Rmitchell55
850+ Posts
59 Years ago today I gave up my freedom and joined the Navy. Got sworn in in Ashland Kentucky, Shot filght to Cincinnati Ohio and then a flight to San Diego via Los Angles.
Loss of Freedom
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cScjhb
2500+ Posts
Hi Ray,
You were ahead of me by 2 years and 2 days. I reported to MCRD, San Diego, on 6-22-66. Became a Marine for the rest of my life.....
Jim
Phu Cat
2250+ Posts
Became a Marine for the rest of my life.....
I don't know about you, but considering all the other directions I could have gone, I'm glad I chose the military.
I don't know about you, but considering all the other directions I could have gone, I'm glad I chose the military.
rhino 2
100000 + Posts
I didn’t choose the military it chose me…..The one thing that it taught me in my travels was/is how lucky we are living in this country….
Phu Cat
2250+ Posts
The one thing that it taught me in my travels was/is how lucky we are living in this country….
WOW! You got that right Rhino. Experiencing people living in grass huts sure made me appreciate peace and stability, a solid roof over my head, an actual bed, electricity, indoor plumbing, a variety of food on the table every night and a grocery store, a public school system, the telephone, television, a car in the garage, paved roads, immense prosperity compared to some countries, and probably more that you can think of. Did I leave anything out? In some third world countries fire wood is a commodity and if you own the pots and pans you cook in, you're considered wealthy. Are we a spoiled society?
WOW! You got that right Rhino. Experiencing people living in grass huts sure made me appreciate peace and stability, a solid roof over my head, an actual bed, electricity, indoor plumbing, a variety of food on the table every night and a grocery store, a public school system, the telephone, television, a car in the garage, paved roads, immense prosperity compared to some countries, and probably more that you can think of. Did I leave anything out? In some third world countries fire wood is a commodity and if you own the pots and pans you cook in, you're considered wealthy. Are we a spoiled society?
Feb 19, 1968 I raised my hand at the AFEES station in Harrisburg Pa. Several weeks later I was a Marine. There was a bit of a problem going on in SouthEast Asia in 1968 so most of us figured that's where we would be heading. Left 14 years later as a Gunnery Sergeant. If that wasn't enough, the day after my discharge I joined a police department and spent the next 30 years on that job....
rhino 2
100000 + Posts
Thanks for the welcome. Now if the heat index here would get below 105 I'd like to get some riding in 
Phu Cat
2250+ Posts
the day after my discharge I joined a police department and spent the next 30 years on that job....
Completely understand Gunny. Kinda like going from the frying pan into the fire, ain't it. You're a good man.
Completely understand Gunny. Kinda like going from the frying pan into the fire, ain't it. You're a good man.
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