Did you ever run into any corpsmen?
I spent the last two years of my service (71 - 73) at Cherry Point, NC (I was a corpsman.) I have to say, I was well treated.
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Did you ever run into any corpsmen?
I spent the last two years of my service (71 - 73) at Cherry Point, NC (I was a corpsman.) I have to say, I was well treated.
BC street in Koza. Was there many times in a drunken stupor. BTW did you ever meet Kimiko at the Club Champion?
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It didn't help.........
It didn't help that the bomb sight was designed to deliver nuclear weapons.
It didn't help that the bomb sight was designed to deliver nuclear weapons.
Did you ever run into any corpsmen?
I spent the last two years of my service (71 - 73) at Cherry Point, NC (I was a corpsman.) I have to say, I was well treated.
No. Lots of times I wish I had. Usually I was with only 6-8 men at a time and not many people knew where we were or what we were up to.
I had a LOT of respect for the Devil Docs and there were a few times I really wished one was near by. but, that wasn't the game we were playing.
Bob
I was on Oki twice. the first time on R&R in 1967 and the second time med-evac to the hospital in Kadena in 1968. During the R&R trip (when I met CPO3 Hale) I could have met my mother in Koza and I wouldn't have remembered it.
Bob
In that case you never walked into a bar full of Squids and Jarheads. Get a bunch of Sailors and Marines in a bar and we'd be at it full bore. But, let a bunch of Army guys walk in and they'd have to take on both of us.
Bob
Had a nasty little DI at Parris Island tell us that the only Navy ship he had respect for was the New Jersey. He said it shot shells as big as Volkswagens and rearranged grid squares.The only thing I will say is that the parts of the Nam I was operating in I never saw any "Navy" guys. Unless you count those A-6 pilots that bailed my butt out more than once.
Also, I had a real affinity for a couple of USAF Birds, call signs "Puff The Magic Dragon" and "Spooky". Lord, how the gooks would run whenever Spooky showed up.
Also really liked those big guns on the New Jersey. Called in a few fire missions to them. They could put those big azz rounds right in your shirt pocket.
Bob
I was treated very well on the USS Tortuga though.
george minze
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Never met her but I'm sure I met her momma Iseko in Iwakuni in 58....
Two of my wife's brothers were Marines...so, at holidays and other family gatherings, we go at it pretty good. It's all in good fun, though.
Harrison
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In that case you never walked into a bar full of Squids and Jarheads. Get a bunch of Sailors and Marines in a bar and we'd be at it full bore. But, let a bunch of Army guys walk in and they'd have to take on both of us.
Bob
No I actually never did. Most of the bars I might have frequented didn't have swabbies or jarheads. Now unfortunately, they might have Air Force, and the Army had to show the flyboys their place in the world and/or clean the bar of them.
My last comment in this thread, fun though it has been, is this: when I was in the hospital at Kadena in 1968, wheeling around the wounded wards in my chair, there was no way to tell which branch of service the wounded guys were in. We all pretty much looked the same.
God bless ALL my brothers in arms!
Bob
God bless ALL my brothers in arms!
Bob
george minze
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AMEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
ohioseabee
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I did two tours, all in I Corps. Maybe the reason no one saw any "squids" there was we dressed the same as the "jarheads", except our belts were black instead of khaki! Like most 'bees I spent more time with the Marines than the Navy.
Straightshooter2
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Inter-service rivalry? Nah
Inter-service? Does the USMC paycheck still read Department of the Navy at the top? Of course everyone knows the emblem for Uncle Sam's Misguided Children is actually an eagle sitting on a beachball with an anchor tied to his tail to remind him he belongs to the Navy.
Seriously folks, think about this. Navy and Marine Aviation (along with some Air Force) enlisted men have to be the most intelligent people in the military. I mean where else do enlisted men send the officers out to do the fighting while they sit back at the base drinking coffee!
Grinning, running and ducking,
CW
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Bkreutz
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Inter service "jabbing" will always be around. My Dad was a Marine aviator (WWII and Korea), we'd be sitting in a bar and someone would ask me if I was a Marine, my answer always was "Do I look that stupid to you?", then I'd get a sideways glance from my Dad and we'd both start laughing. I've shared a hole with a Marine in many firefights and at those moments, we were all just American soldiers. I suspect the same would hold true with the other services as well.
litenlarry
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As someone asked, " is not the Marines a department of the Navy?" Sorry can't resist..
Yes, the mens department...Drum beat please..
Oh well...
Yes, the mens department...Drum beat please..
Oh well...
I spent the first 18 weeks in the Navy under the watchful eye of my Drill Instructor, a United States Marine Crops Gunnery Sergeant. I went through AOCS at NAS Pensacola. I knew more about the USMC those first couple of months than I did the USN! I have to tell you, I have lots of respect for the Corps...good crew. I seriously considered joining them, but then I couldn't have flown in these babies:
Edit to add: That GySgt was tough...only 14 of the 70 of us original class members made it through without quitting, injury, or failing at something!
Edit to add: That GySgt was tough...only 14 of the 70 of us original class members made it through without quitting, injury, or failing at something!
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ChuckS1
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Sure, you did. They were called "corpsmen". Maybe you were lucky enough not to have needed one.
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litenlarry
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I spent the first 18 weeks in the Navy under the watchful eye of my Drill Instructor, a United States Marine Crops Gunnery Sergeant. I went through AOCS at NAS Pensacola. I knew more about the USMC those first couple of months than I did the USN! I have to tell you, I have lots of respect for the Corps...good crew. I seriously considered joining them, but then I couldn't have flown in these babies:
Edit to add: That GySgt was tough...only 14 of the 70 of us original class members made it through without quitting, injury, or failing at something!
Great pic's...BUT remember John Glenn ? He was a USMC aviator, he was the first person to orbit the Earth...
Sure, you did. They were called "corpsmen". Maybe you were lucky enough not to have needed one.
I think that what he meant by saying "Navy" guys, in quotes, and what was left unsaid, was that the Corpsmen he served with were considered fellow Marines.
red14
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As a former Sailor, I can truthfully say Marines were great employees.
Well, my dad always said that anytime the Marines had to go somewhere to fight, the Navy was always nice enough to give them a ride . . .
Great pic's...BUT remember John Glenn ? He was a USMC aviator, he was the first person to orbit the Earth...
And who was the first man to walk on the moon? Neil Armstrong...Naval Aviator!
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