We thank you for your service to our country.
Ahhhh....MCRD, Home Sweet Home! I spent 1 1/2 years sleeping in MCRDs huts and tents.
My fondest memories are of the base “Musics” marching to the Flagpole each morning playing “Waltzing Matilda” then playing the Star Spangled Banner while raising the National Colors, “COLORS!” and playing the Marine Corps Hymn while marching back to their baracks area.
Secondly is the look on the faces of Navy Recruits, who had vaulted the 3’ tall fence between the Naval Training Center and MCRD only to discover that in fleeing those mean ole Petty Officers, they had landed in the laps of the Drill Instructors of the Receiving Baracks of MCRD.
While they were reported as in “custody” to the Navy they were treated to a full 2 weeks as a raw recruit Marine before returning home to NTC........lolololol
We thank you for your service to our country.