Semper Fi!

[bigdad1]

I am proud to have been a Navy Corpsman who served with Marine units in Vietnam. I am proud of both the Navy and the Marine portions of my service. I proudly wear the Leatherneck Tartan with an EGA kilt pin.
There are plenty of gee-gaws for sale representing other services but I think that the fact that the Corps is such a small brotherhood that those who have earned the right to be called Marine tend to show that pride off in more lavish ways. The Few, The Proud The Marines. Semper Fi

[hkjrb623]

I am proud to have been a Navy Corpsman who served with Marine units in Vietnam. I am proud of both the Navy and the Marine portions of my service. I proudly wear the Leatherneck Tartan with an EGA kilt pin.
There are plenty of gee-gaws for sale representing other services but I think that the fact that the Corps is such a small brotherhood that those who have earned the right to be called Marine tend to show that pride off in more lavish ways. The Few, The Proud The Marines. Semper Fi

I am a former Marine, and I've always had the highest regard for Corpsmen. I knew a few that actually had the EGA tattooed on them. Ya'll are the only ones that could get away with that. Semper Fi!

[hkjrb623]

BTW, I served in Bosnia and Afghanistan.

[Dixiedog]

John Rickman here... My Father, a Proud Hardcore Korean War Marine... when I told him that I was going to follow in his footsteps and join the Corps after I came home from college... told me to join the Navy. He said that with the Navy, I'd "See the World" like he never got the chance while he served with the Marines. And was He ever right !!! My first 4 years as an Operations Specialist (Scope Dope) aboard the USS Coral Sea (CV-43) took me on 2 West-Pac Deployments to every Far-East Port I could ever think of.

When I changed Rates to Aviation Electronics Technician, the Commandant of the Corps pulled all the Marines out of the Naval Security Roles after the Bruit Barracks Bombing, leaving the CNO with no Naval Security Forces (No Marine Security on Navy Bases). The Commandant sent out his Best Security Police Instructors to train me and the first of many Navy Security Volunteers, and 3 to 6 months of Specialized Marine Corps Training later, the New Naval Security Forces (NSF) were born. Composed of both Sailors and Marines working as one Joint Force, for one Joint Mission.

I retired after 21 years in the Navy, not regretting one moment of the time that I served. But the most memorable time of my career, were of the Sailors and Marines that I served with as a member of the Naval Security Forces (NSF). Even though the Sailors and the Marines of the NSF all started out in different services, we all came together as One Unit to accomplish the mission. We Uniformed, Trained, Ate, Berthed, PT'ed, Sweated, Froze, Worked and Served Together as One Unit. Just as the (Multi-Force) SEALS do today.

Now Retired, In addition to my Family Tartan (MacKenzie), I wear the Leatherneck Tartan !!! NOT Only to honor those Sailors & Marines that I served with in the NSF, but to Honor the Greatest Marine I ever knew... My Father... SGT. John Wm. Rickman, Sr. (Radio Operator / USMC-Dec.).

Anchors Away & Semper Fi... To All Who Served To Keep Us Free!!!

[LANCER1562]

I served 4 years active duty U.S. Army Infantry. Besides my Clan tartan I also have a kilt from USA Kilts in the Army tartan. I'm planning to replace the pin I currently have on my USAK with 2nd Infantry Division lapel pin or maybe I'll just add it.

[Inchessi]

Six years in the Marines. I proudly sport the Leatherneck Kilt.

Dixiedog, a friend was a bubblehead that joined the Navy to "See the World." They came up for air and mail his first two tours. When he tells the story, you laugh so hard tears roll.

[kiltimabar]

I had six years in the Navy, and though I like the Seabee and the Polaris tartans better than the Edzell, I was never in the Seabees or boomers, so I don't wear them.

I also think the Leatherneck tartan is one of the best ever but I would not presume to use it; I do wear the Cameron of Erracht for its association with the 79th NY Cameron Highlanders, which I belong to with the American Civil War Association. It has a similar color scheme to the Leatherneck, but of course not the same sett.

[creagdhubh]

Semper Fidelis!

Sergeant Kyle A. Smith Macpherson, USMC
1999-2008

[Woodsheal]

As an ex-Army officer, I love my kilt in the US Army tartan - 16 oz. from kilt maker Alexis Malcolm, who designed it. My only objection to the sett: she left out a red line for the artillery! (Maybe that could be rectified by a US Army Tartan #2, but then I'd have to buy another kilt!)

BTW, in the Army we had a little descriptive phrase to apply our Marine friends' battlefield tactics: "Hey diddle diddle, straight up the middle!"

Dontcha just love inter-service ribbing? Semper fi, leatherneck buddies...!

[Dale Seago]

BTW, in the Army we had a little descriptive phrase to apply our Marine friends' battlefield tactics: "Hey diddle diddle, straight up the middle!"

The Army musta stole it: The Marines have and apply the same descriptive phrase among themselves, TO themselves.