>Happy Birthday Marines
Happy Birthday indeed. I joined the Corps in 1966 to dodge the draft. 0311/0331. I will be hoisting a glass this evening for those who earned their trip to Valhalla. Semper Fi.
>Alternate personalities.
Ahhhh, got it. Lemme think…………….
Tactician
Marathon runner
Cold blooded Rifleman
Artist with an M-60
Psychiatrist
Armorer
Berserker
Neatnik
Physician
1911 Fetishist
Coach
I was also honored to receive a mixed blessing in the form of Dress Blues for a meritorious promotion. Those Blues got me assigned to every Funeral detail that came down the pike. From escorting the decomposing bodies in the belly of a C-130 to the funeral home. Pall bearer, firing squad, flag detail, honor guard on over 300 occasions, along with Civic Action functions during the 1968 election cycle.
You want to fuck up someones head? Have him bury over 300 of his friends and comrades. That will either harden or break you. I see the world very, very clearly. Read your Smedley Butler if you want to know what I mean.