernecks that post here. Just curious how many.
Can we muster by 1300? I know not a jarhead site but I was curious, thought I might know some one...
 

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1st Bn 9th Marines, 1st MarDiv, Okinawa/Pendleton. 80 to 84, missed most of the good stuff. Joined to kill Iranians, because of the hostage situation. Reagan got elected and they were let go. The Marine Barracks was bombed in Beiruit. I was in Pendleton and didn't get to wreak havoc in Lebanon like my 2nd MarDiv brothers. I was short when Panama and Granada came around so I missed those two also.

I did some neat stuff in Central America in the early 80s, I was in Honduras, El Salvador and Costa Rica for a few weeks when there was some problems. I'm a Jungle, Mountain and Desert Expert. I'm a Shellback, and I've been on a WestPac Deployment, I was with a Marine security Detachment at NAS Sigonnella Sicily. I've been up in an F14, and more C130s and 131s than I can remember. More Navy LSTs, LSDs, and LHSs than I can remember.

MOS 0311, Freaking backbone of the Marine Corps, Semper Fi Mac....

OOOH RAAAH!!!
 

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Hey Bro guess theres allot guys U.A.? 73-77 just missed Nam. Joined to go. CH-46 Crewchief. Flew almost everyday. Boot San Diego, Flight and Basic Helicopter School Millington Tenn. Specific Helo School New River then HMT 204. Overseas HMM 164 Futenma Okinawa, HMM 165 Cubi Piont P.I. and also deployed from Subic(Cubi Point) USS Tripoli and USS Okinawa. HMM 263 New River. Shellback.
Semper Fi....
CH-4606.jpg

Somewhere off the N.E. coast of Australia 1976 after a full day of flight ops.
Check out the cheesy mustache.
 

Andykev

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Semper Fi

airfrogusmc said:
Type of haircut. High and tight on the sides and a tuft of hair on top. Looks like the top of a jar...

Thank GOD! I thought some other branch of the service implied you guys had your brain removed and had it put in a jar!

:cheers1:

OOOH RAHHHH! I love the Marines!
 

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Sharpetoys, front and center mister!

Sharpetoys, another member, is a Marine Viet Nam vet.

Andy, Devil Dog and Leatherneck are also nicknames for Marines.

We call the Navy guys Squids and the Army guys Doggies.
 

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OOOOH RAAAA

What name honors the Air Force? Aside from "fly boys"? And what about the Coast Guard? I love the services...

I wish, really, that it was MANDATORY for all men and women to serve two years before ever going on to college or a job. No exceptions except for idots, crooks, gang bangers, and dopers.

I understand Sweden and other European countries do so.
 

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My heart goes out to Sharpie...OOOOH RAAAH

So Sharpy, that explains a LOT! :cheers1:

You best be DAMN PROUD of your service, and shat on all who do not pack the gear to serve in Your Beloved Corps!

Kids like me were safe at home in our classroom thanks to valliant men like you over seas. I regret, as a kid during those years, we weren't told much about it.

That was the "Leave it to Beaver" era. At home we were clueless. Then the radicals got active...
 

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Oh Yeah your U.A. and Tops pissed. Hung out with a good bud over the weekend another Jarhead Nam....68 pre TET. Oh and the knickname for Air Force is Air Farce. IMHO better a Jarhead than anything else. Sump'm 'bout those dressblues..
 

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