Sgt Grit's Other Marine BS Page Volume 4

Last One Standing

Interesting Flag Picture

There was a live remote with a radio station at the Frys parking lot for the 9/11 memorial. Zellers donated 2 huge cranes, and this flag which was 60ft by 125 ft. was stretched between the cranes. Somebody, we don't know who, took this picture. Take a close look at the stars with the sun behind the flag.

Military Historical Tours

Last May, I took a tour of WW1 Marine Corps battlefields offered by Military Historical Tours of Alexandria, Va. The tour was outstanding, the last day being at the ceremonies for Memorail Day at the Aisne-Marne cemetary located on the Belleau Wood battlefield. The Commmandant and Sgt. Major were kind enough to pose for many pictures with active and former Marines in front of the "Devil Dog" fountain. To drink from the fountain is said to raise the life expectancy of a Marine by twenty years. That alone made the trip worthwhile!!!!!

Semper Fi,
Ray Priest

Special Olympics

Got a hair cut and shave for a Special Olympics fund raiser. Not as lean, not as mean but still a .... MARINE. Gunny

Left to Right Eddie my brother, Mark friend of family, Pat my wife, Ty my brother and Me the old guy

The Marines Prayer

Almighty Father, whose command is over all and whose love never fails, make me aware of Thy presence and obedient to Thy will. Keep me true to my best self, guarding me against dishonesty in purpose in deed and helping me to live so that I can face my fellow Marines, my loved ones and Thee without shame or fear. Protect my family. Give me the will to do the work of a Marine and to accept my share of responsibilities with vigor and enthusiasm. Grant me the courage to be proficient in my daily performance. Keep me loyal and faithful to my superiors and to the duties my country and the Marine Corps have entrusted to me. Make me considerate of those committed to my leadership. Help me to wear my uniform with dignity, and let it remind me daily of the traditions of which I must uphold. If I am inclined to doubt; steady my faith; if I am tempted make me strong to resist; if I should miss the mark, give me courage to try again. Guide me with the light of truth and grant me wisdom by which I may understand the answer to my prayer.

Amen.

Christmas 1945

C Company, 2nd MPBN, FMFPAC, Guam, Marianas Islands, Christmas 1945. John E. Godwin MSGT USMC Ret

Army-Navy Game

Army-Navy Game
07DEC02
East Rutherford, N.J.
Please place the following picture in the "other" category. Corpsman and Marine's "Getting onboard for the Big Win!"

The American Marine

He is prepared and ready for War,
There have been many before him;
And there will be many long after he is gone.
He knows what he must do,
He has made a life of facing the enemy with courage and strength.
He will not faulter, he will not fail.
He has sacrificed his family and his comforts
To patrol a foreign land in the freezing cold;
To squat in the jungle for hours on end;
To wait in the hot desert sand.
He doesn't do this for the pay, the experience, or the travel.
He does it because it is in his blood; it is what he was born to do.
He is a true Patriot, a true Hero.
There were many in World War I and II,
many in Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf too.
The price his country will ask him to pay is great.
He will shed his blood and fight for those who can not,
Prepared to die for the oath he has given for so many.
He will salute the Flag of his beloved Country; even when he can no longer stand.
He will pray to die on the battlefield, for he knows his brothers will not leave him behind.
They fight for our Freedom, our right and privilage to call this great country our home.
Be strong noble American Marine, for you are needed, you are loved, you are glorified.
God has made a special place for the American Marine; for your cause is justified.
Stand tall Marine; for you are a true American.
You are cloaked in the Red, White and Blue.
Just know that in every American's heart you will always remain;
What you have given, can never be repaid; this is true.
For, the path you have chosen, has saved millions from pain.
God Bless You, United States Marine and God Bless the USA!

By: Kiki Gillum
For the Love of my life.....MY U.S. Marine - Cpl. David Werrbach, USMC 11/95 - 11/99

You will ALWAYS be my HERO Baby!!..Love, Kiki

Merry Christmas

...and to all a good night...

MALS-11 Ordnance at MCAF Shaikh Isa, Bahrain

I was rearranging junk tonight and ran across an old photo album so I figured it was time to share. Found a bunch of pictures from MALS-11 Ordnance at MCAF Shaikh Isa, Bahrain during Desert Storm. This tire came off a Terex 10,000pound forklift, but we had to give it a better use as you can see. Cpl Clay Bailey is pushing, and I believe that's LCpl Dan "Buggy" Cullett in the tire. Behind them you can see one of the two hardbacks we lived in at the MALS-11 Bomb Dump. SSgt Campbells hooch is visible in the lower right; we pushed the tires down the hill into the main assembly and storage area.

Semper Fi,
Jim Langdon
Sgt, USMC 1988-2000
6521 IYAOYAS

Of course it was not all fun-n-games! We had to take breaks from the fun-n-games sometimes as well! l-r are Cpl Mark "Hairback" Moore, LCpl Cullett, LCpl Pat McCarthy, and Cpl Bailey again. We sacrificed a little living area to build the table and benches from wood that was always in great supply packing our ordnance.

PRICELESS

A Great Power Point Presentation.... PRICELESS

Message from England

No matter what your views on President Bush's statement of upcoming war, this, from an English journalist, is very interesting. Just a word of background, for those of you who aren't familiar with the UK's Daily Mirror. This is a notoriously left-wing daily that is normally not supportive of the Colonials across the Atlantic. Well written

Tony Parsons Daily Mirror September 11, 2002

One year ago, the world witnessed a unique kind of broadcasting -- the mass murder of thousands, live on television. As a lesson in the pitiless cruelty of the human race, September 11 was up there with Pol Pot's Mountain of Skulls in Cambodia, or the skeletal bodies stacked like garbage in the Nazi concentration camps. An unspeakable act so cruel, so calculated and so utterly merciless that surely the world could agree on one thing - nobody deserves this fate. Surely there could be consensus: The victims were truly innocent, the perpetrators truly evil. But to the world's eternal shame, 9/11 is increasingly seen as America's comeuppance. Incredibly, anti-Americanism has increased over the last year. There has always been a simmering resentment to the USA in this country; too loud, too rich, too full of themselves, and so much happier than Europeans - but it has become an epidemic. And it seems incredible to me. More than that, it turns my stomach.

America is this country's greatest friend and our staunchest ally. We are bonded to the US by culture, language and blood. A little over half a century ago, around half a million Americans died for our freedoms, as well as their own. Have we forgotten so soon? And exactly a year ago, thousands of ordinary men, women and children - not just Americans, but from dozens of countries, were butchered by a small group of religious fanatics. Are we so quick to betray them? What touched the heart about those who died in the Twin Towers and on the planes, was that we recognised them. Young fathers and mothers, somebody's son and somebody's daughter, husbands, wives, and children, some unborn. And these people brought it on themselves? Their nation is to blame for their meticulously planned slaughter?

These days you don't have to be some dust-encrusted nut job in Kabul or Karachi or Finsbury Park to see America as the Great Satan. The anti-American alliance is made up of self-loathing liberals who blame the Americans for every ill in the Third World, and conservatives suffering from power-envy, bitter that the world's only superpower can do what it likes without having to ask permission. The truth is that America has behaved with enormous restraint since September 11.

Remember, remember - Remember the gut-wrenching tapes of weeping men phoning their wives to say, "I love you," before they were burned alive. Remember those people leaping to their deaths from the top of burning skyscrapers.

Remember the hundreds of firemen buried alive. Remember the smiling face of that beautiful little girl who was on one of the planes with her mum.

Remember, remember - And realise that America has never retaliated for 9/11 in anything like the way it could have. So a few al-Qaeda tourists got locked without a trial in Camp X-ray? Pass the Kleenex...

So some Afghan wedding receptions were shot up after they merrily fired their semi-automatics in a sky full of American planes? A shame, but maybe next time they should stick to confetti.

AMERICA could have turned a large chunk of the world into a parking lot. That it didn't is a sign of strength. American voices are already being raised against attacking Iraq - that's what a democracy is for. How many in the Islamic world will have a minute's silence for the slaughtered innocents of 9/11? How many Islamic leaders will have the guts to say that the mass murder of 9/11 was an abomination?

When the news of 9/11 broke on the West Bank, those freedom-loving Palestinians were dancing in the street. America watched all of that - and didn't push the button. We should thank the stars that America is the most powerful nation in the world. I still find it incredible that 9/11 did not provoke all-out war. Not a "war on terrorism." A real war. The fundamentalist dudes are talking about "opening the gates of hell," if America attacks Iraq. Well, America could have opened the gates of hell like you wouldn't believe.

The US is the most militarily powerful nation that ever strode the face of the earth. The campaign in Afghanistan may have been less than perfect and the planned war on Iraq may be misconceived. But don't blame America for not bringing peace and light to these wretched countries. How many democracies are there in the Middle East, or in the Muslim world? You can count them on the fingers of one hand - assuming you haven't had any chopped off for minor shoplifting.

I love America, yet America is hated. I guess that makes me Bush's poodle. But I would rather be a dog in New York City than a Prince in Riyadh. Above all, America is hated because it is what every country wants to be - rich, free, strong, open, optimistic. Not ground down by the past, or religion, or some caste system. America is the best friend this country ever had and we should start remembering that. Or do you really think the USA is the root of all evil? Tell it to the loved ones of the men and women who leaped to their death from the burning towers.

Tell it to the nursing mothers whose husbands died on one of the hijacked planes, or were ripped apart in a collapsing skyscraper. And tell it to the hundreds of young widows whose husbands worked for the New York Fire Department. To our shame, George Bush gets a worse press than Saddam Hussein. Once we were told that Saddam gassed the Kurds, tortured his own people and set up rape-camps in Kuwait. Now we are told he likes Quality Street. Save me the orange centre, Oh Mighty One!

Remember, remember, September 11 - One of the greatest atrocities in human history was committed against America. No, do more than remember; never forget!

Canadian Airborne Brotherhood
James E Steed
RR1 5086 Hwy 38
Harrowsmith,ON
K0H 1V0
613-372-2294

Thank God for Marines

Thank God for Marines and businessmen like Keith Helton & company and others who made this happen. Warm Regards and Semper Fidelis from LAX. Click the link below to read a great story!
Trucking Earns It's Stripes From The Marine Corps

A Message For Saddam From the United States Navy

Saddam Cartoon

Thanks and Semper Fi

I found this in some old pictures my mother had . She recently passed away. I was wondering if anyone ,especially the Pacific veterans of that war can give us a little history about it. Thanks and Semper Fi .

Stan USMC 66 - 70.

Fire and Smoke!

Dear Sgt. Grit

Thank you so much on your advice regarding if our Marine son should wear his dress blues to his brother's Army graduation at Ft. Leonard Wood. We thought you'd like to see the end result! One more graduation to this month at Ft. Benning!

Respectfully,
Marty Fay
Proud Marine and Army mom, Air Force wife

P.S. With all the soldiers graduating, it was amazing how many parents came up to my sons to get pictures of the two of them.

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