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    "THE WORD" at tbs right now about API

    IOC was a breath of fresh air after TBS, on our first day ,our OIC Maj. Gordon informed one and all the mickey mouse and the games were over ,we were treated from day one like platoon commanders headed for the FMF, the next 12 weeks were the best training by far that we experienced at Quantico...
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    The Basic School. Research for Book

    i remember zipping up 95 with our cars in fire team formation,alternately forming a wedge,etc. with arm signals out our respective windows,heading for g -town,and alex old town,after sessions in the Hawkin's room,way back in '83,when IOC didn't even have its own building yet,and we wore steel...
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    Today in Marine Corps Aviation History

    good night Chesty,and good night Pappy wherever you are !!!
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    I noticed that the 4 flyover a/c for the Bears-Seahawks game yesterday were F-18s

    Some A4 dude once gave a great impromptu display over the Jersey shore,probably a reserve out of Willow Grove,it was beautiful,inspiring,and I'm sure he did not hear word one about it (circa '82).
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    "Barracks Life"

    back in my freightdog days there was many a freight delay spent with my leather jacket as a pillow in the Hotel Douglas, ala DC3,we used to carry cots,and sleeping bags just for such occasions till the feds got pissed and made us get rid of them,of course as a Marine infantryman I learned to...
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    "Barracks Life"

    last squadbay that i was privileged to grace was in bridgeport back in in '85, complete with wood burning stove,during the mountain leaders course, bridgeport back then was wonderfully rustic,and old Corps,complete with an all ranks club/slopshute decorated with black and white pictures dating...
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    "Barracks Life"

    or a shelter half in norway,that you are sharing with your patrol,its negative 30,and you're on stag,sipping a hot wet, frost from your teams breathing has collected on the inside of the tent,and you can barely make out on the little tag on the seam that states in germanic script that it was...
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    new guy here

    What an outstanding,career ,and life,Semper Fi sir !!!
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    Monster Marine OCS thread: stupid questions answered here!

    amen, i marched my boys right off the grinder (doh !),brilliant ! 2 left feet here,but I survived ,one of 34 graduating out of 65,and I ended up an 0302 !!! the FMF,not 8th and I was in my future.
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