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Alright Marines Listen up, I just saw the post from Krull and I know Bruce and Mike are former Marines, I am kinda curious as to what we have here in terms of numbers. I'll Start:

1stSgt Curt Gustafson (Active)

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"Steel on Target"
Company B 1st Tank Bn

Amos,Michael J., Lance Corporal,present!!
Former Marine

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Mike Amos
Meine Ehre Heisst Treue

Reedy, George; Cpl ,Former Marine

Brooks, Joe H.
Grenadier Rifleman
Fox Co. 2nd Battalion/4th Marines (Active)
CLNC 1981-1985

Georgia Army National Guard
Combat Engineer
265th Engineer Group
1986-1992

Desert Shield & Storm Veteran

Shetter, Randy 1stLt 0402 Former Marine
Logistics Officer 77-80
HQ and Ground Maintenance Squadron-37
Marine Wing Support Group-37
3rd Marine Air Wing
El Toro Calif.

Semper Fi Fellow Marines
Randy

I hope not to intrude too much here Top but Staff Sergeant US Army here. Currently active duty with the Mighty Mustang Regiment,
8th US Cavalry.

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Former member of the 8th US cavalry and a grandson of a Leibstandarte tanker. Former name on these boards was Leibstandarte.

T All,

Major David A. Davenport 0202/0210 - Active drilling reservist with JICPAC (Ft. Worth Texas)AKA - Iron Cross

Semper Fi!!!!

"I hope not to intrude too much here Top but Staff Sergeant US Army here"

I do not mind the intrusion at all, as long as you promise not to call me "Top" in the Corps that beloved term of affection is reserved for our Master Sergeants and Master Gunnery Sergeants. Although my Tankers who attend your Ft Knox school love to tease me from time to time and call me "Sleeve"



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1stSgt
Semper Fi
"Steel on Target"
Company B 1st Tank Bn

Sgt Andrew M. Marciniak
89-94 2/7 and 13th CIT
Served Desert Storm and Somalia



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USMCGrunt

-When it absolutely, positively, has to be destroyed overnight.

Larry Wagner
Former Sgt. USMC
1972-1985
Air Wing
helo and engine mech.

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Larry Wagner
USMC, SGT.
1972-1985

Hmmm... Lots of Marines here, Good. Sooner
or later I will have questions about tactical
doctrine. Unfortunately, I'm from the other
side of the Dept of the Navy.
IC(PO2)
USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31)
CAG 5 "Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club"
1966-70.

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Greg.

37 mill AA...
can suddenly ruin your day.

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Captain Brian Duplessis (Active); MCRD San Diego (leaving in 3 wks for Field Artillery Officer's Advanced Course)

Panzerfist,

In answer to your question about a First Sergeant, the USMC rank structure is set up like this.

Gunnery Sergeant (E7)

First Sergeant(E8) This is a staff/command position and is usually the senior enlisted rank in a company

Master Sergeant(E8) This is for senior enlisted that havechosen to stay in their selected MOS. The senior enlisted man in our Communications platoon was a Master Sergeant.

Sergeant Major (E9) The highest staff/command enlisted rank. Most battalions have a SgtMaj and most USMC bases have their own "Base" SgtMaj.

MasterGunnery Sergeant (E9) Highest enlisted rank when staying withing your MOS. The senior enlisted Marine in our MP unit on MCAGCC 29 Palms was a MasterGunnery Sergeant.

Hope this helps a little and anyone is free to elaborate more on the topic.

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USMCGrunt

-When it absolutely, positively, has to be destroyed overnight.

D. R. Oskar, Maj USMC, will retire in August. Used to be a SSgt in the 1391 field before I got myself busted to 2ndLT and had to start over Currently a primary flight instructor at NAS Whiting.

thanks for the info. i talked to a sgt today about the splitting of the e-8's and so on. in my command (VFA 125, Lemoore, ca) there is a marine post but since its an NAS, lemoore, is dominated by navy.

thanks

p/f/

Sommer, Christopher.
Former Sergeant (0311,0313)1989-98
1/9, 2/9, 2nd LAR

Currently a Sergeant (13F - forward observer) in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard (1/107 FA)

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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
-- George Orwell

sooperduk@hotmail.com

SgtMjr Price
1960 thru 1975 reserves went as advicer 1975 thru 1981 to Middle east areas, 1981 thru 2000 Active duty Sniper Instructor.

Sgt Prce Jr. 1983 - 1993 Combat enginner ther switched to Sniper duty. Injured and discharged. Both me and My father Miss the Corp. But had no choice Semper Fi and Good luck.

1STSGT, USMC, READ THIS AT THE POSITION OF ATTENTION.

Whorton, James, MAJ, Army, retired
Enlisted 1973-75, 11B, 2nd Bde, 8th ID, Baumholder, GER, "The Rock"
Officer 1975-92. Spent most of that time on the division staff of 5th ID, Ft. Polk, LA, 8th ID, Bad Kreuznach, GER, back to 5th ID. I spent Desert Storm training the 256th Inf. Bde, La. National Guard at Ft. Hood, TX. I won't comment further on that experience. I worked in public relations my last six years.

I have worked with Marines occasionally. Interesting duty. Once had a great flag football game involving Marines back in 78. I was with an Army detachment in Pittsburgh of all places, and our team played a Marine team. The game ended in a brawl. I recall a Marine captain (I am not making this up!) biting one of our guys on the leg. (Our guy lived, by the way.) I got in one good punch, and the Marine I hit kept saying after it was over, "I can't believe the L-T hit me." I think they drummed him out of the Corps later. Anyway, after the fight, the Marines took us to our enlisted club and bought us all drinks. They thought it was the most fun they had had in a long time.

Another Marine story. I flew in to Panama with a battalion from Ft. Polk in the spring of 89, prior to Just Cause, when Noriega was acting up. At one of our briefings the in-country folks told us about an ammo dump guarded by Marines. They told us to steer well clear of it, because the Marines shot at everything and had just recently shot at some other Army guys. We believed them and didn't try out luck.

Great guys, Marines.

CARRY ON, 1ST SGT.

Originally posted by JW:
1STSGT, USMC, READ THIS AT THE POSITION OF ATTENTION.

I have worked with Marines occasionally. Interesting duty. Once had a great flag football game involving Marines back in 78. I was with an Army detachment in Pittsburgh of all places, and our team played a Marine team. The game ended in a brawl. I recall a Marine captain (I am not making this up!) biting one of our guys on the leg. (Our guy lived, by the way.) I got in one good punch, and the Marine I hit kept saying after it was over, "I can't believe the L-T hit me." I think they drummed him out of the Corps later. Anyway, after the fight, the Marines took us to our enlisted club and bought us all drinks. They thought it was the most fun they had had in a long time.

Another Marine story. I flew in to Panama with a battalion from Ft. Polk in the spring of 89, prior to Just Cause, when Noriega was acting up. At one of our briefings the in-country folks told us about an ammo dump guarded by Marines. They told us to steer well clear of it, because the Marines shot at everything and had just recently shot at some other Army guys. We believed them and didn't try out luck.

Great guys, Marines.

CARRY ON, 1ST SGT.

JW,

Interesting story about the football game. We used to call this "Rough Housing" or "Grab Assing". Most sporting events at least in my unit seemed to degenerate into this kind of behavior. What can I say..... It's a gift. I think one of the most hilarious comments I heard though was an Army Captain asking our Company Commander while we were on a 25 mile hump, "Why is it that everytime they (meaning us)stop for more than 5 minutes, they end up throwing things at each other?" Our CO replied, "They're just being Marines Captain. If they don't have someone else to screw with, they screw with each other."

'Nuff said



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USMCGrunt

-When it absolutely, positively, has to be destroyed overnight.

A salute to all you guys!!