Americans Love Our Marines

Red Devil 232 | 2-6-08 | Red Devil 232

[Red_Devil 232]

I have posted these videos on the other threads in responce to the Berkley anti - Marine stance. It is a recruting commercial put out by the Marine Corps. The first link is to the commmercial. The other links are to videos of the locations where the film was made. They have interviews with the Marines and with the Americans who love and respect them. Take some time and watch a few and don't blame me if you feel good!

[Red_Devil 232]

This is a quote from Debbie lee

Our military defends your freedoms and has written a blank check to you and your city and every American and they have told you to fill in the cost of that freedom up to and including the cost of their lives and you are telling these people they are not welcome in your city? How dare you!

Debbie Lee
Proud Mother of Marc Alan Lee
First Navy SEAL killed in Iraq 8-2-06

Please at least watch the first video. The others are just as inspiring!

America's Marines

America's Marines in Rhode Island

America's Marines in New York

America's Marines in Philadelphia

America's Marines at the Marine Corps Museum

America's Marines in Kentucky & Indiana

America's Marines in Nashville and Columbia

America's Marines in Denver and Leadville

America's Marines at the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam

America's Marines in San Francisco and San Leandro

[Tennessee Nana]

God Bless and protect our heroic US Marines...

Like Captain Duncan Hunter...4 trips to Iraq

Running for his Dad’s US Congressional seat

(CA 52nd District)

[Born Conservative]

Thanks for posting.

[george76]

Excellent :...last summer ?

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[Bobibutu]

SF denied the request to shoot in DT SF.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Great video.

s/f

[FoxInSocks]

Always faithful bump.

[Red_Devil 232]

Yes they were denied to shoot in SF. So they went to a point owned by the American people and proceded to their duity. Protecting those who would be against them.

[Man50D]

God Bless and protect our heroic US Marines...

Like Captain Duncan Hunter...4 trips to Iraq

I could be wrong but I thought he was in the Army.

[BIGLOOK]

Ping to the Divas of the Canteen, courtesy of



Every one of these is worth watching.

[Red_Devil 232]

BIGLOOK are you a Red Devil?

[BIGLOOK]

Thanks George!

Passing the word.

[LUV W]

Thanks for the ping...I look forward to watching all of them.

Stupid Pinko freaks at Berkeley. THEY are the ones that need to be run out of town...not the Marines! The Marines are trying to keep their sorry butts free and safe. Sheesh!

[BIGLOOK]

Nah....VQ-1, Da Nang. Saw the Red Devils there once......in the air a few times. They'd drop by to say Hi!

[Red_Devil 232]

In September 1967, the squadron returned once again to MCAS El Toro and painted the Red Devil insignia on their new McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms. Re-designated as Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232, the squadron returned to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, as a MIG-alert squadron and subsequently deployed to Da Nang, Vietnam, and Nam Phong, Thailand. Here they continued to fly air-to-ground sorties in addition to playing a key fighter role in Operation LINEBACKER missions over North Vietnam. The only "last" in VMFA-232's history occurred on 1 September 1973, as the Red Devils became the last Marine squadron to leave Southeast Asia.

[LUV W]

Tough bunch it seems!

[kellynla]

MARINE BUMP!

Thanks for posting!

Semper Fi,
Kelly

[Red_Devil 232]

I was an ECM tech. ALQ-100, APR-25, APR-27 plus Com-Nav. Just a ground jocky. Is that your Connie?

[2ndDivisionVet]

Check this out; here is a letter a businessman wrote to the Mayor of Berkeley. Is this a great country or what?

Dear Mayor Bates,

In that you and your city have chosen to gravely insult the brave men and women, who have indeed bought you that right with their blood, I am informing you that my company will no longer do business with any of our current suppliers located in the Berkeley,
California metro area.

In that my company is in international resort real estate development, and do business with and am associated with, developers and investors worldwide, I am informing all of my contacts, associates and patrons that we will no longer do any business of any sort with anyone
living in the Berkeley area.

In that we/MDG Resorts are currently building a state of the art mega-yacht marina, all of the suppliers of Marina equipment, all owners of Yachts, all suppliers of Yacht materials & supplies, all yacht brokers and all tangential yacht business purveyors will likewise be
informed that we will not do any business whatsoever with anyone from the Berkeley area.

Likewise all suppliers of building materials, both interior and exterior, currently associated with any of our several resort developments (Brisamar 300+ villas and 200+ condos:
Porto Hussong, www.portohussong.com 500+ condos, 180 slip mega-yacht marina) both of which I might add have international recognition by virtue of glowing reports in Robb Report, Wall Street Journal, Yacht World, Forbes.

I will likewise inform all of our investors, most of whom are very wealthy yacht owners, casino owners, high net worth international businessmen, of our decision to essentially boycott all products and providers located in, or associated with in any way whatsoever, Berkeley,
Ca.

Trust me when I say that having been in the real estate development business for over 35 years, our
list of contacts and associates is long and very, very impressive. We, and I personally, are going to
recommend that they ALL along with us boycott your city, its purveyors, suppliers, and businesses and CHARITIES of every kind.

You have every right to choose to take the obnoxious anti-military stance you have taken, and as stated, that right was bought for you with the blood of better men than you.

I too have every right to do all that I can to insure that your city suffers consequences arising
from that obnoxious, sickening stance.

Cordially,

Brian G Dennard
Principal Director
Meridian Development Group, LLC
(619) 807-2444
www.mdgresorts.com
www.portohussong.com

Mike Burns
Director Business Development
Navy/Marine Corps Customer
BAE Systems, E&IS
25 Center St., Suite 201, Stafford, VA 22556
(540)659-8766 (w), (703)338-4194 (m)

[Red_Devil 232]

It is indeed a great country. Love the letter!

[LUV W]

That man is a GREAT AMERICAN!!

[Tennessee Nana]

No ...

Congressman Duncan Hunter who ran for POTUS was in the US Army ...Vietnam veteran

His son, also Duncan, is in the Marines

His Dad was in the Marines also...decorated WWII veteran

Three generations of wonderful American heroes

:)

[PGalt]

Thanks for your continued service to this great nation. America’s finest! BTTT!

[Red_Devil 232]

Yes we were a tough bunch and the squadron continues to this day to be a tough bunch.

[ASOC]

All he left out was the “KMA!” at the end.....

Good for him.

[BIGLOOK]

We flew E/W ops over the Gulf up north for ARCLIGHT and LINEBACKER and others....anything that could be thought up.

BigLook A/C were EC-121s but we were upgraded to EP-3s, callsign, DeepSee and had EA-3s, callsign BlackTrack. Flew on all three.

MIGCAP and BARCAP would drop by for a visit....I remember your tail.

[mathurine]

Thanks for posting that. I particularly liked the one at the museum in Quantico which I visited last summer and found to be terrific. This is a good time to remind everyone that 40 years ago this very day the Marines were in Hue retaking the city which the communists treacherously occupied during the Tet truce which they had signed. The Marines were vastly outnumbered, the weather was bad and no helicopter logistical support was available. All the bridges were blown and no land convoys could provide support. I distinctly remember thinking that those of us who were there were privileged Marines because Dan Daly and Chesty Puller and all those legendary Marines from before had endowed us with a secret weapon, and we knew it. Not often mentioned when Hue is talked about is the interesting fact that our regimental commander, Colonel Stanley Hughes, had earned a Navy Cross as an enlisted Marine on Guadalcanal. He earned another there in Hue as we earned a Presidential Unit Commendation to grace our Battle Flag. I’ll tell you, friends, if you ever have to fight, I hope you get to do it as Marines, or at least with some Marines at your side. You won’t get to have Colonel Hughes to show you the way, but I’ll guarantee you’ll get some officers and enlisted Marines just like him who know what a few Marines can do when things look grim.

[Red_Devil 232]

We lost one F4-J Phantom over Laos to a Mig. The Pilot and RIO ejected after a dog fight and being hit by an Air-Air from a MIG. The Pilot was rescued but to this day the RIO is still a MIA. Our call sign was Whisky Tango.

[Chgogal]

Awesome, RD 232!

Thanks for the Ping! I am enjoying the vids very much. Bookmark!

[Red_Devil 232]

My father was a career Marine (25 years, WWII, Korea) he was one of the first four to achieve the rank of E-9 Master Gunnery Sgt. I think it was only four others that received the rank at that same time. In 1963 he retired and along with a hand full of other retired military men he was recruited by the U.S. State Department and they operated under USAID as advisers to the Laotian Army and Air Force. We were in Savannakhet, Laos when Hue and the Tet offensive took place.

Three years later I was laying in a bunk at Paris Island and saying "Good Night Chesty Puller"!

My Mother and Father were still in Laos when I was sent to Danang.

He never said a word or had advice about what I was going to experience at Paris Island. I am glad he didn't.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks g.

[jazusamo]

Thank you both for posting the links and the ping, George.

[Brandie]

These are awesome, thank you so much.

And thank you for your service to our country so that I can live in the land of the free. God bless you.

[freema]

Marines making me cry ping ♥

[stylin19a]

you were at Hue. Hand Salute ! and thank you.

[Mr. Lucky]

Thank you.

[Recon Dad]

A man with a plan and the means to carry it out. You have to love a guy that stands for something.

[Recon Dad]

I watched every video and everyone of them was awesome.

Tomorrow our Marine comes home after 6 months in Afghanistan, so being proud of the USMC comes easy around here!

[Chieftain]

From this retired Marine and Marine Dad to another Marine Dad: OORAH and Semper Fi and welcome home to your son!

[Recon Dad]

Thank you and a grateful thanks to both you and your son for your service.

Just heard between the time I wrote this and receiving your post that my son and his house mate are heading to sniper school up at Quantico in March. I know he wanted this and he might still have enough time to get another school in before the next deployment.

[AZamericonnie]

Where was the fuzzy monitor alert?

Simply awesome, thanks for the post & the ping!