Going To Write The CG of MCRD San Diego

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John Keawe - June 28, 2020

I was one of those guys who got caught sneaking a gaze at an aircraft taking off from Lindbergh during close order drill. My Senior DI, SSgt Cabat, shoves his face into mine, points at the plane and says, “Go chase it!” Boy did I thrash for that one. Ooh rah! John K. PLT 2001 MCRD San Diego Mar 1982.

Daniel Miller - June 28, 2020

Plt. 3105 9/’74-12/’74: Our Plt Commander, Sgt. Thames (Pronounced: Times) was drilling us one fine day out on the grinder when one of the many airliners took off. It was right when the jet engines were really loud and he gave a column movement. Well the front half of the platoon didn’t hear the command but the back half did. Sgt. Thames could be heard yelling and we all looked around and saw the platoon in complete disarray! He hollered ” what the F#@# are you people trying to do!!!” We told him that we didn’t hear the command. Right then, another jet was taking off and he got so pissed off that he turned in the direction of the jet, started yelling at the jet and then threw his sword at it! Boy was he mad. He picked up his sword and let the other two DI’s finish drilling us. What memories:)

Ronald Allsbury - June 28, 2020

I graduated boot camp in 63 paltoon 220 went to radio school in Pendleton then went to 1 4 in Hawaii good duty but expensive. Then we deployed to Chu Lai V.N. spent 13 months there . Upon returning to the states went to Camp Lejeune .

Sgt. A. Barry Hoelscher (ret) - June 28, 2020

I was in Plt. 8, MCRD San Diego, 16 January 1946. The planes taking off from Lindbergh Field got the attention of several boots. This usually resulted in the D.I. (Sgt Findley or Corp. Morrison) to give the offender several whacks on their pith helmut (yes, we wore pitch helmets) with a swagger stick driving the helmet down on the boots forehead and leaving a mean scratch when the screw pin on the glode and anchor emblem cut into the forehead. This treatment was usually drastic enough that there were few repeats.

Manny Lopez - June 28, 2020

George, I started boot camp in March of 1963, Kennedy made his visit in May or June of 63. I did a month of mess duty after graduating. July I went on leave and back to san Mateo, camp Pendelton and reported to 2/1 H&S 81’s.Ken nedy got assassinated while in pendelton that Nov 63. Left for okie in Jan 65 and relieved 3/3 which we were designated, and the old 3/3 became the new 2/1. Landed in Chu Lai may 12 of 1965. transferred to 1/9 July to danang 1963.I hope this makes it clearer.

George H. Gardner - June 28, 2020

Manny, your dates are wrong or your Presidents are. JFK was assassinated 22 Nov 1963. In 1965 it was LBJ. The Kennedy shooting was a very shaky time. We thought it might have been done by the Soviets. They were in Cuba at that time. We were ready to go, but the call ever came. Went to Nam in June of 65 with 1/9

Manny Lopez - June 28, 2020

June 1965, Plt 222 that’s when I graduated. spent a month at san onofre pulling mess duty. then home on leave. President kennedy paid us a visit at MCRD to watch our training at various place.He inspected us in our quanset hut and even shook hands with my buddy. Bad news when he got assinated, The base commander gave us the rest of the day off . We were all in shock. Went back last year for the first time since I left boot camp. served with 3/3 and 1/9 last duty station after nam was the reception center at Cherry Point, NC. I was the NCOIC of the center. lots of memories, lots of friends, Semper FI

Adam Reed - June 28, 2020

Nice to see a fellow 2/3 Devil Dog on these pages! I graduated from MCRDSD in May of 1999 though, and was with 2/3 from 1999-2003. Did a few overseas deployments, a few RIMPACs and a combat deployment. Got med boarded out after 10 years in 2009 after getting injured in Iraq. I remember every unit I ever served with, but the time I spent with 2/3 always stands out as the best of times and the worst of times. I miss those guys. Semper Fi!

Sgt Mike Lefort - June 28, 2020

We had maintenance duty also after returning from the rifle range. Myself and two other boots were given the weed whacking job; along the fence line next to the golf course. For that week we were assigned to the saltiest old Gunny I’ve ever seen, he treated us like Marines and we worked our asses off pulling weeds; there was no shortage of them. He took us to see the Silent Drill Team when they came to do their thing at MCRD. Totally awesome! Our SDI saw us at the performance and when we returned to the squad bay the Gunny went into the duty hut and told our SDI, “Staff Sergeant it was my idea to take your recruits to the SDT today, please don’t punish them as they were following my orders.” We dodged the bullet on that one, but we knew we’d get it twice for our next screwup.

Joseph Daily - June 28, 2020

We graduated oct 1963. We went to a graduation oct 2013. They rolled out the red carpet. 7 showed. We stayed at old town inn. They cater to mcrd graduations. Had a sgt. Meet us at gate and provide a tour. Contact CG secretary at MCRD