FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina ~ 30 DEC 2008

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[laurenmarlowe]

United States Marine Corps Band~National Anthem

[Jet Jaguar]

Bump!

[laurenmarlowe]

Former Marine Ken O'Donnell, right, a Marine Raider who served in the island-hopping campaign during World War II, and a native of Belle Fourche, S.D., speaks with Staff Sgt. Christopher Hall, a Light Armored Vehicle commander with Light Armored Reconnaissance Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, and native of Homestead, Fla. O'Donnell was a guest speaker during a raid course aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C. Dec. 17, 2008. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Theodore W. Ritchie)

Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commanding general, Multi-National Corps Iraq, speaks with Cpl. Michael Samuel, an administration clerk from Tuscaloosa, Ala., with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 1, during a holiday visit to Camp Baharia in Fallujah, Iraq, Dec. 25. Photo by Cpl. Chris T. Mann

Lance Cpl. Nathaniel Z. Udovich, a 21-year-old mail clerk from Trenton, Mo., with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, sorts packages for Marines during the holiday season at Camp Baharia in Fallujah, Iraq. Photo by Cpl. Chris T. Mann

[Kathy in Alaska]

Road Trip: MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina

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[swmobuffalo]

Good evening

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy Howdy JJ!

FIRST!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And the Air Force is first to Parris Island. LOL! Good evening, JJ...((HUGS))...check this out.

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Lauren!

[laurenmarlowe]

Hi MA! *HUGS*

Hope your Monday is going smoothly!

[Lady Jag]

How ya gonna
keep them
Down on the farm
Now that they've
Seen Paree?

[laurenmarlowe]

And good evening to you swmobuffalo, good to see ya!

SECOND!!

[shoptalk]

Thanks for posting!

My oldest son reports to MCRD PI July 13th of '09 (after graduation) and he can't wait.

Thanks again for the cyber-tour.

~ shoptalk

[laurenmarlowe]

Aloha BIGLOOK! WOO HOO!

THIRD!!

[mylife]

H00boy! Bootcamp

[AZamericonnie]

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[Lady Jag]

MINUS 36º F?!!!
OW!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you Lady Jag!

[Jet Jaguar]

-36 is about the temp my foam in the seats of my truck would freeze. Also, it would cause the tires to freeze flat spots.

Note: It takes about 2 miles of driving at -35 to unflatten flat spots on tires.

[Jet Jaguar]

Howdy Lauren!