[Chieftain]

I graduated from MCRD San Diego in 1971. I was in Platoon 3056, India Company, 3d Battalion. My 'hard hat' Drill Instructor, Sgt Eggleston, came up to me when I was standing at attention waiting to get on the bus and congratulated me. My eyes never moved from the 500 yard stare, because I wasn't going to do or say ANYTHING that might cause him to keep me there one extra second!

Fast forward 35 years later and my twin sons graduated from MCRD San Diego, Platoon 3071, India Company, 3d Battalion!

My sons' Senior Drill Instructor, SSgt Good, posed for this photo with my sons. I know they were PROUD to be photographed with him, they really admired him.

It has been almost 4 years since that day now. Both sons are Iraq veterans and now one is in Afghanistan and one is in Haiti.

I got an email from their Senior DI last November and he asked about them and said they were good recruits. He said he knew they would be good Marines. He is now a Gunnery Sergeant and both my sons are now Sergeants.

One thing for sure, MCRD San Diego and Drill Instructors are prominent in our family's history. Maybe my sons will make the trek back to MCRD San Diego and become Drill Instructors... who knows??

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Fast forward 35 years later and my twin sons graduated from MCRD San Diego, Platoon 3071, India Company, 3d Battalion!

Congratulations!

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

I was priveleged to see the change in Chieftain’s sons from “nice young guys” to mature, strong and VERY self confident young MEN!

Chieftain and his wife, Warlie did a SUPERB job raising these fine young men with good ethics and values, courage and also sensitivity and a strong spirituality.

OOOOO-RAH!

Becomming Drill Instructors? Ahhh, I’m thinking more like President!