[ErnBatavia]

When I was "in" (active 1966-68, including a blasted leap year, which meant one extra day imprisoned....) we called ourselves "Jugheads", not Jarheads.

Morale pretty much sucked then, and we all wanted OUT......I guess that's why I continue to be one of those few FReepers who don't suck up to that 'There are no ex-Marines'.

I hated my time "in"....but still am glad to have done it - itty bitty of a mixed bag.

[ConorMacNessa]

Thanks very much for your service Brother, and Semper Fi! Marale was good when I was in - we both served during a time when it wasn't cool, to say the least.

I was not subjected to the outrages some of my Brothers-in-Arms were. However, I was patronized during my undergrad years and at Lasw School by the bastards who live in Freedom by virtue of the service and sacrifice of all who havestepped up to the plate and worn the uniform.

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)