Marine Corps Retirement Ceremony

[dmn57]

We plan to attend my wife's step-niece's husband's USMC retirement ceremony at Camp Johnson, NC, June 28. We see this as quite an honor and are very excited about attending. This will be our first military retirement function. What should we expect?

 

[Ozark Marine]

Depends.
Officer... Polite, quiet and ends early.
Enlisted..Toast, war stories, toast, and that goes on all night.
If you don't know all 3 versus of the Marines Hymn, you will by the time you sober up.

 

[dmn57]

Depends.
Officer... Polite, quiet and ends early.
Enlisted..Toast, war stories, toast, and that goes on all night.
If you don't know all 3 versus of the Marines Hymn, you will by the time you sober up.

Ha, thanks. He's retiring as a Master Sergeant so it sounds like it could be fun.

 

[6518John]

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[onebadvet]

Bring a camera, something you probably will remember for a long time.

 

[Bugkiller99]

Bring a camera, something you probably will remember for a long time.

Based on Ozark Marine’s post, it maybe the only way he will remember it.

 

[dmn57]

Well, it's probably good I don't imbibe like I used to. I'd imagine we'll exit fairly early and let the relatively young folks revel into the night. Looking forward to it.