Devil Dogs in Kilts?

[Jerry]

Navy, Tin can veteran here. But I was in the navy during the Viet Nam war, and the marines I knew then were a great bunch of guys and deserved all of tyhe respect the rest of us could give them, as do all marines past and present. On a side note, my ship, the USS Julius A Furer, DEG 6 was commisioned on the same day as the Corp anniversary. We were in Puerto Rico, and had a ships party to commemorate the first anniversary of our commisioning. The local contingent of marines was in the same club, celebrating the Corps anniversary. Never let be said that Marines and sailors can't get along. WE ran out of mixers and they ran out of Booze, so we combined the parties and had a great time. (at least as much as I can remember of it).

[Riverkilt]

M-14 Cold Warrior here, USMCR '65-66 61st Rifle Company Lexington, KY. E-1 "retired"

Politely asked to take my drinking habits elsewhere in exchange for an honorable discharge...39 years ago...dang I'm old!!

Yaish, I don't remember the EGA buckle when you were at the Arizona Highland Games or I'd have said "Semper Fi" for sure.

Was brainwashed as a kid. Did sort of a Marine Corps option in the Navy League's Sea Cadets in high school and the Marine Corps option in NROTC in college before drinking my college career away and having to scramble to enlist somewhere before being drafted. Irony of it all was after my discharge I ended up seeing "urban combat" in the MLK riots as a police officer.

Anyhow, if there's any connection between Marines and kilts its gotta be PRIDE. Not that others aren't proud too, just that it comes easy to old Marines. And, I don't suppose many of us care too much for what other folks may think of us or how we choose to dress

Ron

[Kid Cossack]

Well said, Riverkilt! By the grace of God, I served during peacetime, and fall into the "never went anywhere, never did anything" category.

When the time came to dip a toe into the kilted waters, I pondered long and hard on how best to start. I wasn't sure of a tartan (at that point, I hadn't even seen, I don't think, the Marine Corps tartan), so I fell back on a Utilikilt original in olive drab. Hey, those ARE my clan colors!

I'm not too surprised to see what seems to be a disproportionate representation of former Marines here. The combination of pride, history, tradition and not giving a rat's patootie what the rest of the world thinks is a heady one.

(With that said, I hasten to point out that the Army, Navy and Air Force have some pretty good units too, and that we're all on the same side, so my enthusiasm for the Marine is not a denigration of the soldier, sailor or chairman.)

Did I really say chairman?

[cavscout]

I believe the Marines hold a special claim to the word honor and sacrifice. I also hold any branch of the American military in the highest respect. While in the Army National Guard I was impressed to see that every member of my Scout Platoon was prior service from each branch. The depth of experience we had was impressive for what some call weekend warriors. We had men with Tank experience, Artillery, Air Traffic Control (yours truelly), Sniper, ... about half these men had seen combat in Grenada, Panama, 1st Gulf War and Bosnia. The awesome part about this unit was we all knew the negatives to being in the military (low pay, lack of freedom, long hours...) but we each reupped because it was what we chose to do. These were the greatest bunch of guys I've ever worked with.

[Doc Hudson]

Did I really say chairman?

You really did!

And you know I'm going to get you for that!!

If nothing else, next time you provide the jug!!

[usndoc]

Navy Corpsman here. Stationed with the Marines at Cherry Point 92-95.

[cavscout]

Navy Corpsman here. Stationed with the Marines at Cherry Point 92-95.

Well Doc we probably passed a time or two. I still have cravings for mid-rats at the chow hall. The best western omletts anywhere.

[Miah]

USNDoc what unit were you with or were you at the Base Aid Station?

[Manu]

Navy Corpsman here. Stationed with the Marines at Cherry Point 92-95.

I still have cravings for mid-rats at the chow hall.

Lucky you that had a good chow hall, if there is such a thing in the Corps. Im on comrats and happy as ever.

[Mike n NC]

Another Devil Doc here. Started with 2/1 Charley in viet nam and ended with 2/1 Charley in Desert Storm and a whole lot of blue water under and over in-between. Retired at Camp Lejeune and stayed here in beautiful downtown Jacksonville.

Mike