Parris Island Marine Corps boot camp Graduation (vanity)

Sgt Grit's Marine Forum ^ | 1-7-06 | Norb

[Chieftain]

I hope every FReeper can enjoy an experience like this!

[Chieftain]

Marine PING!!

[tongue-tied]

You guys (all Marines) rock. I'll bet that was a great experience.

Semper Fidelis from a squid.

[tet68]

Most folks don't understand how much Graduation Day means
to a young Marine and how much it means to be able to share
your accomplishment with the ones you love.

Good For you, it will be something they will never forget.

Thanks for YOUR service.

Tet68 USMC. 65-69

Oooorah! MARINES!

[Redleg1963]

Vanity? This is New Warrior Breaking news ping. Ooooorah.

Congrats to our Newest Warrior!

[A.A. Cunningham]

WMs in rank four and five in the fourth squad are out of step. Unsat! It wasn't too late to make one last visit to the pit.

[DJ Taylor]

For any non Marines out there, go here for an explanation of OOHRAH!

http://www.angelfire.com/ca/dickg/oohrah.html

[TASMANIANRED]

Bless you for supporting them.

God Bless all our troops.

[Bahbah]

Awww, now you made me cry and smile at the same time.

[Chieftain]

Good catch!! I will give April a real good ribbing about that! I tell you, it was COLD out there Friday. I think the windchill was in the 20's!! Those brand new Marines stood at attention for the whole ceremony and I know they were like ice when they were dismissed, but bless their hearts, they were all smiles!

[Chieftain]

Thanks for posting that explanation Devil Dog!

Oorah!!

[Chieftain]

Marine PING!

[ErnBatavia]

Excellent...and I read by your comments that your boys hit the yellow footprints tomorrow - guaranteed, a day they'll never forget! (I haven't forgotten July 27, 1966...40 years; whew)

Semper Fidelis.

[tet68]

July, the perfect time of year, the sandfleas are in bloom.
I was there in 65.
Receiving was hell, then in the morning I got my first glimpse of a DI.
We went into mess where all these convicts were eating
"square" meals, when suddenly a DI jumped up on the table
and began kicking their trays in every direction and uttering a string of the most amazing profanity I'd ever heard.
I thought, as all do, "What the hell have I done????"

They take everything away from you, and make you, a Marine.

Semper Fi.
t.

[Chieftain]

Yep, they will remember it forever for sure! They finish receiving and get picked up by their DI's on Black Friday, and theirs will be FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH!!

[ErnBatavia]

Ah, most of us have fond memories of Receiving Barracks...everything from the haircuts to the mass "Scrub the hairy portions of your scuzzy bodies, maggots!" showers.

Funny, though - more than a few of my compadres during my enlistment remembered absolutely nothing - nada, zip, nary a nary - of their first couple of days. Shock, I guess.

Me - I didn't forget one second!

[Windsong]

Good god! Whose red head is that in the corner?

[BykrBayb]

Your ongoing direct support of our troops, on such a personal level, serves as a shining example for all of us.

Your boys will be on my mind a lot tomorrow. Before they go, tell them one more time for me, "Thank you!" After tomorrow, you won't have any boys to tell it to. I realize they're men now, but not like they will be. Next time you see them, they will be 100% men. You've seen that enough times that you know what to expect, but when you actually see it happen with your own sons, then you'll really REALLY know, in whole new way. Thank you and Mrs. Chieftain for raising such fine men.

[tutstar]

ping...

[Taxman]

OohRah!