Other Memories
It was an honor to be selected to and attend the FBI & USMC Seminar for Law Enforcement Specialists which enabled me to enhance my investigative abilities while in the USMCR.
Best Friends
SGT. Robert FLOTUM SGT. L. E. ADAMS SGT. W.C. LEONARD GYSGT. Robert PARTRIDGE MSGT. KURK SGTMAJ. Paul YEAGER MGYSGT. HURT CAPT. Earl J. MANNING MAJ. David J. WILLIS; perhaps the finest Mustang I ever worked for and learned from.
Best Moment
Being a part-time competitior with the 1973 USMC High Power Rifle Team. Being nominated in 1974 for the MCDEC, Quantico's 'Marine of the Month."
Worst Moment
Being a few minutes late for SGTMAJ. YEAGER!!
Other Memories
Shooting with and learning from the finest shooters in the Corps, including GYSGT. Carlos HATHCOCK. Working on the production and illustration of the U.S. Marine Corps Marksmanship Handbook.
Best Friends
LCPL. Patrick Gormley, from Floral Park, Long Island, NY
Best Moment
Getting transferred out of SSGT. Custer's office and leaving for the USMC Shooting Team at WTBN, MCB, Quantico, VA
Worst Moment
Watching the inept and unprofessional attempts to lead/manage my unit's office by SSGT. Custer who garnered no respect by subordinates for his poor performance.
Best Friends
Senior Drill Instructor was SSgt. Joseph C. CHILES. Plt. 286 was his first as the 'Senior' and under his leadership our Platoon took every award for every competition our Series engaged in except for one! We kicked ass as did our Senior and his ADS's.
Best Moment
Earning Meritorious PFC for 'High Shooter' and for keeping my shit together during boot camp serving as: Key Private; Platoon Artist; Assistant Scribe.
Worst Moment
While with the nearly 90 or so recruites in the old white wooden receiving barracks being 'processed' for the few days while awaiting being picked-up by our Drill Instructors for my Platoon to begin training, a NCO called for all privates who had been arrested or convicted of a crime to stand up; I was stunned to see that I was one of the 3 or 4 who remained in our seats! I learned that my Series had multiple recruuites who had served time in State Prisons, and one short black private in the next platoon had been convicted of manslaughter. When I overheard my Senior DI ask him why he killed a man, the recruit answered: "Because he slapped me sir!" The DI's all laughed and said that they would make sure that when they needed to 'correct' him they would do something other than 'slap' him!!!
Instructors
SSGT. Joseph C. CHILES, Senior D.I.; SGT. Henry SMALLS, ADI; SGT. PARSONS, ADI; and SGT. MOHLER, ADI (who was replaced by SGT. PARSONS)
Other Memories
It was an amazing Platoon lead by a fantastic Senior DI; I was: one of three 'House Mice'; Platoon 'Artist'; Platoon 'Key Private.' Our Platoon was First in our Series in all Competitions except one.
Criteria The National Defense Service Medal is awarded for honorable active service as a member of the Armed Forces during the Korean War, Vietnam War, the war against Iraq in the Persian Gulf, and for service... The National Defense Service Medal is awarded for honorable active service as a member of the Armed Forces during the Korean War, Vietnam War, the war against Iraq in the Persian Gulf, and for service during the current War on Terrorism. In addition, all members of the National Guard and Reserve who were part of the Selected Reserve in good standing between August 2, 1990, to November 30, 1995, are eligible for the National Defense Service Medal. In the case of Navy personnel, Midshipment attending the Naval Academy during the qualifying periods are eligible for this award, and Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) Midshipmen ae only eligible if they participated in a summer cruise that was in an area which qualified for a campaign medal. MoreHide
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Voluntary enlistment at 21 in the United States Marine Corps to "fight world wide Communism".
It was an honor to be selected to and attend the FBI & USMC Seminar for Law Enforcement Specialists which enabled me to enhance my investigative abilities while in the USMCR.