Serve as Armed Security Officer for 12th Security Sqd, Randolph AFB, TX RETIRED FOR GOOD 10-01-07
Other Comments:
Will enjoy kayaking / Gym workout with the ladies ( with my wife there too :-) and volunteering wirh a great bunch of guys at VFW POST 76 (Oldest Post in Texas), Honor Guard - we give our fellow veterans in and around San Antonio, TX proper volleys and taps at there funerals.
2017, my wife passed in 2012, and now have a fiancee (Jan) for the past couple years, both enjoying life here in Texas. She is from England and I a Scott - but we both get along :-)
1st Battalion, 8th Marines (1/8) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The battalion consists of approximately 1000 Marines and Sailors and is nicknamed "The Beirut Battalion." They fall under the command of the 8th Marine Regiment and the 2nd Marine Division.
The unit's history goes back to World War II where they fought in numerous campaigns in the Pacific including Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa. After that they were part of the intervention in the Dominican Republic in 1965, saw action during the Gulf War in 1991 and since 2001 have fought the Global War on Terrorism by serving numerous tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
The battalion is probably best known as the unit that was the victim of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing in Lebanon. A total of 241 Marines, sailors and soldiers lost their lives that day and the majority of them were from 1/8.
Best Moment Instituted the first FSTU Unit with Co."E", 2nd Bn, 8th Marines. Trained Marines in Basic Infantry Combat Skills.
Worst Moment Court Martial with buddy Hank Mosely for taking nips of Whiskey on return flight from Gitmo, Cuba ( On St Patty's Day ).
Other Memories Liked my TAD tours with 2/8 in Gitmo as supplement Defese Force for the Base. Made 3 tours and on one, LCol Cody authorized me to form a Bn Drum & Bugle Corps - which was ahsome.
