“Happy 238th. Birthday, My Marines…!” 10•Nov.•13
“F” Battery. 2nd. Battalion / 12th. Marines. 3rd. Marine Division. Okinawa, Japan. (circa 1986). *Yours truly standing @ second row – second from right. M-198 Howitzer F 2/12 Battery, Fire Direction Controllman. (0844) “Semper fi.” -cg. With Marine Sergeant Major Gerald Saunders (left) at Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in Parris Island, SC on Wednesday, […]
“The Hat…” Marine Corps Drill Instructor. MCRD, Parrris Island, SC. 14•March•13
There is no one more recognizable, respected or feared in the eyes of a recruit at Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) on Parris Island than the Marine Corps Drill Instructor or “Hat…” These are a few of my favorites from the last two days here on “My Island…” ~cg. A Marine Corps Drill Instructor pauses […]
“We Make Marines.” Parris Island, South Carolina. 12 – 15 March 2013
I am working at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in Parris Island, SC. This military installation is known the world over as Marine Boot Camp. I was last here in November 1982, when I enlisted as a Marine. Semper Fi. “It’s been 30 years…” ~cg. A bus waits near the infamous “Yellow Footprints” before […]
