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drakserb1
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Glad this old jarhead found Starfist
Posted: 29 Jan 08 2:41 PM

Hello everyone!

I am very glad I found these books! I found the 1st one at a garage sale and I read them all straight thru, including the recon books. I love how they are written from the enlisted mans perspective, being a former Corporal myself. I can't wait for the next one. If you like these you may want to try JACK CAMPBELL's "The lost fleet" series, it is about the Navy, (at least they dont salute uncovered indoors, a little inside joke for my USA and USAF buddies) but there are Marines in it also and IAN DOUGLAS has a series of books about space Marines. If you want to get out of space and go OLD CORP you must read W.E.B. GRIFFINS "The Corps" series as well as "The brotherhood of war" series. I served in the Corp from 1986-1990 in C-130's. I was an Avaition Electrician, 6336. I spent most of my time @ MCAS El Toro and MCAS Cherry Point. If anyone has any reading suggestions, please let me know.  

Semper Fi!

Adam
Finucane
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Re: Glad this old jarhead found Starfist
Posted: 30 Jan 08 4:30 AM
Adam, we are really happy to see you've joined us.  But be warned:  Our objective is to separate guys like you from their beer money.
SouthWind
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Re: Glad this old jarhead found Starfist
Posted: 30 Jan 08 6:52 AM

At a garage sale? =D Hah some one's not down with Starfist. We should find him.

 

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Finucane
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Re: Glad this old jarhead found Starfist
Posted: 30 Jan 08 10:40 AM
 SouthWind wrote

At a garage sale? =D Hah some one's not down with Starfist. We should find him.

That is the proper spirit, Southie!  You're right guide from now on.

Glad you've joined us!
DavidS
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Re: Glad this old jarhead found Starfist
Posted: 30 Jan 08 4:03 PM Modified By DavidS on 1/30/2008 4:08:44 PM)
From one old Leatherneck to another, Welcome aboard, Adam!

The officers don't know it, and the sergeants won't admit it, but we corporals are the glue that holds the Corps together.

Damn, just remembered, a few days ago when another former Marine joined, I said that after the next one came aboard I should probably give my USMC bio again. So here goes (this is the short version):

I enlisted in Omaha in 1962 and went to Boot Camp at MCRD San Diego, where I graduated with Honor Platoon 355. Next came a month of infantry training at Camp Onofre, MCB Camp Pendleton. That was followed by a two year tour with the First Marine Brigade at MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Ohau, Hawaii. My MOS was 0311, rifleman. I was in third platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, and rose to lance corporal fire team leader. (A fire team leader is supposed to be a corporal, but back then most were lance corporals.) Next up was a stint in the Provost Martial's Office at--are you ready for this, Adam?--MCAS Cherry Point, NC, where I was an MP. Hey, where else are you going to put an infantryman at in an air station? My last tour of duty was in the Republic of Viet Nam. There, I was in third platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, First Marines on operations out of Chu Lai until I was transferred to the Combined Action Platoon in Ky Hoa village. I was a fire team leader in I/3/1, so they promoted me to corporal--in the combat zone, they gave us the rank the billet called for. I left active duty in the same place I entered it; San Diego. I've been back there once since, for a CAP reunion.

Semper Fi!
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