So, after sitting in the car for way too long, we finally get down to Ft. Lauderdale and to the dive shop. This is the first time I have been back since we moved away five years ago.
So, I get to the dive shop and find out I not only have to turn in the [...]

Chesty Puller or Patton?

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Rifle Creed

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Required knowledge for all Marines - Every Marine a Rifleman
It was written following the attack on Peal Harbor by MajGen William H. Rupertus

My height

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Ummm…….despite what my father seems to think, I am not insanely short.
The minimum for females to join the military is 55 inches. I am 63. A whole eight inches taller than the minimum. Eight. Count them.