took the day off yesterday to get down to MCRD for graduation.
589 freshly minted Hollywood Marines
2 passed out in formation. 1 knocked his front teeth out.
Keep those knees flexed boys!
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589 new Marines
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blackeagle603
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589 new Marines
"The Guncounter: More fun than a barrel of tattooed knife-fighting chain-smoking monkey butlers with drinking problems and excessive gambling debts!"
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
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First Shirt
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Re: 589 new Marines
I don't know where we keep finding these kids, or why we deserve them, but Thank G-d they keep showing up!
G-d Bless them!
G-d Bless them!
But there ain't many troubles that a man caint fix, with seven hundred dollars and a thirty ought six."
Lindy Cooper Wisdom
Lindy Cooper Wisdom
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308Mike
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Re: 589 new Marines
Wind calls? I don't recall such a thing:
HOT DAMN! Shake that man's hand for me! CONGRATULATIONS to another Marine, another of the brotherhood who watch-out and take care of each other.
Semper Fi!
Sounds DAMN familiar. If I shot like I did on prequal day, I WOULD have broken the range record. The next day, the damn wind was up, and worse, it was gusting, not just a solid breeze. It didn't help knowing my Drill Instructors had made bets about me breaking the record. My only consolation for not breaking the record and barely scoring Expert is that there was also an almost record number of recruits who went UNQ (Unqualified). My Drill Instructors told me they had called off the bet due to conditions (but I didn't know that).He led his company at the rifle range on prequal day but fell off the top on qual day. It was really windy and he had to make something like 10 wind calls -- didn't get all his wind dope good enough that day.
HOT DAMN! Shake that man's hand for me! CONGRATULATIONS to another Marine, another of the brotherhood who watch-out and take care of each other.
Semper Fi!
POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
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blackeagle603
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Re: 589 new Marines
Sounds like the same sort of situation. Not sure if I got his terminology right about wind calls. He said that day wind in that valley was up, down, sideways, changing direction rapidly. He was happy just to qual at that point.
They were up there when the Sept fires were started on the range and had to get out early/one night less in the field. Add a little realism...
They were up there when the Sept fires were started on the range and had to get out early/one night less in the field. Add a little realism...
"The Guncounter: More fun than a barrel of tattooed knife-fighting chain-smoking monkey butlers with drinking problems and excessive gambling debts!"
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
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Factfind
Re: 589 new Marines
“Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.”
President Reagan
President Reagan
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Jered
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Re: 589 new Marines
Would it be in good taste to say "Hooah" about now?Factfind wrote:“Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.”
President Reagan
*runz*
The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote.