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Camp Lejeune, Marine regiment welcome Corps’ newest member (OK grab the Kleenex!)
Marine Corps News ^
| Dec 14, 2005
| Cpl. Mike Escobar
Posted on 12/15/2005 3:20:07 PM PST by SandRat
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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. Six-year-old Brandon Rasnick stands beside Sgt. Maj. Robert Beith, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiments sergeant major, right, and Lt. Col. Bradley Vickers, the battalions commander, left, here Dec. 12. Brandon and his family visited numerous training grounds and units throughout the base while on a trip sponsored by the Make-A-Wish Foundation to grant his wish of training alongside United States Marines. Brandon is a boy from Lehigh Acres, Fla. who has cystic fibrosis, a genetic lung disorder. Photo by: Cpl. Mike Escobar
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posted on
12/15/2005 3:20:12 PM PST
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SandRat
To: 2LT Radix jr; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; 80 Square Miles; A Ruckus of Dogs; acad1228; AirForceMom; ..
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posted on
12/15/2005 3:20:57 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
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posted on
12/15/2005 3:21:18 PM PST
by
SJSAMPLE
To: SandRat
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posted on
12/15/2005 3:25:04 PM PST
by
F14 Pilot
(Democracy is a process not a product)
To: Ben Mugged
To: SandRat
Thank you Marines for giving this little boy his wish!
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posted on
12/15/2005 3:31:15 PM PST
by
maxwellp
To: SandRat
Okay, would some Marine please tell me how 1/9 (1st Battalion, 9th Marines) was "adopted" by the 2nd Mar Div?
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posted on
12/15/2005 3:38:46 PM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: SandRat
To: 2ndClassCitizen
Cool. I was born at Camp Legeune April 11, 1970.
To: SandRat
You Marines seem to have a knack for doing it right. Very well done!
God bless your Brandon, get well soon!
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posted on
12/15/2005 3:50:25 PM PST
by
armydawg1
(" America must win this war..." PVT Martin Treptow, KIA, WW1)
To: SandRat
This is great!
We have a young future marine in our neighborhood too. His name is Max, and he's now in an organization called the Young Marine, I think. Not sure of the official name. He must be 13 or 14, and his goal is to attend the Naval Academy.
To give everyone an idea of what this kid is like, last year our neighborhood was the victim of someone stealing Bush reelection yard signs. The bad news was, the Bush campaign ran out too so we didn't have replacement signs.
Young Max took it upon himself to find some old campaign signs, turn them inside out, put Bush stickers on them, and then go around our neighborhood handing them out to whoever wanted a replacement yard sign. Neighbors were shocked since the state GOP told them there weren't more signs, and here's this "kid" going door to door offering free Bush signs. Needless to say, it brought more than one tear to an eye, which he never realized was going on.
Max attended our District Christmas party this year and everyone there applauded him and I think his head got a bit bigger with all the attention he was getting. But, not too much. He's still in that impressionable phase and does not realize what he really did.
Needless to say, Max is an asset for all of us and we are helping him as much as we can.
To: SandRat
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posted on
12/15/2005 3:55:30 PM PST
by
skimask
(Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.)
To: SandRat
OOOOO - RAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To: SandRat
Typical Marines. :)
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posted on
12/15/2005 4:15:55 PM PST
by
steveo
(No Anchovies? You've got the wrong man, I spell my name steveo...)
To: armydawg1
You do not want to get in the way of the Marines and a PR opportunity. I was at Camp Lejeune last weekend to see my son and I love the place. It has got to be the safest place in the country!
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posted on
12/15/2005 4:25:40 PM PST
by
Recon Dad
(Force Recon Dad (and proud of it))
To: SandRat
Boy, does this bring back memories. And that kid is going to have a blast. I haven't thought of Camp LeJune NC in 20 years. Back in '68-69 my dad got drafted into the Navy. I gues the Marines needed doctors because he was stationed at Camp LeJune. He had just graduated from Med School but had already made quite a name for himself. I learned that the service doesn't let hotshot doctors anywhere near a combat zone, rather, they stay and treat officers and do ER duty here stateside. Closest my old man got to 'Nam was a 5 month navy tour in europe while we stayed at LeJune. It was more of a long vacation for him.
But none of that mattered to me, I was a 10 year old kid spending two years in the coolest place on earth. I had a blast those two years and still remember them as one of the best times of my life. Everybody likes the Dr. who took care of them so my brother and I got to meet a lot of neat people and see a lot of stuff on that base. I remember a lot of good times on Oslow beach (is that still there?) and being on the base little league team that won the Championship of the base. I remember General Wheeler was base commander and I had a crush on his daughter Betsy who was in my class at school. Good memories and I bet it hasn't changed a bit.
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12/15/2005 4:46:29 PM PST
by
joebuck
To: Recon Dad
I was at Lejeune for a year in the late 60s and it was the best time of my life. I revisited in 2002 and it was like going home again, the place had hardly changed.
Give your son a big Semper Fi from all of us.
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posted on
12/15/2005 4:50:01 PM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: joebuck
I learned that the service doesn't let hotshot doctors anywhere near a combat zone
Not true at all. "Delta" Med in Dong Ha had great doctors and Dong Ha sure qualified as being in a combat zone.
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posted on
12/15/2005 4:54:16 PM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: oh8eleven
Your talking about "The Walking Dead". Semper Fi
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posted on
12/15/2005 4:56:42 PM PST
by
stumpy
To: SandRat
I showed this to my wife and your RIGHT, I needed the kleenex.
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posted on
12/15/2005 4:58:47 PM PST
by
JOE43270
(JOE43270 America voted and said we are One Nation Under God with Liberty and Justice for All.)
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