Posts Tagged ‘silent drill platoon’

“Happy 239th. Birthday to All My Marines…!” 10•Nov.•14

HVHF-092113-071a

The United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon. For every Marine that ever carried a rifle… ~cg. The United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon perform in front of the U. S. Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, VA on Saturday, September 21, 2013.  © Chet Gordon / THE IMAGE WORKS  


“Happy 238th. Birthday, My Marines…!” 10•Nov.•13

"F" Battery. 2nd. Battalion / 12th. Marines. Okinawa, Japan. 1986.

“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, […]


“My Marines…” Arlington, VA. 21•Sept.•13

LIS_9467a

The United States Marines Corps Silent Drill Platoon perform in front of the U. S. Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, VA on Saturday, September 21, 2013.  © Chet Gordon/THE IMAGE WORKS *Spent the day yesterday in the Washington, DC & Arlington, VA area documenting a mission of the Hudson Valley Honor Flight: www.hvhonorflight.com/  More […]


Happy Birthday to All My Marines. “Semper fi…!” 10•Nov.•12

The United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon. For every Marine that ever carried a rifle… ~cg.


"Once a Marine…" 10•Nov.•11

_MG_9812

“Semper fi…!” Today is the United States Marine Corps’ 236th. Birthday. MCRD. Parris Island, SC. 1982.“H” Battery, 3rd. Battalion / 11th. Marines. 1st. Marine Division. CAMP PENDLETON, CA. JUNE 1984. “F” Battery. 2nd. Battalion / 12th. Marines. Okinawa, Japan. 1986. At 5:15AM with newly commissioned Marine 2nd. Lt. David Padgett outside his Rye, NY home […]