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Current Service Status
USMC Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Master Gunnery Sergeant
Current/Last Primary MOS
5811-Military Policeman
Current/Last MOSGroup
Military Police
Previously Held MOS
0311-Rifleman
0331-Machine Gunner
0341-Mortar Man
8511-Drill Instructor
0369-Infantry Unit Leader
5813-Accident Investigator
Primary Unit
1983-1986, 5811, H&S Bn, MCB Camp Butler, Okinawa
Service Years
1956 - 1986
Official/Unofficial USMC Certificates
Shellback Certificate
Suez Canal Certificate
Cold War Certificate
Great Lakes Certificate
1970, Fleet Reserve Association (FRA)
1979, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
1987, Marine Corps League, Detachment 816 (Vice Commander) (Okinawa, Japan)
1991, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 9723, Okinawa (FPO, AP)
2009, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 10 (Executive Secretary) (El Paso, Texas)
2010, American Legion, Post 79 (Paid Up For Life) (New Port Richey, Florida)
2012, USMC East Coast Drill Instructors Association
2012, Marine Corps Association and Foundation (MCA&F)
What are you doing now:
I am fully retired. I volunteer with visiting sick and confined hospital comrades. Assist widows and orphans of our departed comrades.
I was a 0311 during ITR. Afterwards I served as a 0331 Machine Gunner. In 1963 I was assigned to H&S Co 2/8, CLNC and become a 0341 81 Mortarman. I was assigned as a MP 5811/5813 from Jan71 to my 30 years were completed on 01 July 1986.
Other Comments:
I served my 1st 15 yrs as Infantry and my last 15 as Military Police Provost Sgt/Accident Investigator.
School Boot Camp (Parris Island, SC)
Company Not Specified
Platoon 377
Start Date Oct, 1956
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Last Updated: Feb 14, 2011
Other Memories Senior DI: SSgt. Thomas J.HUSTED, Now deceased. He later was Commissioned and retired as a Captain. Jr DIs: Sgt. Melvin Bray. I later served with him in 1979 at HQ Bn, HQMC. I was a MGySgt and he was our Bn Sgt Maj; Sgt McDowell and Sgt Hill.