My favorite uncle wrote me a few times this past week. Yes that is right Uncle Bill sent me and my wife some notices that we owe him some money. Money for my car, for the insurance on the car, that he needs money for the phone and utilities, as well as the credit cards [...]
As some of you may know by reading my post from Monday I am in the field this week. I am currently still in the field but have time and good enough reception now that I can use my cell phone as a modem so I will get a post in tonight about the glorious filed op [...]
Well all I am going to be out in the field doing what we do best over the next week. I doubt I will get a chance to post anything before Friday. So tonight I am getting all my crap together, most of which I will not use. Then in true Marine Corps fashion we will [...]
A group of 4 Marines are going on a little 5 day trip. They will be travelling from Tun Tavern in Philadelphia to Washington DC. Doesn’t seem like a bad way to spend a week with your buddies. I mean its less than 200 miles so it should be a fun 5 days drinkin beer and havin [...]
Ronald A. Gray was convicted of crimes resulting from an 8 month crime spree dating back to the late 1980′s near Ft Bragg where he has stationed. Gray was convicted of 2 murders, an attempted murder, and 3 rapes on 1 civilian and two soldiers by a General Courts Martial. In the civilian courts he was [...]
After yesterday’s post and rereading of the Marine Corps Times article as well as other sites about the Post 9/11 GI Bill I started to wonder if 90 grand (the limit for re-enlistment bonuses) for FY-09 Marines will be enough. It is right there in black in white on the front of The Marine Times for [...]
Use it or loose it Every year hundreds if not thousands of Marines and service members loose accrues leave due to the fact that you can only carry over a leave balance of 60 days from one fiscal year to the next. So any days of leave over 60 that you had on Sept 30 [...]
Monday Morning Every Monday morning I listen to my Marines tell stories about how they went out and got plowed. I drank half a bottle of Jack and 36 beers this weekend one guy brags. I ask them why they go out and drink all the time and time and time again I get well [...]
It is 2008 and there are still rumblings of racism. I feel that the best way to get over race is to do exactly that turn a blind eye to race. Quit identifying ourselves as African American, Chinese American, and Mexican American etc and let us all just be AMERICAN and nothing else. That way [...]
So I decided that I wanted to start a blog and just talk about things that interest me. I am in the Marine Corps and have been for 13 years now. I am going to be writing on anything and everything: from politics, money, and just my views in general. I am sure that alot of the [...]
