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- Marine Corps Ball Speech
- Sgt Grit, I read every edition of your newletter, and from your articles I am reminded of the pride I feel for my two tours as an FMF Corpsman, and one tour on a Marine Corps District Staff. On November 10th, the Marine Corps League, Detachment 708, Spring Hill, FL held a Marine Corps Ball. This year they chose to honor the FMF Corpsmen. I am one of five in our Detatchment, and was asked to be the Keynote Speaker. I spend months preparing my speech, and puting together display …
Read More - A Bit of a Ride in the CH53E?
- High Flyin Times By George Kremer Got to have a small dream realized today and I thought I would share with you. We are in the middle of the ESPN X-Games, kind of an extreme winter sports competition with skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiles and motor-cross motorcycles. All in the snow and ice. One of the big sponsors of the event is the United States Marine Corps. They flew out some of their top recruiters for a working vacation along with 2 CH53E helicopters and 2 Cobra attack helicopters. These served as …
Read More - Southern Nevada Devil Pups Pictures
- Devil Pup Pictures Dear Sgt. Grit: I thought you would appreciate some pictures of our Southern Nevada Devil Pups. If your wondering why these kids are sitting at a VFW Bar, they had just finished 4 hours of "spring cleaning" pulling weeds, mopping, scrubbing floors KP duty and cleaned the bathrooms all for our Veterans. When I saw them all lined up wearing the shirts you donated, I couldn't resist the "kodak" moment. These kids have volunteered over 826 hours of combined community service and everywhere they went to serve …
Read More - Col. Mike Lowe’s Speech at Quantico
- Col. Mike Lowe's speech at Quantico Col. Lowe was invited to be a guest speaker at a formal "Dining In" at Basic School at Quantico and who took the time to actually compose a crowd-friendly, entertaining message. The following are the remarks of Col. Mike Lowe, the Commander of Marine Corps Base Quantico. These remarks are very much to the point and the Colonel held the absolute attention of everyone at the mess. Colonel James M. Lowe Commander Marine Corps Base Quantico From that elegant introduction, you may or not …
Read More - Clinton’s Loathing Letter
- Clinton's Loathing Letter by Lt. Col. Michael Mark (Reprinted with permission of Military magazine, 2122 28th St., Sacramento, CA 95818. A sample copy of Military may be obtained by writing to the above address) The story on page 6 about Bob Dole as a young man during World War II contrasts dramatically with what is known about Bill Clinton when he was called upon during time of war. Bob Dole served in the infantry with courage and nearly died from wounds received. The Bill Clinton story is one of cowardice …
Read More - The Fourth Marines in Shanghai, China
- THE FOURTH MARINES IN SHANGHAI, CHINA While Shanghai is rapidly changing with old buildings giving way to new buildings, there are still many places remaining related to the Fourth Marine regiment's long presence in the city from 1927 to 1941. The 1st and 3rd Battalions of the regiment were deployed to Shanghai in 1927 to protect American citizens and property in Shanghai's International Settlement (the "Settlement") on the Puxi or west side of the Huangpu River (then called the Whampoo River). The 2nd Battalion was deployed to Tientsin, China at …
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