I'll buy the three of you the first round. I started regrowing my bead on November 11.It is in the itchy stage and there is more salt than pepper in it.
Ken,
When you received your first issue of 782 gear, did it include a stone axe and a flint knife?
Semper Fi!
Nope, Didn't get the Stone Ax until the third
or fourth hitch -- that was after I finally made Cpl. Flint knives weren't included until way later, about the time I was allowed in the Staff NCO Club...
First uniform issued was a Fig Leaf, winter service, green, size lg/long as I recall...
I had a Gunnery Sgt. James Bresnahan (a Boston Southie)
Who claimed that when God said "Let there be light!" He was the duty electrican.
Gunnery Sgt, Bresnahan confided in us that A R M Y stands for Ain't Readey to be a Marine Yet!
Enjoy the holidays, Ken. If you are anywhere near New Smyrna Beach I'll buy you that drink. I'm fishing here until Dec. 20.
"...and, Lo you could see for flipping miles..."
He may well have been...
Unfortunately, I'm about 500 plus miles west and a little north, so I'll have to pass on the drink, much as I wish I didn't have to. Do me a favor and have an extra tomorrow
Whoops!
Last edited by RJ; 11-18-2008 at 04:30 PM.
At your orders! Jamesons straight up over a single ice cube.
Long life and strong children! Slante'
Did you know that in the first 20 years of the Corps, the commands to march and fight were given in Galic?
Begorra!
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