Recent content by USMCGrunt

I ate C rats for all except my last year on duty. A pain to carry the cans but they served a lot of ulterior uses. Favorite meals were beans and franks and beans and meatballs. Of course they had corresponding Marine names. Add tobacco - yum! Pound cake was the best - a real treat. I remember...

My DS was the ranking officer in a burial detail for one of these heroes. Full honors. Very moving.

Try making the fold over tighter. Not a soft rolled fold but crisp and tight.

God Bless our Corpsmen!

Interesting enough, I know of one community (Artillery) that seems flush with Captains and are pushing them through to make room for more. Obviously, it is a manpower issue but perhaps the operational tempo and other factors are causing some officers to jump as soon as they can.

Doesn't this rumor get spun up every several years? I am sure I have heard this scuttlebutt over the years. @justme beat me to it. These discussions always float between the minimum active duty of 5 years (I think it was 4 when I was in) and the maximum of 8 years which includes serving in...

Regarding traditions... I remember the expectations for a wetting down were: 1. The guy getting a promotion should throw a party (better to join forces with others promoted at the same time!) 2. Officers only (avoid crazy antics witnessed by enlisted Marines) 3. Host was supposed to pay the...

Well, I was going to ask whatever happened to "scuttlebutt" but now I see the definition you are using for gouge. I thought they had gotten intermixed - I now understand that they haven't. We were actually instructed in naval language/ slang and words like scuttlebutt, pogey bait, ladder...

^^^^ This!

Raise your children and interact with them as you see fit. No comments from me on that. But, having commanded and led Marines in the fleet, I certainly didn't have the experience you seem to feel is appropriate and a sign of good leadership. There are times where leave is authorized and...

That sounds right. Thanks for the clarity.

We don’t know all the details (and don’t need to) but their is likely some miscommunication here. I suspect the RSS Commander only signs off on packets. Use your chain of command along with the support staff to seek remedy. Perhaps the Admin Officer? This also seems like a good opportunity to...