[oh8eleven]

He received his orders for VN 10 minutes after grad was complete.
The process back in the 60s was for new Marines to only be informed of their MOS assignment (desk clerk, artillery, grunt, etc.), not orders for VN. After PI they went to to advanced infantry training at Camp Geiger, a few miles from Camp Lejeune.
After that training they received further orders for their MOS school, if appropriate, or they may have received orders for VN.

[devane617]

I’m not sure the ‘details’ of how the notice transpired, but he was ‘informed’ he would be in VN within a few months. He did go to Camp Lejeune, but not sure it was before or after VN.

[stylin19a]

In 1969, upon Boot Camp graduation, I had a 5 x 7 red card stapled to my SRB.

Some Marines had blue cards, some white cards, and some had no cards.

The “red card” meant I was going to VN.
Orders were cut in 1970 at Stumps.

How I found out the meaning of the color coding was, at Stumps, I tried to change my MOS from 0811 to whatever a Data Processing MOS (My civilian occupation) was.

Capt. was impressed with my civilian “resume” and asked to see my SRB. He didn’t even open it, he said “oh, you’re “red tagged”, sorry.”