GO ARMY!!!!!!!woody with a view - 11-6-2010 at 12:10 PM
i'm working at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego now. building barracks and a "reconditioning" facility for the next generation of Marines.
Thanks!
[Edited on 11-6-2010 by woody with a view]DENNIS - 11-6-2010 at 12:18 PM
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Originally posted by woody with a view
a "reconditioning" facility
What will they do best??sanquintinsince73 - 11-6-2010 at 01:14 PM
As on every day of the year I am always thankful for the sacrifices that our brave men and women have made throughout our history so that we can be a
free nation. From the American Revolution to Normandie, Guadalcanal, Inchon, Hue City, Beirut, Granada, Bhagdad, and Kabul, we raise our right arms in
salute and tribute. To all of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for us, thank you.
Also, let us not forget November 10, 1775. Tun Tavern Pennsylvania. A few good men got together and they were called the Continental Marines. Today
they are known as The United States Marine Corps. Happy Birthday to all current and former Marines.woody with a view - 11-6-2010 at 01:22 PM
Dennis
it is for getting the softer recruits back in basic training after they become injured....DENNIS - 11-6-2010 at 01:44 PM
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Originally posted by woody with a view
Dennis
it is for getting the softer recruits back in basic training after they become injured....
Doesn't sound like the old time Marine Corp to me. Back in the day, [arn't you completely sick and tired of hearing that?] that was the job of the
Drill Sergeant or George Patton.
I never get tired of watching that movie. I'm getting it ready for our next rainy day.
Thanks, Woody.fishingmako - 11-6-2010 at 02:44 PM
Thanks All, Vietnam Vet 101st Airborne Division 1966 1967Mexicorn - 11-6-2010 at 03:09 PM
Thank you all for your service.Lee - 11-6-2010 at 05:35 PM
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Originally posted by woody with a view
i'm working at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego now. building barracks and a "reconditioning" facility for the next generation of Marines.
Thanks!
[Edited on 11-6-2010 by woody with a view]
Very cool. Where I did bootcamp -- MCRD.
Nam, March, '65, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines: Shadow Warriors: Death in the Dark.
Thank you all Nomad Vets out there! Esp. the F'ing Marines!Howard - 11-6-2010 at 05:40 PM
"Peace out"woody with a view - 11-6-2010 at 06:02 PM
hey Howard, i just finished a Multi Battalion Operations Center in 29 Palms and one of the units to move in was 2/7. want to throw out that a Sgt
Hight is a really cool kid who i had daily workings with. OOOOORRAAAAAA!!!!
the others were 3/4, 3/7, 3/11, BTW......Bob H - 11-6-2010 at 06:23 PM
Thanks Dennis!
US Navy, June 1969 to April 1973
Radioman 2nd class....
3 years, 9 months, 21 days! Proudly!
Bob HBajaNuts - 11-6-2010 at 10:03 PM
My Grandpa's boat was a little thing named the "Arizona". By a twist of fate, grandpa was stateside in Dec 1941.
I have always and will always stand and salute those who have served to protect what we enjoy. It is not forgotten or unacknowledged. I hope to
never have occasion understand what those who have been in combat have gone though. We who have not been there will never understand what those who
have been there have gone through.
But I hope those who have been in combat and/or served in the military know that there are MANY who know and appreciate what our military brothers and
sisters have done and are doing.
My neighbor had a beautiful cami silk jacket that had in the back:
DONG HA 9TH MARINES
Fighters by day, Lovers by night, Drunkards by choice.wessongroup - 11-7-2010 at 04:34 AM
Have a good one... and a moment for those who gave all...bajario - 11-7-2010 at 07:55 AM
Our company replaced all the windows on the 3 or 4 previous BEQ remodels previous to the new one Woody is building.
I don't know about after there injured but I didn't witness any soft treatment for the recruits. It's amazing those DI's can still talk at the end of
the day.mulegemichael - 11-7-2010 at 07:59 AM
thanks vets!...U.S. Navy, heavy attack squadron, VAH 10, 1965-1969...those were the good ol daysMarc - 11-7-2010 at 10:51 AM
Thanks. USS Renshaw DDE499, USN "Pineapple Fleet", Pearl Harbor, 1960, and those were the days!Marc - 11-7-2010 at 10:55 AM
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Originally posted by Bob H
Thanks Dennis!
US Navy, June 1969 to April 1973
Radioman 2nd class....
3 years, 9 months, 21 days! Proudly!
Bob H
._ ._.
[Edited on 11-7-2010 by Marc]Skeet/Loreto - 11-7-2010 at 11:01 AM
Thanks Dennis:
U. S. Navy October 1950 to August 28th 1954
Aviation Flight Engineer 2nd Classs Petty Officer
3 years ,9 months, 28 Days
I learned a lot.!!castaway$ - 11-7-2010 at 11:37 AM
I served on the U.S.S Horne CG-30, Audacity always Audacity, STG 2nd class.
I was fortunate to see quite a bit of the world as a young man via the ship including Baja and mainland Mexico.
Can't say that we need a draft but I think lots of our youth would benefit from a short stint in the military I know it woke me up ansd showed me I
could achieve anything I set out to do.
Fair winds and following seas to all those that are serving or have served.mike odell - 11-7-2010 at 05:52 PM
Thanks to all the Vets
USN 1965-1969
Cubi Point P.I. Danang Nam,Attack Squadron VA-196
USS Constelllaton, South China Sea 2 ToursRonnieRockCod - 11-8-2010 at 07:23 PM
U.S. Marine Corps 1946-1968
Dog Co 2/5 1st Marine Brigade
Korea Aug 50-Mar51, Viet Nam 67-68
Married 36 yrs on MarCor birthdate 10Nov10.
Semper Fi and congrates to all Vets and thanks
to all for your good wishes. It was a pleasure. RRC.sanquintinsince73 - 11-8-2010 at 07:49 PM
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Originally posted by RonnieRockCod
U.S. Marine Corps 1946-1968
Dog Co 2/5 1st Marine Brigade
Korea Aug 50-Mar51, Viet Nam 67-68
Married 36 yrs on MarCor birthdate 10Nov10.
Semper Fi and congrates to all Vets and thanks
to all for your good wishes. It was a pleasure. RRC.
Thank you for your service. Semper Fi, Marine.woody with a view - 11-8-2010 at 08:22 PM
having never served, i find a certain amount of satisfaction working for the best design-build contractor in the UNITED STATES. our goal, from the
founder down to the newest laborer, is to provide our biggest customers (USMC and US ARMY=TAXPAYERS) the best possible value and to meet the needs of
the war fighter in this new millenium.
THANKS TO ALL WHO CAME BEFORE, AND TO THOSE WHO STILL SACRIFICE.Marc - 11-8-2010 at 09:08 PM
My wife and youngest daughter were in San Diego this past July and I wanted to show them where I spent my boot camp at NTC San Diego in 1959. Well
it's all gone now. Just the chapel and the post headquarters building and one set of guns are left. It's now a shopping center, a park and
condominiums.
I went into the supermarket there and above the checkout stands was a hugo old photo of hundreds of Bluejackets standing at quarters in front of those
old white barracks. They were in dress blues with SA stripes so it was probably their last muster at boot camp. And they were all smiling and I know
how they felt.DENNIS - 11-10-2010 at 08:39 AM
BUMPSunman - 11-10-2010 at 08:57 AM
I will be visiting my favorite veteran tomorrow at a local veterans home. I visit regularly and enjoy talking with all of the vets there, they all
have stories, amazing stories to tell if you take the time to ask. And I'm not talking about war stories, simply the stories of their lives and what
they did after their service. Truly America's Greatest Generation.baitcast - 11-10-2010 at 09:09 AM
My hat is always off for any vet past or present,but every veterans and Memorial Day everyone always forgets the good guys all 50,000 of them from the
Korean War who never made it home,the forgotten War or believe it or not a police action.
The politicians of the day could not call it what it was a war,it wouldn,t look good on thier resumes thus a police action.
Rant over..........Navy 1954-1958
Robbajalearner - 11-10-2010 at 09:44 AM
Thanks. 1st Armor Division and 7th Infantry Division, Helicopter pilot 1979-1985. I wish I could re-live that. And a salute to those who gave all
or their pain.KASHEYDOG - 11-10-2010 at 10:48 AM
Happy Birthday MARINES ( JAR HEADS....) and Happy Veterans Day to all.
SON OF A CAREER MARINE &
U.S NAVY 1966 / 1970
UDT TEAMS 11 & 12
HOOOYAAAH
[Edited on 11-10-10 by KASHEYDOG]
Veteran's day another chance.
baitcast - 11-10-2010 at 01:14 PM
Bump
Happy Veterans Day ~ and thanks to all of you who serve / served
djh - 11-10-2010 at 02:09 PM
Back in September, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Joe T. Robinson High School, in Little Rock,
Arkansas, did something not to be forgotten.
On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks
from her classroom.
When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks.
'Ms.. Cothren, where are our desks?'
She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn the right to sit at a desk.'
They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.'
'No,' she said.
'Maybe it's our behavior.'
She told them, 'No, it's not even your behavior.'
And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period. Still no desks in the classroom.
By early afternoon television news crews had started gathering in Ms.Cothren's classroom to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the
desks out of her room.
The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the deskless classroom, Martha Cothren said, 'Throughout the
day no one has been able to tell me just what he/she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I
am going to tell you.'
At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it.
Twenty-seven (27) War Veterans, all in uniforms, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks
in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall... By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids started
to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned..
Martha said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. Now, it's up to you to
sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to
get an education. Don't ever forget it.'
By the way, this is a true story.
Please consider passing this along so others won't forget that the freedoms we have in this great country were earned by War Veterans.
djhDENNIS - 11-10-2010 at 10:00 PM
bumpCypress - 11-11-2010 at 05:12 AM
Thanks to all US veterans. Have a great Veterans Day.Barbareno - 11-11-2010 at 06:41 AM
In honor of Remembrance Day I would like you guys to see this video. It is called Highway of Hero's performed by The Trews. And there is such a
highway. It is Hwy 401 and it stretches from Windsor Ontario to Quebec. This is where all the fallen soldiers go to on their final destination.
[Edited on 11-11-2010 by Barbareno]Phil S - 11-11-2010 at 07:06 AM
A huge thank you to all veterans out there, and those that gave their lives so we can live in such a great country. Watched maybe five hours of
History Channel yesterday of the WWII series. Incredible footage. These should be shown in the public school system. Make every student attend at
least one 'special' showing.
Join the Air Force & see the world"!! yeah, right!!! Jan l954 to Jan l958
Lackland AFB San Antonio Tx Basic Training
Scott AFB Bellville Ill 9 months
Malmstrom AFB Great Falls Montana (SAC BASE)
1-TDY to Elmondorf AFB Anchorage Alaska 90 days. F84's & KB29's. Was severe winter then l956 & they couldn't get the KB29's engines to start.
We spent most of our time doing the bars in town & seeing movies. Wasn't there a Brass Rail Tavern there during those days?
Finished Staff Sgt.
Still friends with one of the fellows I was stationed with at Malmstrom AFB. He stayed in for 22 years.
ViVA LA VETERANS!!!!!!
[Edited on 11-11-2010 by Phil S]DENNIS - 11-11-2010 at 08:07 AM
.......................................................SALUD........................................................sanquintinsince73 - 11-11-2010 at 08:25 AM
Thank you to all of this great nation's heroes. From pencil pushers, remington raiders, 90-day-wonders, infantry, Dog-Faces, Fly-Boys, Squids, and
MARINES......Thank you for the freedom that you helped provide.
Marine Staff Sgt. Mark Graunke, Jr., Iraq War Vet, Hugs Pearl Harbor Survivor/WWII Vet Houston James (Graunke Lost a Leg, Hand, and Eye Defusing a
Bomb in Iraq)
wessongroup - 11-11-2010 at 09:00 AM
Wow... just super picture... thanks...
Salute to all Veterans
bajadock - 11-11-2010 at 09:15 AM
sanquintinsince73 - 11-11-2010 at 10:18 AM
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Marine Staff Sgt. Mark Graunke, Jr., Iraq War Vet, Hugs Pearl Harbor Survivor/WWII Vet Houston James (Graunke Lost a Leg, Hand, and Eye Defusing a
Bomb in Iraq)
Wow!! This young man is what it's all about. Always have, always will be, proud to be American.sanquintinsince73 - 11-11-2010 at 10:37 AM
I am born and raised in East Los Angeles and reside in San Diego. In E.L.A. we have many liquor stores owned by foreign nationals and a big population
of homeless Viet-Nam veterans. It always pi$$ ed me off how these vets would walk into a foreigner owned liquor store and the foreign owner would
literally follow them around in there "to make sure they wouldn't steal anything". That really chaps my hide.
I know that foreigners have to take an exam to become citizens and I firmly believe that they should also be taught the value that we place in our
veterans and that without their sacrifices there would be no USA to immigrate to.
Uncle James Cienfuegos : Iwo Jima
Uncle Jose-Maria Hernandez : Solomon Islands
Brother Mike : Viet-Nam
Descansan en paz tios and bro.wessongroup - 11-11-2010 at 10:59 AM
sanquintinsince73
thanks..DENNIS - 11-11-2010 at 11:08 AM
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Uncle James Cienfuegos : Iwo Jima
Uncle Jose-Maria Hernandez : Solomon Islands
Brother Mike : Viet-Nam
Descansan en paz tios and bro.
Jeeezo...you've taken some heavy hits. It makes me hurt.
DEP...for sure.Nancy Drew - 11-11-2010 at 11:19 AM
google is famous for posting 50 years of the flintstones, the muppets and other significant events for a week or so on it headliners, however , it is
very very sad and somewhat shameful they ignore Veterans day, not one poppy on its headliner.
Nancy Drew...you on medication?
mcfez - 11-11-2010 at 12:43 PM
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Originally posted by Nancy Drew
google is famous for posting 50 years of the flintstones, the muppets and other significant events for a week or so on it headliners, however , it is
very very sad and somewhat shameful they ignore Veterans day, not one poppy on its headliner.
From Google TODAY
You really love post a lot of negative stuff, hun? Will...dont do it here at a very sensitive post of "us" vets honoring our guys and gals. Geeze
lady, geeze!
[Edited on 11-11-2010 by mcfez]
Nancy Drew - 11-11-2010 at 01:06 PM
google.ca canada has nada i mean nothing on their headlinermtgoat666 - 11-11-2010 at 01:08 PM
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Originally posted by Nancy Drew
google.ca canada has nada i mean nothing on their headliner
well, veterans day (nov 11,2010) is an american holiday. duh!DENNIS - 11-11-2010 at 01:10 PM
Nothing extra on my Google site either. Although it's in English, I have a Mex IP. Maybe that's why.mcfez - 11-11-2010 at 01:15 PM
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Originally posted by Nancy Drew
google.ca canada has nada i mean nothing on their headliner
well, veterans day (nov 11,2010) is an american holiday. duh!
Oh Gods mtgoat666.....tears to my eyes with laughter!mcfez - 11-11-2010 at 01:20 PM
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Originally posted by DENNIS
Nothing extra on my Google site either. Although it's in English, I have a Mex IP. Maybe that's why.
Only USA. Go to www.google.com.hk (China) 4 examplebajaguy - 11-11-2010 at 02:11 PM
Veterans in other countries are also honored today.....ceremonies are just called different names.....
..
) and Happy Veterans Day to all. 
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