[MudPuppy]

ahhh, who needs "Hollywood Marines" anyway :)

this is just suggestion 436.3333 on what to do about El Toro.
I can't see it happening.

Of course, I was trained where REAL Marines are made...in the swamp....
so I don't really have an opinion on MCRD San Diego.

Semper Fi!

[Rockiesrider]

As a follow up Mud Pup somebody had to polish those sunglasses. It was a hard task and we were glad to do it! I think that flea bites have made you too sensitive.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Oh, so you went to Phantasy Island, where women become Marines and recruits bivouac on a golf course.

[fnord]

I always figured they had swimming pools, beaches, and tourist girls in bikinis out there. Of course, in boot camp that may have been a heart-breaking temptation. At PISC, we had mud, sand fleas, and that wonderful swamp smell in the air :-)

[Centurion2000]

Of course, I was trained where REAL Marines are made...in the swamp....
so I don't really have an opinion on MCRD San Diego

You have the swamp ... we had Mount Mother,the Beast and island hopping campains.

Semper Fi
(remember, sand fleas have to eat too)

[Teacup]

We just left Oceanside 2 1/2 years ago and let me tell you. These PC types won't stop until they get all the Marine Corps land. It's prime property! Look at what happen to Top Gun? they're gone. There has been an influx of non-natives, out siders who have moved into San Diego CO. and Orange Co. They want the property for private gain. They couldn't care less about our military. Out by Poway, a small group of Clinton supporters made a loud enough noise saying the planes flying over their expensive home brought down their property value and harmed the envirnment. Ultimitaly, Top Gun is gone, and the Maine Corps and Navy fliers were asked to only fly during special times.

The last time I was at the Depot was at the funeral of one of my best friends and mentors, General Day. How sad, that Marine Corps Depot is part of San Diego history. They should leave it alone.

[LadyX]

Thanks for the hails!
Afraid I have no opinion on the West Coast issue, like you, Mud, a Graduate of The Swamp! LOL

Since I grew up in Florida BA (before air conditioning), it was no 'sweat' for me to go through basic training from 25 June to early August.
Drill was restricted to first thing in the morning and at 7 in the evening because of the heat,
but to me it was no big deal.

There WAS the day we were in the outdoor pool in the middle of the day, when suddenly they ordered us OUT! NOW!
The instructors were informed the heat was the equivalent of 130 degrees F for us.
We thus were fished out before we succumbed to heat prostration from the exertion.
And Mud - would you have wanted to miss lounging on ELLIOT'S BEACH?!!!
'Course not..:)))

SEMPER FI !!
Regards to all - - -

[RaceBannon]

Plt 2213, 'F' Company, 2nd Battalion, MCRD, Parris Island