Camp Lejeune

I was at Camp Lejeune from 77-82 and my son grew up there. Now he is a Gunny stationed there. The Marine Corps is contacting everyone that ever lived in base housing and is maintaining a study and a data base for us all. So far the only problem that I have experienced is that I keep buying motorcycles and wanting bigger boats. Could this be due to the contaminated water? If so, I think my wife may sue.
Bryant, Maj USMC (ret)
 
Well, Don, I've been retired a long time and I usually avoid these conversations but I have to say "really"? You want to make political comments on the C Brat site?
I've found that usually people who like taking "cheap shots" at Marines really wanted to be one and didn't have the b---s.
And by the way, when you write the word "Marine", it's supposed to be capitolized. It always is.
I won't address your comments on Iraq other than to say that between myself, my wife and my son, we have 7 tours there with more to come. I doubt you have any.
How about if we just talk about boats on this site?
 
I've read and re-read Don's email. Absolutely nothing offensive IMO to the Marine Corps. And he wouldn't do that.

Don't have a clue as to what jerked your chain, but I suspect you are reading something into his post that just isn't there.

True, I'm not a Marine -- but with a WWII and Nam background I have served with Marines -- and have total respect. Even commanded two Marine-carrying ships - USS Rankin and USS Boxer. My brother-in-law is one of the Chosen Few.

I love my C-Dory, and hate to see unjustified charges.

The 89 year old birthday kid.

Dusty
 
Dusty, You are probably right. I guess I just have a short fuse regarding this issue. As a retired Marine and with a wife currently flying combat missions in Iraq and my son back there on his 3rd tour I suppose I just take things a little to personally. That's why I normally just keep my mouth shut and should probably continue to do so.
Thanks for your service. I always enjoyed being on a gator and miss it.
Semper Fi
Bryant
 
Dusty, happy birthday! You share the day with my brother Scott.

Thanks to all of you in our C-Brat family who serve and continue to serve our country.

Sincerely,

Don
 
Happy to share Friday the thirteenth with all!

Bryant -- I'm in Oak Harbor too -- perhaps a lunch or cool one to talk over Nam etc.? Or C-Dory etc.? or... open agenda.
And thank you for your service, and your wife's service, and your son's service. Proud to have you in the C-Brat clan.

And please forgive Don -- he can't help being a submariner! :wink: :wink:

Dusty
 
Don and I have made up. Turns out we are brothers in the Navy/Marine Corp team. He wanted to kiss but being a Marine I had to draw the line.
Semper Fi Don, I look forward to seeing you at a gathering.
 
Careful, Bryant. We are, at the most, half brothers. Unlike most Marines officers, I know who my father was. As promised, I'll hoist a beer with you though, especially since you're paying.... :mrgreen: :beer

Hey Dusty . . . happy b'day to you, albeit belated.


Don
 
Sneaks":dgzdi5s3 said:
Unlike most Marines officers, I know who my father was.
Don
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And since you were one of those Sewer Pipe Sailors [note caps], it was probably King Neptune! :lol:

Charlie
Mostly found on one of Don's Targets.....
 
Not surprised that I'll have to pay. As I told you, I thought about going into the Navy but when I told the recruiter that my parents were married at my birth he told me that I wasn't qualified. Had to join the Marines instead.
See you in San Dog and I'll buy.
Fair winds and following seas my friend.
Semper Fi
Bryant
 
As a Air Force vet who served in 'Nam and lost his oldest son to the dark side - Annapolis grad who is now a Marine Corp officer- :cry I'm always amazed at the disharmony in the Navy / Marine family.

Its a good thing we USAF vets are above it. Play nice now.:hug2 :lips :wink :love :rainbow

Allan
 
The best thing the Navy ever did was hire the Marines but they sure make you look foolish marching on opposite sides of the street from them. I was in A school with Steve of Wandering Stagebrush. He was in the Marine Core and I in the Navy. We were reunited through this site and I can still remember how the Marines enjoyed showing off their Marching skills as we Marched to Class.
 
During the late 50's I was a Hospital Corpsman aboard a heavy cruiser, USS Albany. We had a small detachment of FMF aboard. We get a call, man down in the Marines' quarters. I find a guy laying on the deck in his skivvies, grimacing in pain. It seems he was pressing his pants and dropped the iron on his toes breaking two of them. He told me he fought in the South Pacific in WWII and in Korea and never got a scratch. Now, over 50 years later, this thread all about the dangers of drycleaning fluid! Be careful out there.
 
No disharmony here! All fun and games -- talk, talk, talk. I've been with Marines (capital M) since 1937, and proud of the fact. It's those undersea guys you have to look out for. :wink:

And the Air Force has the same thing going. For the 6 years that I was a command pilot (B-47/B-52) with SAC, every time we had a rendezvous with the TAC guys at any bar the words flew!! But total professional respect.

"You can always tell a Marine-- but not much." :wink:

Dusty
 
Sawdust":t1dcwikg said:
"You can always tell a Marine-- but not much." :wink:

Dusty
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Did you ever have to deal with their no-neck knuckle dragging Force Recon dudes, Dusty? Lord, I thought Cro-Magnons were extinct.

On the other hand, if I were to visit east LA on a Saturday night I'd sure want a couple of those guys to watch my back.

OBTW, the news heads are braying about a French sub hitting a Brit boat somewhere in the Atlantic. Notice the Frenchie's sonar dome was crushed and the Brits had to be towed home. (Prop damage?) Lesson: If you're followed by a Frenchman, cover your ass.... Lesson 2, The French can't hear worth a damn. :wink

Don
 
Funny story my best friend in High School Tracey Corbett joined the Marines right after school. When he returned from Boot Camp on leave soon to be deployed to Nam he was a lean mean fighting machine. He showed me all the hand to hand combat he had learned and I was quite impressed I was soon to go to Navy bootcamp. That night we went out drinking and wound up in one of the popular teenage hops. Tracey was quite a hit and it wasn't long before he picked a fight with this tall skinny kid. Problem was this kid was a boxer and it wasn't long before he blacked both of Tracey's eyes blooded his lip and pretty much beat Tracey into submission. Apparently the kid had never heard of hand to hand combat. This little humbling experience probably saved Tracy's life when he was soon deployed to Nam.
 
LOL. I can just see that. In much younger days I had a similar experience as many of us did. Thank God I've gotten past those days. Being a young invincible Marine will get you into trouble real quickly. A great lesson to learn is that there is always a tougher guy in a bar. Better to just drink you beer and keep quiet. Hard lesson but well learned. Now I just lie about how tough I was.
 
Forgot to say. We were stationed in Jacksonville several times and I'm comming back there in April. We love it there. Ever go to Whitey's? Where do you keep your boat?
 
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