Happy Birthday Marines

holtjv · 11-10-2006, 07:36 AM

Ooh rah!

Jack Holt
CAPT USMC (former)

holtjv · 11-10-2006, 07:37 AM

Almost forgot: Austin Marines meeting at North x Northwest tonight at 7pm--spouses welcomed if they can take rude, crude, offensive behavior (and drive home).

Danimal16 · 11-10-2006, 08:02 AM

Can Do from the Seabees!!!!

Best wishes to the Best!

CO NMCB 17 (Former)
9/15/01 to 9/2/03
They all came home in one piece thanks to Leathernecks and Leatherneck instuctors

rcm · 11-10-2006, 08:07 AM

Thanks for your service.

jester911 · jester911's Garage

Semper Fi.

USMC 75-78 !st Battalion 8th Marines 2nd Marine Division.
Thanks to you guys for serving.

holtjv · 11-10-2006, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Danimal16
Can Do from the Seabees!!!!

Best wishes to the Best!

CO NMCB 17 (Former)
9/15/01 to 9/2/03
They all came home in one piece thanks to Leathernecks and Leatherneck instuctors

Danimal, Seebees are always welcome at ANY USMC gathering--I remember being in the bush in somalia and smack dab in the middle of Baidoa, was a smattering of Seebees with....real washing machines and showers--first fresh laundry we had in...since we got there. Thanks to you guys.

Danimal16 · 11-10-2006, 08:44 AM

HoltJv,

23 years in the Bees and never Haze Grey and Underway. Only one shore billet, the rest with the FMF. We spent a lot of time with Dog Faces as well as Devil Dogs and our whole mission was to make sure those tired warriors had all the engineering support they needed.

I remember one time down at Talega, we set up our mess and the grunts found out about it. Darn near ate us out of house and home, but thanks to a little comshaw down at Horno, other Marines provided some creative ration assistance. Lets say the ration audit may not have completly ballanced for the S4, but his skippers happy Marines, hopefully calmed his calus supply heart.

I was raised by a three war veteran USMC SGTMJR. Took me awhile to appreciate what he taught until I saw what it represented. He calls me Sir, I call him God.

God Bless every last one of you!

Quote:

Originally posted by holtjv
Danimal, Seebees are always welcome at ANY USMC gathering--I remember being in the bush in somalia and smack dab in the middle of Baidoa, was a smattering of Seebees with....real washing machines and showers--first fresh laundry we had in...since we got there. Thanks to you guys.

Pele911 · Pele911's Garage

God Bless all military service men and women! You all rule.

1977-1980 VA Cub Scouts Troup 16

WoodSport · 11-10-2006, 08:58 AM

Three cheers and more beer!

Semper Fi, brothers and sisters.
1st MarDiv, CamPen, '86-'90

randywebb · 11-10-2006, 11:43 AM

OK, I will cease all UDT jokes for 24 hours.

m21sniper · 01:20 PM

I would congratulate you Marines for 231 years of service, but i don't want to confuse you jarheads with such a big number....so, instead, i'll just ask a simple question.

How did you guys get those round helmets on your square-azz heads....???

LOL, SEMPER FI, DO OR DIE!!!!

From the halls of montezuma, to the shores of tripoli(fading), we will fight our contries battles, on the land and on the sea....

fintstone · fintstone's Garage

Had a party with a Marine Corps theme Happy Birthday cake for the marines at work. Sang the song.

Recently did the same for the Navy birthday...some chuclehead (AF Base) must have laced the Navy cake with some sort of laxative. Everyone had violent diarrhea...it came out florescent green. Pretty scary at first look. One in every crowd.

Happy Birthday...Semper Fi!

Nostril Cheese · 11-10-2006, 12:52 PM

Semper Fi to all Marines past and present.

Hugh R · 11-10-2006, 07:31 PM

Semper Fi!

7th Field Artillery Group, FMF Atlantic, 1971-73-MOS 8044=Forward Observer 8" Howitzers and 175 mm guns.

pwd72s · 11-10-2006, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by holtjv
Ooh rah!

Jack Holt
CAPT USMC (former)

My wishes for a happy birthday too. Jack, thank you for your service. The same goes for every vet who posts here, and I know there are more than a few.

DavidI · 11-11-2006, 05:55 AM

Happy Birthday and Semper Fi.

ANGLICO, David

Don Ro · 11-11-2006, 08:43 AM

Happy 231st to all you Marines.
The Marine Corps > the wheelhouse of our fighting force.
Thank you for your service!
.

.
~~~~~~~~
.
"The Marine Corps is the only branch of the U. S. Armed Forces that recruits people specifically to fight.
You join the Marine Corps to go to war!

Ask a Marine what’s so special about the Marines and the answer would be, 'Esprit de Corps', an unhelpful French phrase that means exactly what it looks like, the Spirit of the Corps.

All Marines die; some in the red flash of battle, some in the white cold of the nursing home, in the vigor of youth or the infirmity of age, all will eventually die. But the Marine Corps lives on. Every Marine who ever lived is living still in the Marines who claim the title today. It is that sense of belonging to something that will outlive your own mortality, which gives people a light to live by and a flame to mark their passing."

Rick Lee · Rick Lee's Garage

Can't wait to visit the new museum at Quantico. Will be doing it very soon.

pwd72s · 11-11-2006, 12:39 PM

Wish you guys were in this area. Every year, Albany, Oregon holds the largest veteran's day celebration/parade west of the Mississippi. You'd all have found friends there today. Me? Damned bum back acting up...it's all I can do to make it from the keyboard to the bathroom....

holtjv · 11-13-2006, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Rick Lee
Can't wait to visit the new museum at Quantico. Will be doing it very soon.

Didn't realize there's a new one coming--mainside? I vaguely remember the one off the parade deck and marching by the civilians, feeling pretty damn smart with my boot cut, boot cover, and floppily bloused trousers.

Dammit I think I'm gonna cry. J