Brig Posted May 23, 2019 Share #1 Posted May 23, 2019 I got a call yesterday from the Pentagon, a General needed to conduct vehicle rollover egress training. Evidently, it took a few (dozen) calls to locate a rollover trainer, as I have the only one in the National Capital Region, and we're so far west we're barely Quantico...like 25 miles from the flagpole, and I can see our civilian neighbor the horse fanatic out my office window. We're talking 12 miles from anything else on Quantico. You know, the part of base so far, that Marines can go an entire tour (or career) without knowing we exist, much less visit. So far away we're technically in the next town, and have been designated a sub-camp, that nobody knows exists unless they went through OCS or TBS in the 50s-70s, or happen to be a Marine Reservist in the NCR. You get the idea. That's right, some of our old salts here may have guessed I refer to Camp Upshur, home of The Grinder.... Anyhow, when I got here 18 months ago, I decided to set up a PVC mannequin with some old P-41s on it, some gear, and dubbed him John. I managed to get the General in for training today, because that's how I like to operate-promptly. (And not just for Generals, thank you very much.) Little did John or I know that the General is the head of Public Relations, and that John was about to be Twitter famous. Meet John... Over time, due to our isolation, John has gone somewhat native. We found a styrofoam chicken on one of our fence posts one day...and John got a pet (yes, that IS a National Defense Ribbon on it's head). John also fashioned himself a homemade spear from a crossbow bolt and old antennae he found during this year's spring beautification. In his boot (not depicted), is his trusty fighting knife. Photo courtesy of the General's Twittersphere "FOR OUR TOMORROWS, THEY GAVE THEIR TODAYS" Sgt Jesse 'Jeff Nasty' Balthaser; Sgt John P Huling; Cpl Carlos 'Gilo Monster' Gilorozco; Cpl Stephen C 'Socks' Sockalosky; LCpl Joshua A 'Scottie' Scott; LCpl Jason Lee 'Birdman' Frye; LCpl Nicolas B Morrison; LCpl Jon T Hicks; LCpl Osbrany 'Oz' Montes De Oca; Pvt Lewis T D Calapini; 'The SOI 5' Link to post Share on other sites
MWalsh Posted May 23, 2019 Share #2 Posted May 23, 2019 Love it. But man, you have WAY too much time on your hands in your current billet LOL Link to post Share on other sites
Brig Posted May 23, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted May 23, 2019 Business is slow in the winter...my busy season has started, don't worry I'll be swamped. "FOR OUR TOMORROWS, THEY GAVE THEIR TODAYS" Sgt Jesse 'Jeff Nasty' Balthaser; Sgt John P Huling; Cpl Carlos 'Gilo Monster' Gilorozco; Cpl Stephen C 'Socks' Sockalosky; LCpl Joshua A 'Scottie' Scott; LCpl Jason Lee 'Birdman' Frye; LCpl Nicolas B Morrison; LCpl Jon T Hicks; LCpl Osbrany 'Oz' Montes De Oca; Pvt Lewis T D Calapini; 'The SOI 5' Link to post Share on other sites
b_hinch Posted May 23, 2019 Share #4 Posted May 23, 2019 This is awesome! I miss the sense of humor in the smaller, less-visible units like when I was with the 24th MEU. The chicken with the fire watch ribbon is the best! Link to post Share on other sites
BEAST Posted May 23, 2019 Share #5 Posted May 23, 2019 Brilliant! Brig, it sounds like you are so far away from the flagpole that it should constitute a remote duty assignment! " We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. " View my website honoring the men and women of Indiana: http://indianavets.wix.com/indiana-at-war and follow my updates on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/IndianaModernAgeofWar/ Interested in US uniforms? Join the Association of American Military Uniform Collectors! http://aamuc.org/or find us on Facebook! facebook.com/AAMUC.ORG Link to post Share on other sites
Brig Posted May 23, 2019 Author Share #6 Posted May 23, 2019 It's about 200 meters away from being an independent duty "FOR OUR TOMORROWS, THEY GAVE THEIR TODAYS" Sgt Jesse 'Jeff Nasty' Balthaser; Sgt John P Huling; Cpl Carlos 'Gilo Monster' Gilorozco; Cpl Stephen C 'Socks' Sockalosky; LCpl Joshua A 'Scottie' Scott; LCpl Jason Lee 'Birdman' Frye; LCpl Nicolas B Morrison; LCpl Jon T Hicks; LCpl Osbrany 'Oz' Montes De Oca; Pvt Lewis T D Calapini; 'The SOI 5' Link to post Share on other sites
bobgee Posted May 23, 2019 Share #7 Posted May 23, 2019 Outstanding! I love his smirk! Semper Fi! Bob **PLEASE NOTE: THIS COMMUNITY MEMBER HAS SADLY PASSED AWAY** https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/343375-remembering-bobgee/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211496624/robert-brendan-gill Link to post Share on other sites
Rakkasan187 Posted May 23, 2019 Share #8 Posted May 23, 2019 Very nice to see that humor is brought to the office.. A very "chic" display.... Leigh "Pain is only Weakness Leaving the Body" MSG Leigh E Smith Jr - US Army (Retired) Link to post Share on other sites
Dirk Posted May 23, 2019 Share #9 Posted May 23, 2019 Brig like the post. amazed the General even found you Always looking for items associated with the China Marines! Visit chinamarine.org Link to post Share on other sites
Brig Posted May 23, 2019 Author Share #10 Posted May 23, 2019 Brig like the post. amazed the General even found you I think he was, too "FOR OUR TOMORROWS, THEY GAVE THEIR TODAYS" Sgt Jesse 'Jeff Nasty' Balthaser; Sgt John P Huling; Cpl Carlos 'Gilo Monster' Gilorozco; Cpl Stephen C 'Socks' Sockalosky; LCpl Joshua A 'Scottie' Scott; LCpl Jason Lee 'Birdman' Frye; LCpl Nicolas B Morrison; LCpl Jon T Hicks; LCpl Osbrany 'Oz' Montes De Oca; Pvt Lewis T D Calapini; 'The SOI 5' Link to post Share on other sites
gwb123 Posted May 24, 2019 Share #11 Posted May 24, 2019 Business is slow in the winter...my busy season has started, don't worry I'll be swamped. Idle hands are the Devil's workshop.... Gil BurketOmaha, NESpecializing in Fakes and Reproductionsof the Vietnam Warburkcats@hotmail.com "One is easily fooled by that which one loves." Moliere: Tartuffe Link to post Share on other sites
Airwolf Posted June 1, 2019 Share #12 Posted June 1, 2019 glad to see Marines keeping up with a great sense of humor Link to post Share on other sites
RustyCanteen Posted June 2, 2019 Share #13 Posted June 2, 2019 100 years from now, this could be history! Great thread "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts." *Sherlock Holmes in "A Scandal in Bohemia"* Link to post Share on other sites
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