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Entries for January, 2009

How to Order a Beer

This may be the greatest email that I have ever recieved.  I must give credit where credit is due as my old man sent me this.  So now where ever you may be you can get that one drink that we all love…..BEER.

How to Order a Beer in Fifty Languages

“Without question, the greatest invention in [...]

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Time to get Paid

So I was contacted last night by Capt Wright who is currently in Iraq.  Seems that he has come into some money and he is willing to share with me.  This is great news I mean he is a capt in the Marine Corps so this has to be totally legit right.  I mean I [...]

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Famous Marines

There I was again just surfin the interweb and I decided to do a google search for famous Marines.  I got a wikipedia page and thought I would share some of the more interesting ones that I saw on the list.
Don Adams — Emmy award winning actor, best known for his role as Maxwell Smart [...]

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Janitor’s Leadership

I read an article posted over at blackfive that I just had to share.  It seems that awhile back there was a janitor at the AF Academy that was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions during WWII.
After reading the article it made me stop and thin about those Lesson’s in Leadership from Bill [...]

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February Cutting Scores Released

It is that time of the month again.  Time to see if your hard work and dedication has paid off.  Time to see if you have made the cut (literally) as the cutting scores for Cpl and Sgt have been published.  If you did not make the cut this time continue to work at improving [...]

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Congats to the new LDOs

Limited Duty Officers or LDOs are selected from the Warrant Officer ranks for a full commission.  It is not required that the Marine have a bachelor’s degree as it is for your entry level 2nd Lieutenants.  Just like Warrrant Officers LDOs are subject matter experts and usually have very technical type jobs.  Jobs in which [...]

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Welcome President Obama

Wow I never thought that I would ever utter those words but alas the time has come. Today President Bush will hand over the reins of the world’s greatest country to Barack Obama. This afternoon Barack Obama will take control of the United States of American and as such will become Commander in [...]

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God I Love American Idol

So it is that time of year again where all the karoke singers think they have a shot at making it as the newest American Idol.  While I do not follow the show or any of the performers I must admit that I love watching the auditions every year.  I think it is great how [...]

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Tax Time

W-2’s are now available on MyPay for completion of your tax forms.  One of the worst things that I see Marines doing is going out to the local tax place and paying to get get the money that is owed to them.
Going down to Liberty Tax or any of these other places to do taxes [...]

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No Sick Days

I think the worst thing about being a Marine is that I do not get to just call in if I am sick.  No if I am sick I have to trek my happy ass into work (35 miles) and go to medical so that some guy in the Navy can tell me yeah you [...]

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