Well it is getting close to the end of the month and it is that time of the month again. The time of month that those young LCpl’s and Cpl’s wait for eagerly every month. You see if everything works out and their hard work pays off they will become the newest Cpl’s and Sergeant’s [...]
The following was an attachment to an email that I received sometime last week. I was in the Lighthouse which is the official paper of Naval Base Ventura County. I think the boss man hit the head on the nail with his answer. I must wholeheartedly agree with him as I get very disgusted by [...]
Just need to get out there and remind all that the time was not the only change this weekend. Saturday night as most know marks the beginning of daylight savings time. Also it is time for us to break out our desert cammies. With the breakout of desert cammies remmeber to roll those sleeves up [...]
Approximately 6 months ago that Marine Corps tightened that standards on weight standards. Yesterday the MAR ADMIN 145/09 was released clarifying the process for assigning a Marine to the weight control system.
Back in October when the new plan was put into place Marines were given a 60 day notification that they were not within standards. [...]
The Marine Corps has come up with a new policy stating that the use flash drives on Marine Corps computers is not authorized effective immediately. MarAdmin 647/08 states:
USE OF ANY REMOVABLE
FLASH MEDIA STORAGE DEVICE WHICH USES A UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB)
CONNECTION IS PROHIBITED ON THE MARINE CORPS ENTERPRISE NETWORK
(MCEN), BOTH NIPRNET AND SIPRNET, AS WELL [...]
Do you have an EAS between 19 Dec and 5 Jan? If so you can get an early release form active duty. Every year the Marine Corps allows personnel with and EAS during the Holidays. MarAdmin 622/08 requires that Marines that apply for early release be stationed within the 50 united states. Also the following [...]
Well it is that time of year again. We set clocks back last night which means it gets dark way to early now. Also it means time for a uniform change for all of us (undeployed that is). That’s right it is time to break out those green cammies and wear them with sleeves down [...]
On October 1st 2008 a new policy went into effect and it concerns LCpl’s promotion requirements to be eligible for promotion to Cpl. MarAdmin 370/07 has probably been overlooked by most Marines regardless of rank due to the fact that it came out in June of 2007. This MarAdmin announces the cancellation of the “Fundamentals [...]
I huave spent the past few hours catching up on some Marine Corps news that I missed while I was in 29 Plams. I just read the Marine Corps Times dated 22 Sept and there is an article in it about Request Mast and how it has ruined careers. In fact 1 out of 3 [...]
It really pisses me off when a Marine cannot live within his or her means. While the money that we make is not great, it is definitely enough to live on if you budget well and live with in your means. If you live in the barracks you have all your living expenses paid for. [...]
