Happy Birthday Marines - As is custom during birthday celebrations, a wish is made before blowing out the candles on our cake. It is also a custom not to reveal that wish for fear that it may not come true. My Marine Corps Birthday wish each year has been the same since my 1st at …
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Valhalla Does Not Discriminate
I've read many beautiful stories in response to a writing prompt by Prisimatic-bell about Valhalla not discriminating against anyone. The message was; you can make it into Valhalla regardless of the kind of battle you fought to get there. This is of course contrary to actual Norse mythology, where only those that die in combat go …
To Live On In The Hearts….
To live in the hearts of those we leave behind ...is not to die It's been a trip we never wanted to make but somewhere in the back of our minds we knew the time was drawing near. Cancer had taken an all Marine Boxer more than eight years and many rounds of Chemo to …
Endure ..It’s what we do
I saw this sign hanging outside a church in downtown Portsmouth NH. The message was a simple request Hang On America and a reminder ..We can Endure. I haven't been able to shake thinking about the message. This year has presented struggles i.e pandemic, isolation, politics, race, sex and financial issues. But are these new …
When Things Get Lost In Translation
A Tuna sandwich is a staple of mine.... It originated around the 19th century when Americans started combining the leftover fish scraps from dinner with mayonnaise for lunch. In 1977 while serving as a Marine Corps military policeman at MCAS Iwakuni Japan, I longed for American style food and in particular an old style tuna sandwich... …
The Value of A Coin
Silver Dollar Salute - Coins play a unique part in Military tradition. My first introduction to their history was after saluting a friend who had just received a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, aboard the USS Constitution (Old Ironsides). By tradition, the silver dollar is a coin given in …
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