tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63743732024-03-27T09:00:14.314-05:00MWCS-48Any station this net, any station this net, come in, over. A Blog for Marine Wing Communications Squadron-48C Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815089043570782387noreply@blogger.comBlogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-63316252109482398352029-12-08T04:47:00.000-06:002019-12-08T04:58:42.305-06:00Introduction<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The purpose of this blog is to tell people about Marine Wing Communication Squadron-48. We have posted photos and told stories, some of them true, about Marines from the Squadron.<br /><br />MWCS-48 has several Facebook Pages and a Blog. Like many radio nets, we have many ways to communicate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://mwcs.blogspot.com/2017/03/history-of-mwcs-48.html">https://mwcs.blogspot.com/2017/03/history-of-mwcs-48.html</a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span">If you want to add photos or stories or set a story straight on </span><a href="http://mwcs.blogspot.com/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">mwcs.blogspot.com</a> email me at <a href="mailto:craighullinger@gmail.com" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s;">craighullinger@gmail.com</a>. This can be from any era, from the present day to Back in the Old Corps.<br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span">Semper Fi</span></span></div>
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Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-3176484648854883572024-03-27T08:58:00.008-05:002024-03-27T08:59:43.576-05:00Hold Old In Marine Corps Years<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZlXHIJxwfgmgDSRQx7ko_7iT6v7LZfyh08MzSHgUuFqPrGbBMN0N5HZIXJs76NaKWNAondhZUOWgYWQlUqX8Vms4JhJPzfolw7thh32_tpe2WlWJN09wDVss2qbC8UMrSaWY_xCOmQskjjm8Ra0cIrU-c9KVansmg0bO7U6tyfWGm-twqS6J/s741/Screenshot%202024-03-27%2009.57.13.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="631" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZlXHIJxwfgmgDSRQx7ko_7iT6v7LZfyh08MzSHgUuFqPrGbBMN0N5HZIXJs76NaKWNAondhZUOWgYWQlUqX8Vms4JhJPzfolw7thh32_tpe2WlWJN09wDVss2qbC8UMrSaWY_xCOmQskjjm8Ra0cIrU-c9KVansmg0bO7U6tyfWGm-twqS6J/w544-h640/Screenshot%202024-03-27%2009.57.13.png" width="544" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">1966 Parris Island </span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-24763597055147790282024-03-24T09:28:00.004-05:002024-03-24T09:30:22.312-05:00NAS Glenview / MWCS-48<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEbO24UjCgp29eLxIgh-GOEnELn-fPb9LBS02KmLldGyQUQfJGg-76TSaXnKEu6Y4ODYPqZI1Lrsa8_EFnIGPsDlCrN0vCgsomEnEFw5VsSry1lXej-sTa-irwbAFEiQih7NV_zWGShlXVndisXs0sJTZPgbBkT_2kx7OquiAYctvyBN5ZwB71/s354/Screenshot%202024-03-24%2010.26.12.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="354" height="597" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEbO24UjCgp29eLxIgh-GOEnELn-fPb9LBS02KmLldGyQUQfJGg-76TSaXnKEu6Y4ODYPqZI1Lrsa8_EFnIGPsDlCrN0vCgsomEnEFw5VsSry1lXej-sTa-irwbAFEiQih7NV_zWGShlXVndisXs0sJTZPgbBkT_2kx7OquiAYctvyBN5ZwB71/w640-h597/Screenshot%202024-03-24%2010.26.12.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="569" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4p5j2f3scTtJq9iEm4o8TfeQGu_fYjz3qKQ-nGRX4Qnq-FiVqpDicvjvXxJGT3pTy4WvvsY0u1EHEFjN2XNmoGg79E49KX0P1N1XrCcQ9l9u7y8X87gY41LsGa9bLa6iUaItrnS9CkQi6eXWmSM-FQYe-SOIkPs0DG2voUbOALHuJ8t4ogmu9/w640-h292/Screenshot%202024-03-24%2010.29.37.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks to Ron Wozniak for providing these photos.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-58776205143387290722024-03-20T10:29:00.002-05:002024-03-20T10:43:11.020-05:00General Al Gray, former Commandant of the Marine Corps, Rest In Peace - Semper Fi<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kc26pV5FG_5yTz6pdwT-izwggHqO6Pk2XixT8fWMQcA73-xU1PXzEe95qXUS9pCICxrF4sBxANSeUCPq09J8sQWPMDZaMjwGIiy9bFL0QCy6sOWiqb2WqsNutpGqOqH9EDOxW27A6EWbkOZ4NDzgsu9EvS1AjWa8vYzBoQT2fiImnYd2CcIC/s980/Screenshot%202024-03-20%2011.19.12.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="980" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kc26pV5FG_5yTz6pdwT-izwggHqO6Pk2XixT8fWMQcA73-xU1PXzEe95qXUS9pCICxrF4sBxANSeUCPq09J8sQWPMDZaMjwGIiy9bFL0QCy6sOWiqb2WqsNutpGqOqH9EDOxW27A6EWbkOZ4NDzgsu9EvS1AjWa8vYzBoQT2fiImnYd2CcIC/w640-h468/Screenshot%202024-03-20%2011.19.12.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sad news. General Al Gray, former Commandant of the Marine Corps has passed away. The link below will take you to the story. </span><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2024/03/20/al-gray-beloved-former-marine-corps-commandant-dies-at-age-95/?fbclid=IwAR2g0saXoa7g2I03yl3RnKIA0GPKiIPVxhrcsHqtVIRH21alnJiZFS2coMw" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: large;" target="_blank">Al Gray, beloved former Marine Corps commandant, dies at age 95 (marinecorpstimes.com)</a><br clear="all" /><div style="color: #888888; font-size: large;"><br /></div><div style="color: #888888; font-size: large;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Semper Fi, General</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">________________</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The General was an interesting guy, and the CMC with whom I had the most contact. The first time I heard him speak was at Glenview, Illinois at a formal dining in. He was rough and gruff. I said to my wife, " This guy is rough as a cobb. How did he ever make two starts. This is as far as he will go." Shows what I know.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The next time was at Command and Staff College. A friend and I both wanted the Reserves to start a Radio Battalion, and we knew that General Gray was a long time Electronic warfare expert. We prepared to ask him questions on the issue.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">He walked into Command and Staff in his Cammies. We were at attention in our Charlies. He shouted, "Sit down!" When it came time for Questions my friend and I hit him with the questions about the Radio Battalion. He thought it was too complex.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">I also saw him on the elevator of the Norfolk BOQ. I was coming home tired late from a long day at FMFLANT. He was in civilian clothes. I said good evening, sir, and he was congenial.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">My last tour in the Marine Corps was in 1996-99 with the Amphibious Warfare Technology Directorate. It was a small interesting unit that led high tech innovative weapon systems. General Gray had started the unit and the top civilian leadership were good friends with him. We met him in the Atlanta Airport and had a nice chat.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">He was a great Marine and outstanding leader.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Semper Fi, General Gray.</span></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div style="color: #888888; font-size: large;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></div></div></div>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-73995703094652003282024-03-13T09:39:00.000-05:002024-03-13T10:46:02.103-05:00Send In The Marines<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizwSmLDGbJ2udaVFjvZMLR0LDJehE118UI17FNpf25BZH0HroDFFgqoVllIJ27ER7WvUZ_BMkL6FcC127PD7Er77_QqCKpvpjK5kkJoGN-yk_tVMcknBADXFa9Q-4kCo_gW1fW7OKTQ8lCyY5DxwOG0IdVT2oOCy3zsivsE0olGck-u5WkhyC-/s1210/Screenshot%202024-03-13%2010.18.01.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="1210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizwSmLDGbJ2udaVFjvZMLR0LDJehE118UI17FNpf25BZH0HroDFFgqoVllIJ27ER7WvUZ_BMkL6FcC127PD7Er77_QqCKpvpjK5kkJoGN-yk_tVMcknBADXFa9Q-4kCo_gW1fW7OKTQ8lCyY5DxwOG0IdVT2oOCy3zsivsE0olGck-u5WkhyC-/s16000/Screenshot%202024-03-13%2010.18.01.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAIhgjBQJeZMQNrtMY_oL6i-sk41s_ohci5VyEDknnupOzhd06y7HoRoOZnbl-74pL2GCdSOts6zNhqVN6sdhafIXABJwc_YtSWnmO-K7w0l4QDkH-Tav_gPs14oBCrrW0MW9saHZFRXb9ACLbx-oVWvI9dU_XiavMX5IIV7RCfxaM39nbn6L/s1210/Screenshot%202024-03-13%2010.18.21.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="1210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAIhgjBQJeZMQNrtMY_oL6i-sk41s_ohci5VyEDknnupOzhd06y7HoRoOZnbl-74pL2GCdSOts6zNhqVN6sdhafIXABJwc_YtSWnmO-K7w0l4QDkH-Tav_gPs14oBCrrW0MW9saHZFRXb9ACLbx-oVWvI9dU_XiavMX5IIV7RCfxaM39nbn6L/s16000/Screenshot%202024-03-13%2010.18.21.png" /></a></div><br /><p></p><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks to Major Chuck Kathrein Marine Retired and MWCS-48 Electronic Maintenance Officer back in the old Corps for contributing.</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CP9xZBigwUbYCcH5NFDZnBhSvs-ovMR-DqbDC4tfjIOqLGdnZXSnN3xsCdoO7Lrnrdc2f2sD5QtqbsiaK6HVws8zmnLQbX03w1opOTwSiKZs9No1Xy_zgvDbgwbnETPkemKPeniv3FV_VjcVjA4DivnoFzi7J_ajlW6mPiTJoB_kVJaaPNyZ/s984/Screenshot%202024-03-13%2010.20.23.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="984" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CP9xZBigwUbYCcH5NFDZnBhSvs-ovMR-DqbDC4tfjIOqLGdnZXSnN3xsCdoO7Lrnrdc2f2sD5QtqbsiaK6HVws8zmnLQbX03w1opOTwSiKZs9No1Xy_zgvDbgwbnETPkemKPeniv3FV_VjcVjA4DivnoFzi7J_ajlW6mPiTJoB_kVJaaPNyZ/s16000/Screenshot%202024-03-13%2010.20.23.png" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Marine Corps guarding mail at Union Station, Portland, 1926. During the 1920's, the United States Postal Service, and the mail, came under attack from enterprising criminals. In 1921, after several high pro... <a href="https://www.mainememory.net/record/103976">show more</a><a href="https://www.mainememory.net/record/103976"></a><br /><br />Contributed by Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media<br /><br /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">During the 1920's, the United States Postal Service, and the mail, came under attack from enterprising criminals. In 1921, after several high profile robberies, President Warren G. Harding sent 2,200 Marines to guard mail delivery across the nation. The "Devil Dogs" were assigned to high priority certified mail, items such as cash and negotiable bonds. While the Marines were on guard, not one robbery was attempted. They withdrew in 1922.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">By 1926, the postal service was once again a prime target for robberies, which prompted President Coolidge to assign 2,500 Marines to guard duty across the nation. Union Station in Chicago was one of the biggest economic and transportation hubs in the region.</span></span><div><span style="color: #333333; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-size: large;">_____________________</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Secretary of the Navy, Edwin Denby, himself a Marine during World War I, instructed Marines on assignment <i><b>to shoot to kill if attacked</b></i>. He stated, "When our men go as guards over the mail, <i><b>that mail must be delivered, or there must be a Marine dead at the post of duty."</b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; margin: 0px; outline: 0px !important; padding: 0px;"><i>“You must, when on guard duty, keep your weapons in hand and, if attacked, shoot and shoot to kill. </i><b>There is no compromise in this battle with bandits. If two Marines guarding a mail car, for example, are suddenly covered by a robber, neither must hold up his hands, but both must begin shooting at once. One may be killed, but the other will get the robbers and save the mail.</b><i> When our Marine Corps men go as guards over the mail, that mail must be delivered, or there must be a dead Marine at the post of duty. “</i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">_____________________<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />On November 7, 1921, President Warren G. Harding ordered 2,200 Marines to guard the mail in the wake of a series of daring mail robberies.<br /><br />In the early 1900s, mail robbery was a common problem in the US. It was a profitable enterprise for thieves, as banks and other financial institutions often shipped large amounts of money and negotiable bonds by registered mail. Between 1919 and 1921 alone, robbers stole about $6 million worth of mail. <br /><br />Perhaps the worst robbery occurred in New York City when robbers stole five sacks of mail, carrying about $2.4 million in cash and securities in a single heist. The situation was so dire that by early November 1921, the postmaster general wrote a letter to President Harding to request that the Marines come and guard the mail.<br /><br />Harding agreed and on November 7, 1921 (the same day as another robbery occurred in Paxton, Illinois) wrote a letter to the US Navy secretary ordering him to assign as many Marines as necessary to guard the mail. He complied and within a few days, 2,200 Marines and 53 officers were scattered across the country to guard the mail. They generally worked in small detachments of two or three men.<br /><br />The Marines had strict orders: “You must, when on guard duty, keep your weapons in hand and, if attacked, shoot and shoot to kill. There is no compromise in this battle with bandits. If two Marines guarding a mail car, for example, are suddenly covered by a robber, neither must hold up his hands, but both must begin shooting at once. One may be killed, but the other will get the robbers and save the mail. When our Marine Corps men go as guards over the mail, that mail must be delivered or there must be a dead Marine at the post of duty.”<br /><br />The Marines remained on duty until March 15, 1922. During that time, there wasn’t a single attempted mail robbery. For about another year, there were no more major attempts. This was until robbers took $2.4 million from a St. Louis mail messenger in April 1923. The robberies then began to increase in frequency once again, culminating in the murder of a mail truck driver in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on October 14, 1926.<br /><br />The postmaster general then requested President Calvin Coolidge send in the Marines again, which he did on October 20, 1926. Soon, 2,500 enlisted men and officers were again spread across the country to protect the mail. However, by this point the robbers had stronger firepower – automatic rifles and machine guns, so the Marines were armed with Thompson submachine guns.<br /><br />There was only one known incident of an attempted mail robbery during this time, on October 26, though the Marine fired his gun scaring off the would-be thief. Much like the last time, the Marine presence brought an end to the rash of mail robberies. In February 1927, the Marines were replaced by a new security force of the Postal Service.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">-------------------</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.mainememory.net/record/103976">https://www.mainememory.net/record/103976</a></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://info.mysticstamp.com/marines-ordered-to-guard-mail_tdih/"><span style="font-size: large;">https://info.mysticstamp.com/marines-ordered-to-guard-mail_tdih/</span></a></div><div><br /><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.uspis.gov/history-spotlight-2023/send-in-the-marines">https://www.uspis.gov/history-spotlight-2023/send-in-the-marines</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div></div>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-33918643930495895872024-02-14T20:50:00.008-06:002024-02-15T06:57:00.716-06:00MWCS-48 Logo / Emblem<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSyScqjqdqdiauOaW2ju6vQaP8yUDGodksEVkUP9CEUq1Ch55cyLxjO5P-oLr1pAPUA_appuoTZtKQpiQlJDvUvkUI7JqQIfjss4Ed6CpxZKRKYnFvuZhEKEf4fJZmf4OckFnytv39qabLWOztOfHgw4Sa8y3DZQL0Z01MkmMFX0lgDygQ1AOW/s905/Screenshot%202024-02-14%2021.45.15.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="902" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSyScqjqdqdiauOaW2ju6vQaP8yUDGodksEVkUP9CEUq1Ch55cyLxjO5P-oLr1pAPUA_appuoTZtKQpiQlJDvUvkUI7JqQIfjss4Ed6CpxZKRKYnFvuZhEKEf4fJZmf4OckFnytv39qabLWOztOfHgw4Sa8y3DZQL0Z01MkmMFX0lgDygQ1AOW/w638-h640/Screenshot%202024-02-14%2021.45.15.png" width="638" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2AXFw7LUmv9W3jXSuchbUS1e2DVxDeNVVy4P2MvPSTRQTf6FSNejVspP8nlTSVJkLy-7rm1kFFNXuUoRfbsePfBmC5YhXnsgkEWQNNG4sb5VzPiMZt7UPma5w7pjz6_FNAbcRV-xr4pMtk_uLTBGP1DEQO4WSVdv5klBtc2XKavW-AlfBI4o/s818/Screenshot%202024-02-14%2021.45.02.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="818" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2AXFw7LUmv9W3jXSuchbUS1e2DVxDeNVVy4P2MvPSTRQTf6FSNejVspP8nlTSVJkLy-7rm1kFFNXuUoRfbsePfBmC5YhXnsgkEWQNNG4sb5VzPiMZt7UPma5w7pjz6_FNAbcRV-xr4pMtk_uLTBGP1DEQO4WSVdv5klBtc2XKavW-AlfBI4o/w640-h628/Screenshot%202024-02-14%2021.45.02.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Marines,</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I happened to run across this on the Internet advertised as the “new” logo of MWCS-48. Of course, it caught my eye really quick. We’ve had the Roar of the Corps for several decades now and a change wouldn’t surprise me nor bother me. Before the Bear we had the Palms (read 29 Palms) emblem.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I spoke with LtCol. Benoy about the “new” emblem. He assured me the Bear is still the emblem and he has no idea where the above came from.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Semper Fi,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Bob</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">____________________</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">They are selling gear using both emblems here:</span></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></span></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.militaryveteranproducts.com/collections/marine-air-control-group-48-mwcs-48?utm_source=internallink&utm_medium=collection&utm_campaign=MWCS-48"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">https://www.militaryveteranproducts.com/collections/marine-air-control-group-48-mwcs-48?utm_source=internallink&utm_medium=collection&utm_campaign=MWCS-48</span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">____________________</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I did the original Squadron Emblem back in the day. We made T Shirts, patches, and sweat shirts with the emblem. The troops came up with the concept. </span></span></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: bolder; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWv7K_UYNsvGQEbjqj25B_-EUvqt4XmJ72HbDgQfJ93vhmB_GPGx1pVNLHDDXuvl5agTsk5REc_XcBWlOhHrmHUnjv9aX89FKtAP9aoc9lubZ6zN6aWTFDxBhF9oosg5sSt14Y/s1600/MWCS+48+Old+Squadron+Patch.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #009eb8; display: inline; float: right; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWv7K_UYNsvGQEbjqj25B_-EUvqt4XmJ72HbDgQfJ93vhmB_GPGx1pVNLHDDXuvl5agTsk5REc_XcBWlOhHrmHUnjv9aX89FKtAP9aoc9lubZ6zN6aWTFDxBhF9oosg5sSt14Y/s640/MWCS+48+Old+Squadron+Patch.jpg" style="-webkit-border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 fill / 9px stretch; border-color: initial; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 9; border-image-width: 9px; border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 / 9px / 0 stretch; border-style: none; border-width: 9px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="504" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Squadron developed and used the Squadron patch to the right during the late 1970's to early 1980's. It depicts the mission of the unit, with lightning strikes depicting electronic communications to direct aircraft. It also shows a radio tower reminiscent of the "Big John" Hancock building in Chicago, and jungle and desert themes.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Craig Hullinger</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">______________________</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></h3><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: #333333; display: table-cell; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 670px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Major General Drew Davis did the <a data-id="5422007881762679752" data-item-type="post" href="https://mwcs.blogspot.com/2013/09/roar-of-corps.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark" style="color: #333333; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">Roar of the Corps</a> Emblem. He got permission from the Chicago Bears to use their beat.<span> </span></span></h1><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: bolder; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial;"><div class="article-header" style="display: table; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: collapse; width: 750px;"></div></span><div class="article-content entry-content" itemprop="articleBody" style="clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4; margin: 10px auto 5px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjREMdxNDYQ9BjUgqkjWdp397ebGUl9PNnSJUvDC1nAEgLWYeMgqEHTLH5o_akRhGmdK-XyKeizIga3QPvMlgvL0qD7L92lx0hR32f5FSrTvf3FMJfI8iJAWXBHXWEnTOWzeQkk/s1600/Screenshot+2013-09-11+at+19.55.09.png" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjREMdxNDYQ9BjUgqkjWdp397ebGUl9PNnSJUvDC1nAEgLWYeMgqEHTLH5o_akRhGmdK-XyKeizIga3QPvMlgvL0qD7L92lx0hR32f5FSrTvf3FMJfI8iJAWXBHXWEnTOWzeQkk/s640/Screenshot+2013-09-11+at+19.55.09.png" style="-webkit-border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 fill / 9px stretch; border-color: initial; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 9; border-image-width: 9px; border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 / 9px / 0 stretch; border-style: none; border-width: 9px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="536" /></a></div><br /></div></div></span></span></div></span></span></h3><h3 style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline" id=""Roar_of_the_Corps"_and_bear_logo">"Roar of the Corps" and bear logo</span></span></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span><span><div class="article-content entry-content" itemprop="articleBody" style="clear: both; line-height: 1.4; margin: 10px auto 5px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><p style="color: #202122; font-weight: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;">In 1988, MWCS-48 was adding detachments on the coasts. Andrew B. Davis, then a lieutenant colonel in command of the squadron, decided to create a new unit logo that would unify MWCS-48's detachments over their shared culture, honor MWCS-48's history in the Chicago area, and honor its history as one of the few units of US Marines headquartered in Illinois.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Wing_Communications_Squadron_48#cite_note-2" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[2]</a></sup></p><p style="color: #202122; font-weight: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;">LtCol Davis contacted the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Bears" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a> and requested to use their distinctive bear head logo as the MWCS-48 unit insignia in conjunction with the new unit motto "Roar of the Corps". This was during the excitement of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ditka" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Mike Ditka">Mike Ditka</a> years following the Bears victory at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XX" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Super Bowl XX">Super Bowl XX</a> in 1986.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Wing_Communications_Squadron_48#cite_note-3" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[nb 1]</a></sup> In November 1988, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Properties" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="NFL Properties">NFL Properties</a> granted permission, provided that any unit patches or decals with the logo be given away rather than sold.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Wing_Communications_Squadron_48#cite_note-4" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[3]</a></sup></p><p style="color: #202122; font-weight: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;">According to MWCS-48's official heraldry, the image of the bear denotes courage, dominance, and tumultuous noise. The lightning bolts emanating from the bear's mouth are symbols of communications and electronics (the tools of MWCS-48), and depict the volume of the bear's roar, symbolizing the clarity and volume of communications provided by the squadron. The motto, "Roar of the Corps", likewise gives emphasis to the boldness and skill by which MWCS-48 performs its communications mission in the control of aircraft and missiles.</p><p style="color: #202122; font-weight: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;">MWCS-48 is one of only two units in the entire US military authorized by NFL Properties to use a team logo in its unit heraldry.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Wing_Communications_Squadron_48#cite_note-5" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[nb 2]</a></sup></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Wing_Communications_Squadron_48"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Wing_Communications_Squadron_48</span></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2pCEl1eRU8-4T8Uh51CsGI_EJKpz33XuutSw3CPhRHTlMoq-m5bTXXwStfrP3TUPkREF8kLO9NV9D1NKl8EHfcWjFGLkzyTTe1RssSjmR9ID40DwiiuWG2TVSzvUoGjtB7ZXieAXIjtk4OVZaPunqdh2ciUOq_RNF2VVsvI9LErQWZmFvXRbz/s698/Screenshot%202024-02-15%2007.34.41.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="564" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2pCEl1eRU8-4T8Uh51CsGI_EJKpz33XuutSw3CPhRHTlMoq-m5bTXXwStfrP3TUPkREF8kLO9NV9D1NKl8EHfcWjFGLkzyTTe1RssSjmR9ID40DwiiuWG2TVSzvUoGjtB7ZXieAXIjtk4OVZaPunqdh2ciUOq_RNF2VVsvI9LErQWZmFvXRbz/w518-h640/Screenshot%202024-02-15%2007.34.41.png" width="518" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div>The color of the patches have varied over time.<br /><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;">_____________________________</p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;">It does not hurt a thing to have numerous logos and emblems.</p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;">Semper Fi</p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">_______________________</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Just for laughs I tried to generate a logo using the program craiyon.com. Not too impressed with the results.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="color: #202122;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202122;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiUQTyadpkU8xEnNePaMJR6V793zJSVCCyz0tNS1iERg_CUm3R5hLZ7BydsT78_FHtQlnPJXOsGOctHY6qix9pDN683Ez2SITK7J9QTXTKMJFqcAPA4JdLYocbFg4GOde2F9OSq1XRGmw-FiBxAF09cw6V8aRC6YFOi0mTlptLYsrqHzMy_iSx/s930/Screenshot%202024-02-15%2007.45.35.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="930" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiUQTyadpkU8xEnNePaMJR6V793zJSVCCyz0tNS1iERg_CUm3R5hLZ7BydsT78_FHtQlnPJXOsGOctHY6qix9pDN683Ez2SITK7J9QTXTKMJFqcAPA4JdLYocbFg4GOde2F9OSq1XRGmw-FiBxAF09cw6V8aRC6YFOi0mTlptLYsrqHzMy_iSx/w640-h638/Screenshot%202024-02-15%2007.45.35.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #202122;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLqVnHVPCHaJmoGT4wo1hCmvE6FxO6He4ahyphenhyphenQM3AhTfN1uAzDnH0RxsfvVpZ12h4wZ2c91oo93akeTzSm17j4unB5Si7sQTSo6rArhyphenhyphenTuO8s2rF4bi8ZD64xxug1ktHCLOy8eIBx2ix9U3K4r2P5pnRiNDWwDrZ0kv6xlEad1BWqstzGxZqjF/s958/Screenshot%202024-02-15%2007.48.29.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLqVnHVPCHaJmoGT4wo1hCmvE6FxO6He4ahyphenhyphenQM3AhTfN1uAzDnH0RxsfvVpZ12h4wZ2c91oo93akeTzSm17j4unB5Si7sQTSo6rArhyphenhyphenTuO8s2rF4bi8ZD64xxug1ktHCLOy8eIBx2ix9U3K4r2P5pnRiNDWwDrZ0kv6xlEad1BWqstzGxZqjF/w640-h640/Screenshot%202024-02-15%2007.48.29.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div></span></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span></span></h3><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><p></p>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-66817066828370597802024-02-13T06:45:00.000-06:002024-02-13T06:45:16.593-06:00OOORAGH! Senator Paul Douglas, Marine <p> </p><div class="article-header" style="display: table; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 750px;"><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: #333333; display: table-cell; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 670px;"><a data-id="3000006107206334998" data-item-type="post" href="https://marines10.blogspot.com/2022/02/oooragh-senator-paul-douglas-marine.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark" style="color: #333333; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">OOORAGH! Senator Paul Douglas, Marine</a> </h1></div><div class="article-content entry-content" itemprop="articleBody" style="clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4; margin: 10px auto 5px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhc3SdAs24LF9PmaFTu12Y9ZmP3Urpz73aCz1JN1ULGG_lawBZcV-c6evqT1STqszvuOTwJtyjZNVvX7OjYHdWwXzN79mhaNKg4nBgy004l5M-DmDTMt4oG7eSeckGgpvZeJKXGlDhMzZ8N5PC4qzy680A6DTaO4upiH1OL2MIqiUzvbtON6a20LU5ROQ=s636" style="clear: right; color: #009eb8; display: inline; float: right; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="636" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhc3SdAs24LF9PmaFTu12Y9ZmP3Urpz73aCz1JN1ULGG_lawBZcV-c6evqT1STqszvuOTwJtyjZNVvX7OjYHdWwXzN79mhaNKg4nBgy004l5M-DmDTMt4oG7eSeckGgpvZeJKXGlDhMzZ8N5PC4qzy680A6DTaO4upiH1OL2MIqiUzvbtON6a20LU5ROQ=w400-h365" style="-webkit-border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 fill / 9px stretch; border-color: initial; border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 / 9px / 0 stretch; border-style: none; border-width: 9px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div></span><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class=" fc-falcon" style="background-color: white;">Eldreth "Rocky" Rundlett, was t</span>he Mayor of Burnham, Illinois, and a Marine veteran of World War II. He told me that he went to Boot Camp with Senator Douglas. Douglas was a Professor and 50 years old. The Mayor told me that Douglas could do everything that the younger recruits could do.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Craig Hullinger</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">___________</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Marine Corps</b></span></span><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As a Chicago alderman, Douglas had worked with <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Daily_News" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Chicago Daily News">Chicago Daily News</a></i> publisher <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Knox" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Frank Knox">Frank Knox</a> in fighting corruption in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>. Knox, who had been Republican vice-presidential nominee in 1936, had become <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_the_Navy" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Secretary of the Navy">Secretary of the Navy</a>, thus responsible for both the navy and the Marine Corps.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOFJJQYUD8mUFZrkux1z8GKC40j2ZeM_d566FpavW7boVRhApQn347L5G0vAcrmuErlyVN_CF_yOU4u4CXaKmaLnySjAb5ydVSzdmFNwu0A_nUHurcTtTVwoWTFzPaGkfzSOTgKXC_6K0OAiXdjQ3NypkiaLs_q48EovpDnASaYUUkwwxPjUCkAbNUNg=s728" style="background-color: transparent; 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border-color: initial; border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 / 9px / 0 stretch; border-style: none; border-width: 9px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;">Shortly after losing the primary, Douglas resigned from the Chicago City Council. With the aid of Knox, Douglas enlisted in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> on May 15, 1942, at the age of 50,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Douglas#cite_note-5" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">[5]</a></sup> becoming the oldest recruit in the history of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Recruit_Depot_Parris_Island" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island">Parris Island</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Douglas#cite_note-6" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">[6]</a></sup> Entering service as a private, Douglas was placed in an ordinary platoon and received no waivers aside from his teeth and eyesight.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Douglas#cite_note-7" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">[7]</a></sup> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As a member of the 57th Street Meeting of the Quakers, Douglas recognized that joining the Marines was contrary to the traditional testimony of that group against war and offered to resign his membership; the meeting refused to release him.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Douglas#cite_note-8" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">[8]</a></sup> Initially, Douglas was kept stateside, writing training manuals and giving inspirational speeches to troops, and quickly rose to the rank of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staff_sergeant#United_States" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Staff sergeant">staff sergeant</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Douglas#cite_note-9" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">[9]</a></sup> With the aid of Knox and his assistant <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adlai_Stevenson_II" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Adlai Stevenson II">Adlai Stevenson</a>, Douglas was commissioned as a captain on November 24, 1942.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Douglas#cite_note-10" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">[10]</a></sup> Requesting combat duty, he was subsequently sent to the Pacific theater of operations with the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Marine_Division_(United_States)" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="1st Marine Division (United States)">1st Marine Division</a>.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">During <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Peleliu" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Battle of Peleliu">Battle of Peleliu</a>, Douglas initially served as an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjutant" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Adjutant">adjutant</a> in the 1st Marine Division headquarters before being assigned <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staff_(military)#Continental_staff_system" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Staff (military)">R-1 (personnel officer)</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Marine_Regiment" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="5th Marine Regiment">5th Marine Regiment</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Douglas#cite_note-11" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">[11]</a></sup> On the second day of the battle, Captain Douglas received permission to head to the front where he found work as a mobile regimental troubleshooter.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Douglas#cite_note-12" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">[12]</a></sup> He earned a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Star_Medal" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Bronze Star Medal">Bronze Star</a> for carrying ammunition to the front lines under enemy fire and earned his first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Heart" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Purple Heart">Purple Heart</a> when he was grazed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrapnel_shell" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Shrapnel shell">shrapnel</a> while carrying <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamethrower" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Flamethrower">flamethrower</a> ammunition to the front lines.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Sledge_13-0" style="line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Douglas#cite_note-Sledge-13" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">[13]</a></sup> In that six-week battle, while investigating some random fire shootings, Douglas was shot at as he uncovered a two-foot-wide cave. He then killed the Japanese soldier inside at which point he wondered whether his enemy might be an economics professor from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Tokyo" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="University of Tokyo">University of Tokyo</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Douglas#cite_note-14" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">[14]</a></sup></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Shortly after returning to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavuvu" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Pavuvu">Pavuvu</a>, Douglas received notice that his wife, Emily Taft Douglas won the election for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois%27s_at-large_congressional_district" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Illinois's at-large congressional district">Illinois's at-large congressional district</a>. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Douglas#cite_note-15" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">[15]</a></sup></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A few months later, during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Battle of Okinawa">Battle of Okinawa</a>, Douglas earned his second <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Heart" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Purple Heart">Purple Heart</a>. A volunteer rifleman in an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantry" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Infantry">infantry</a> platoon, he was helping to carry wounded from <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Battalion_5th_Marines" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="3rd Battalion 5th Marines">3rd Battalion 5th Marines</a> along the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naha" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Naha">Naha</a>-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuri_Castle" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Shuri Castle">Shuri</a> line when a burst of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_gun" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Machine gun">machine gun</a> fire tore through his left arm, severing the main nerve and leaving it permanently disabled.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Sledge_13-1" style="line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Douglas#cite_note-Sledge-13" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">[13]</a></sup></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After a thirteen-month stay in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Naval_Medical_Center" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="National Naval Medical Center">National Naval Medical Center</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Bethesda, Maryland">Bethesda, Maryland</a>, Douglas was given an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_discharge" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Military discharge">honorable discharge</a> as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States)" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Lieutenant colonel (United States)">lieutenant colonel</a> with full disability pay.</span></p><h2 style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Return to civilian life</span></h2><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After Douglas left the service he returned to teach at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="University of Chicago">University of Chicago</a> around 1946.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Douglas#cite_note-16" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">[16]</a></sup> In 1947 he was awarded the highest honor in the economics profession when he was elected president of the American Economic Association.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">He went on to be elected three times to the US Senate from Illinois.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">__________________</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; break-after: avoid; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; letter-spacing: -0.25px; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; text-align: start; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Indiana's Third Senator" Takes the Dunes Battle to Congress</u></h3><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;">Approaching Paul H. Douglas to herald the dunes preservation movement in Congress proved to be an excellent move. Although from Illinois, Douglas was no stranger to the Indiana Dunes. Following his 1931 marriage to Emily Taft, daughter of sculptor Lorado Taft, the couple built a summer cottage in the dunes. Summertime and weekends in the dunes with his family left an indelible mark on Douglas' soul. He regarded those times as "one of the happiest periods of our lives":</p><blockquote style="background-color: white; border-left: 4px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 10px 20px 10px 25px; text-align: start;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 40px; margin-top: 0px;">Like Anateus, I retouched the earth and became stronger thereby. We had rare privacy, with mornings of quiet study and work, afternoons of swimming and walks along the magnificent beach and in the fascinating back country.... What remained was idyllic and an ever-present source of physical and spiritual renewal. I seemed to live again in the simplicities of my boyhood.</p></blockquote><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.nps.gov/people/dorothy-buell.htm" id="https://www.nps.gov/people/dorothy-buell.htm|" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dorothy Buell</a> first approached Douglas to sponsor a bill to authorize an "Indiana Dunes National Park" in the spring of 1957. Douglas, familiar with the negative stance of the Indiana Congressional Delegation, targeted Senator Homer Capehart. Douglas suggested that Capehart could become a hero by leading the dunes effort and thereby have the Federal park bear his name. Intrigued, Capehart told Douglas he first had to consult with the "boys in Indianapolis." The inevitable answer came: the boys "have other plans." Douglas decided he would introduce the legislation himself. Fittingly, he unveiled the bill to establish "Indiana Dunes National Monument" in Dorothy Buell's home on Easter Sunday 1958. He cited the popularity of the Save the Dunes Council as an indication of widespread public support enabling him to go against the wishes of Indiana's political and business community.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;">Few could have predicted the magnitude of the vehemence unleashed on Senator Douglas. Media, industry, and political organizations combined accusing Douglas with interfering in Indiana's affairs, serving as a Chicago carpetbagger plotting against Indiana's economic development, and working to establish a park to placate the minorities of Chicago. Douglas' opponents derisively referred to him as the "Third Senator from Indiana." Indignant Hoosiers pointed to an underground coalition of Illinois politicians and industrialists who were hiding behind Senator Douglas' "Save the Dunes" movement in order to stop the Port of Indiana. Douglas' nefarious coalition was also believed to be joined by dunes area industry which hoped to keep competitors out. Nevertheless, Paul Douglas introduced his bill, S. 3898, on May 26, 1958.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;">Later that June, Senator Douglas received a letter of support from renowned American writer, <a href="https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/historyculture/carl-sandburg.htm" id="https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/historyculture/carl-sandburg.htm|" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Carl Sandburg</a>:</p><blockquote style="background-color: white; border-left: 4px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 10px 20px 10px 25px; text-align: start;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 40px; margin-top: 0px;">Dear Senator Douglas:</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 40px; margin-top: 0px;">You should know that I am one of the many who appreciate your toils and efforts in behalf of an Indiana Dunes National Monument. I have known those dunes for more than forty years and I give my blessing and speak earnest prayers for all who are striving for this project. Those dunes are to the midwest what the Grand Canyon is to Arizona and the Yosemite to California. They constitute a signature of time and eternity: once lost the loss would be irrevocable. Good going to you!</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 280px; margin-top: 0px;">Faithfully yours,</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 320px; margin-top: 0px;">Carl Sandburg</p></blockquote><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Memorial">Memorial</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1em; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 0px; unicode-bidi: isolate; user-select: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color: #54595d; margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Douglas&action=edit&section=9" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; text-wrap: nowrap; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Edit section: Memorial">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color: #54595d; margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></h2><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A memorial marker at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Recruit_Depot_Parris_Island" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island">Marine Corps training base at Parris Island</a> reads:</span></p><center style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial;">DOUGLAS VISITORS CENTER</span><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">in Memory of SENATOR PAUL H. DOUGLAS 1892 ~ 1976</span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">Graduating from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Recruit_Depot_Parris_Island" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island">Parris Island</a> in 1942 as a 50-year-old Private, Mr. Douglas was an inspiration to all. He rose to the rank of Major while serving in the Pacific Theater where he was wounded at Peleliu and Okinawa. Retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. The former economics professor later served as a U.S. Senator from Illinois. By his personal courage, fortitude and leadership, the Honorable Paul H. Douglas demonstrated the personal traits characteristic of Marine leaders.<a class="external autonumber" href="http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM494G" rel="nofollow" style="background: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/common/images/external-link-ltr-icon.svg?48e54") right center no-repeat; color: #3366bb; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; padding-right: 13px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">[1]</a></span></center><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From 1986 to 1997, the U.S. Department of Education awarded the Paul Douglas Teacher Scholarship in Douglas's honor.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In 1992 the University of Illinois, Institute of Government and Public Affairs established the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government as part of the celebration of the senator's 100th birthday, and in recognition of his outstanding service to the nation.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Paul Douglas Forest Preserve in Hoffman Estates, Illinois is named for him.</span></p><h2 style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Awards">Awards</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="line-height: 1em; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 0px; unicode-bidi: isolate; user-select: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color: #54595d; margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Douglas&action=edit&section=10" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; text-wrap: nowrap; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Edit section: Awards">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color: #54595d; margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></span></h2><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Douglas was entitled to campaign participation credit ("battle stars") for Capture and Occupation of the Southern Palau Islands (Peleliu), and Assault and Occupation of Okinawa.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Click to read more</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Douglas" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Douglas</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Semper Fi, Senator Douglas</span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /></p></div></div>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-78042414707889321772024-02-08T13:44:00.005-06:002024-02-08T13:46:55.484-06:00Boston 2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_J7LrNk03fWWcFNmPzhQtVCpAYsl-Opy2D9l4CTM-STivkJfTpggQp-EECnsgUkX7Bez1RG5NEOBUX_UiGk6vPbi2bGYyzY22lgMW13Nfgi-Kfsj2n2dM7Uxj6T76YiCZUFSEOwb6mKwWmYbwsxnM1CHsInszqszFCzT0R0Ui9h38d0_f8Cb/s4080/PXL_20220916_185418764.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_J7LrNk03fWWcFNmPzhQtVCpAYsl-Opy2D9l4CTM-STivkJfTpggQp-EECnsgUkX7Bez1RG5NEOBUX_UiGk6vPbi2bGYyzY22lgMW13Nfgi-Kfsj2n2dM7Uxj6T76YiCZUFSEOwb6mKwWmYbwsxnM1CHsInszqszFCzT0R0Ui9h38d0_f8Cb/w640-h482/PXL_20220916_185418764.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="3840" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDbevcO_-m9E9BF9REYpIWwtwuCwQqW5fvvrvbgyMgeW4aoy4LxNsm9yvvKj3tuEr5gQMA-IBwnke7LgbQtf4n3vbJZhBct5DsgbfA1rXNIpvydBzDz7nNOigPuLepzIQCvaI2cBgCOVliypxOGDjf0ytiumLoR2FIDtpE-uNxEBAjbyEwTzyr/w640-h480/Dart.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kittery</p><p><a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/Tq4nJEYRnZW7Hrp4A">https://photos.app.goo.gl/Tq4nJEYRnZW7Hrp4A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-48053739043419473832023-12-07T19:09:00.005-06:002023-12-07T19:20:02.873-06:00Pearl Harbor Night 1987<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwEiITyq2hoglvINKZjkDBMuz5tnVbCzr4xFzRcuwOZiKTgBENVDUX-SbXqgNgRPQV9R1p3cWF3bumdXW-QNOBSDgFDqH-ZBVRwh2wGOl9hB8_6A31qvH6Ga-87JtklkzCs5gYgnlA7hinvat-F-g0U_F6Pn1R6SCGH6VJQLXuHoeqQFjdDqv/s674/Screenshot%202023-12-07%2020.13.53.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="674" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwEiITyq2hoglvINKZjkDBMuz5tnVbCzr4xFzRcuwOZiKTgBENVDUX-SbXqgNgRPQV9R1p3cWF3bumdXW-QNOBSDgFDqH-ZBVRwh2wGOl9hB8_6A31qvH6Ga-87JtklkzCs5gYgnlA7hinvat-F-g0U_F6Pn1R6SCGH6VJQLXuHoeqQFjdDqv/w400-h178/Screenshot%202023-12-07%2020.13.53.png" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In about 1987 we had a first ever (and only) Pearl Harbor Celebration in Indiana. We combined Det-4 and MWCS-48 and wore our Green uniforms to a Japanese Restaurant in Indiana. This was the brainchild of the great Woz.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span><br />The pairing of the two units was awkward. Woz, Eric Bennet, Drew Davis, and I had been members of both units. But the other Marines did not know each other and the two units had little in common. But it went pretty well.<br /><br />We had not realized it was Pearl Harbor Day. The poor proprietor of the restaurant probably was frightened. He was talking fast and telling us his life story. Something about being interned in WWII. But then he realised we were friendly, unaware of the date.<br /><br />We had a fine time at the Japanese restaurant. And got pretty lubricated. There are some other stories that shall not be repeated online.<br /><br />Then we went to another bar where a fashion show was underway. The bikers were buying us shots and beers. Naturally, being Marines in uniform, we had to consume it.<br /><br />I personally was so drunk that as I drove home I was stopped by a train, and fell asleep, waking up after the train had gone by.<br /><br /><br />S/F</span><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-56515735849097331582023-11-08T14:31:00.001-06:002023-11-08T14:31:37.664-06:0029 Palms aka The Stumps Sea Stories<p><br /></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3100155322161265522" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 896.033px;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9634b833-7fff-0bd5-1bb6-9468ca06fca7"><br /><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 471px; overflow: hidden; width: 663px;"><img height="471" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/76NG5u_qDMzYge6HuxRWW6EWUE2XfGRi5ao7KXbuf6jc9UT4R7GaCLmUA11TMgA9DOlKNLBDIHfaYwv8NnuQQUD547PxNmKm1cExIjW4V2L8Ue9yJHvCg-me790QjHZ1yEyOOVLq" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 5px;" width="663" /></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 262px; overflow: hidden; width: 693px;"><img height="262" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/RMKl8KLN8mcdo_aYDlQO2wTxEetS0VbAdiqxF_tsXi1terIg08_N_bjk8gFlyP8DTlYFYver4rLBHfe9XBX5wQRiC9U7iNnzsBCIqeSt4eWx3aX4VwL54axYzqShxM1_K7WEhYC1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 5px;" width="693" /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Most of us spent a lot of time at Marine Corps Base 29 Palms aka the Stumps.You can write your story by clicking on this <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/11NoEHvdL3hH5Pl7hx64hXXkmffcCD6w-CnoxW8YN-mU/edit?usp=sharing" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Google Document</span></a>. I will add it later to this blog post.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Some of my sea stories from 29 Palms aka the Stumps</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This memory is from a long time ago. I think I have it right. Some of you were probably with the Chicago Infantry Battalion 2/24 then and may know a different story.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">On my first Reserve exercise at the Stumps, I think, in 1972 or 73. I was MWCS-48 in the Air Wing and flew out from Santa Anna for a few days. It was, I think, 2/24, the Chicago Infantry Battalion in the exercize. Seems to me we did not have any idea what we were supposed to do. I set up an AN/PRC-41 to talk to the aircraft in the exercize. The batteries on that old radio were shot, so I jury rigged power from a radio jeep with slash wire. I was surprised when it worked. I was bathing the radio with water to keep it from overheating in the 29 Stumps heat.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We were at the airfield on mainside a long way from the ground troops, but I could see an A-6, I think, doing simulated bombing or strafing runs over the Battalion. I remember thinking take it easy, friend. Don’t crash. His attack approach looked very steep and going very low. He would pop up high and then go into a steep dive.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">They did not come out of one dive and crashed with an enormous cloud of smoke. I called the medevac and the old radio kept working and I kept it as cool as I could with water. As I remember it, the two pilots were killed and some of the Chicago Marines were injured.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The story I heard, and you guys who were there can correct me, was that some of the Marines on the ground saw the pilots, who knew they had lost it. The pilots were able to maneuver the plane so that when it crashed it did not hit a lot of Marines. Anyone remember? I searched for this online and could not find anything.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Craig Hullinger</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">________</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I was there on the ground during the A6 crash in the summer of 1972. I was actually a member of the 20th Rifle Company out of Rockford, Illinois. We were the aggressors for the exercise. I did not have knowledge of who the larger organization was. It is true the A6 was doing simulated strafing runs over our aggressor hill position. As I recall it was the middle of a typically very hot day at the Stumps when during one of the A6 runs it came too low and hit the sand exploding and spreading debris everywhere. I can still hear the horns of the 6X as rescuers swarmed the hill honking and shouting and looking for injured Marines. As I rose up out of my shallow foxhole I saw charred sand and debris going further up the hill. I don’t remember any details about injuries other than the pilots were killed. Scuttlebutt at the time said that they found the head of one of the pilots still in his helmet. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">At the lowly infantry company level of an independent rifle company, I didn't even know who 2/24 was at that time. The 20th Rifle Company was disbanded in the fall of 1971 during a pretty significant reorganization of the Marine Corps Reserve. The most notable commanding officer of the 20th Rifle Company was our Major General Mitch Waters. 2/24 inherited quite an assortment of Marines during the reorganization. Marines in Rockford were given the choice of going “class III” or joining another element of 2/24.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I elected to transfer to the newly formed Golf Company in Madison Wisconsin. The Golf Company was recently redesignated a rifle company from a 105 howitzer battery. I remember having to clean the 105s so they could be shipped out. Unfortunately, and a sign of the times in the early 70s, Golf Company inherited a nickname of “Goofy Company”. Through no fault of its own, this artillery battery was full of Madison, Wisconsin college students who had little interest in being Marines. There was quite an assortment of salty Korean War vets and newer Viet Nam Vets. I’ll never forget the influx of recent VietNam vets who joined Madison hoping to extend their careers, became quickly disillusioned and left. It took a few years and some purging to square things away. I can’t remember when but at some point we were awarded the “Clifton B Cates Award”. I still have the certificate somewhere in my pile of records. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Master Gunnery Sergeant Harper</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">USMC Retired</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">________</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">There has been a lot of talk and some reporting about how the US Marines were beaten badly by British Marines recently in a force on force exercise at 29 Palms. The first story was propagated as many things are, with someone telling a wild story that gets everyone paying attention, which results in a lot of fame and money for the guy who made the story up. Whether it is true or not. It was amplified by the Rooskies.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Russian Disinformation </span><a href="https://www.rt.com/usa/539215-british-american-marines-exercise-defeat" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.rt.com/usa/539215-british-american-marines-exercise-defeat</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The truth, I think. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/voices/us-marines-didnt-surrender-british-training-exercise/" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://taskandpurpose.com/voices/us-marines-didnt-surrender-british-training-exercise/</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">________</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">CAX We were at numerous Combined Arms Exercises</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I was commo for the air wing side of the Combined Arms Exercises. We set up all the radios to control the air. The pilots set up their IP (Initial Point) for the attack aircraft to assemble. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">They were working hard at staying low so that they could not be observed by the enemy radar. The idea was to stay low until you popped up, rolled over, and attacked the objective, and then leave low to the ground. They kept their IP low and behind some mountains and did not talk to me. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Dumb idea. Most of the ground to air radios were UHF - Line of sight. The aircraft could not talk to anyone unless they were high enough to have direct line of sight back to the TACC or FAC radio Antennas.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The exercise was to start with a napalm strike on the first hill objective. The VIPs were on another hill where they could observe the strike. The napalm strike was always spectacular.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The pilots stayed low at the IP point with no comm. They were not supposed to strike without positive ground control to prevent tragic accidents.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The pilots decided to take the initiative. They figured they knew where the Hill was, and did their attack - low to the ground, pop up over the mountains, roll in and bomb the target. They did so without ground comm control, which was of course a safety no no.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The attack went swimmingly, except they bombed the wrong hill</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">behind </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the VIP Hill. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Our Marine PR Captain tried to fix the mistake by telling the VIP's how impressive the attack was. It was impressive, but some of the experienced reporters knew it was a screw up and we bombed the wrong hill behind the VIP hill instead of the actual objective in front of the hill. Oh, well, no one was fried.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">On the exercise debrief it was pointed out that 50 cal rounds were impacting within a meter of our Marines Fortunately no one was hit.</span></p><br /><br /><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0pt; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></h1><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0pt; position: relative; text-align: center;"><a href="https://animalstoriesmphs.blogspot.com/2014/06/spiders.html" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Spiders!!</span></a></h1><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.6632; margin: 8pt 10pt 4pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7kPded4aTzo/UxIltH2mYaI/AAAAAAAAdnI/PMgscw0MGCI/s1600/Screenshot+2014-03-01+at+13.23.26.png" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0pt solid rgb(238, 238, 238); display: inline-block; height: 426px; overflow: hidden; width: 613px;"><img height="426" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_aMGiMLxsnaCWg1dbxuvvx48wnXXDzZ4hHim7Lng7aYMiteJba4BlCCkvfl6Wy2D1TOKky4GpivJObHQSnptZiymTD_QL8OxAlZbRoGAbfSDHKvtph1FZ9_d9qO5LpHNOKsaNVLh" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="613" /></span></span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I was standing in the mess hall line at the Marine Base in 29 Palms with the PR Captain who had handled the bungled napalm attack. I noticed a black widow spider on the collar of the Captain. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Captain, don't move." I said and tried to brush the spider off of his shirt with the brim of my cover (cap). The spider deftly dodged under the brim and ran down inside his camouflage shirt. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Hold on," I said and slowly unbuttoned his shirt, which probably looked odd to the rest of the Marines in the chow line. When I unbuttoned the last button he did a war dance, slapping every inch of his body to get rid of or kill the spider. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Then the captain said to me "Next time, don't help." </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The ingrate. See if I ever help him again, after all I did. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">_____</span></p><br /><span style="border: 0pt solid rgb(238, 238, 238); display: inline-block; height: 320px; overflow: hidden; width: 240px;"><img height="320" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/jHyvms3DPxKJ28GFK5MXNQkIEMy3T_2onSRTA0s77jyDPrFPNfuEoR8LHjzxuM5O5vtYqqWOqe96-k8H8UYEWLQlFPv8kKfIeCJp-C3C5JdRckehi95UJvBpgAAA9FOFfZEywVLd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 5px;" width="240" /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We had lots of black widow spiders at the Marine Bases in 29 Palms, CA and Yuma, AZ in 1967-68. I had many of them under my desk. I would periodically beat them down with a broom and burn them out a couple of times with a torch, but they always came back. But they were nice and never bit me. I suppose I should be sorry for being mean to them.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">One time I was laying on my back on the floor of a room, with my head slightly under a desk. And there was the red hourglass of the spider's abdomen inches above my large and long nose. Startled me a bit.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-left: 10pt; margin-top: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">_______________</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Another Marine Spider story. One of our Marines really liked tarantulas. He captured a large hairy one in 29 Palms, California and brought it back to his apartment in Berwyn, Illinois.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tarantula got out of the box and moved to another apartment. When they discovered spidey in their cupboard the residents convened a hasty kangaroo court and quickly evicted our spider loving Marine and his tarantula.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 8pt 10pt 4pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0pt solid rgb(238, 238, 238); display: inline-block; height: 452px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="452" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/2D1QCgtNEC0ePOWziT5CIPMFLbwYW9LkW0hkqMbNoKMWAXRVcz-k11LzoJPIEHdCeFkjSc2D29CT_FZ5IsFNy2zhS8U-lI8tHnSa-LRpXyLOVcWLdhL5ieVGJDy5ZnnKKAayK5Jo" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 5px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-left: 10pt; margin-top: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I also have a childhood memory of Marlin Perkins from Zoo Parade holding a large tarantula in his hand and saying, " as long as I don't make any sudden moves he won't bite."</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">_________</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I led a small two radio relay jeep det at a CAX following the infantry battalion with a plan to roll in right after the infantry took the hill and moved on. The two radio jeeps would provide comm from the DASC to the TACC. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">All kinds of live ordinance was used. It is a bit disorienting in the desert. I was pretty sure the infantry had already attacked the hill. Pretty sure really isn’t not a good idea when people are shooting real bullets.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We rolled up to the Hill and the three of us erected the big flyswatter antenna. We had just completed our work when one of the Marines noticed some 250 lb bombs sticking out of the Hill. Oh, SHIT! They had not been there before the attack when we reconned the hill. So at least now we knew for sure the attack had passed by the hill.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I got our two radio men and myself behind a hill so if the bombs went off we would have just got our bell rung, not blown to pieces. I radioed back to range control and asked what the chances of the bombs going off were? The range control guy said they would probably not go off if they had not gone off on impact. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">So we kept the radio link working. The only big danger was when we took the antennas down later. Bombs did not go off. Whew!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I took the same two Marines up to the top of a mountain the next day in a CH-46 helo. We brought them enough water and camo netting for shade - it was very hot and windy. They would be up there for two days, with a radio relay circuit, connecting the DASC to the TACC.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We had everything set up and bang! A very big round flew past of us. I have no idea what was fired - maybe a 105? We were on the side of and far above the battlefield and no one was supposed to be firing up there.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">But it was just one round and we did not know what to do about it, other than complain to range control. So I left my Marines up there and flew back to the base camp. It occured to me that no one from our unit knew where they were except me. If the helo crashed they would be isolated.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Fortunately nothing happened and I went back up to pull them out. They were very fine young Marines and I was trying hard to get them to stay in. But when they went home they told their wives what happened, and the wives said get out. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We usually did our two week duty at 29 Palms in the Mojave Desert in southern California in August and it was hotter than Hell. There was a base order that said don't push your troops until they are fully acclimatized which took six weeks. But our Reserves were there for two weeks and we were trying to prove to ourselves and the regular Marine Corps that we were good. And so we went all out from day one. You would see troops being medevaced on helos with massive sweat stains on their utilities.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We were the last unit to leave Camp Wilson on a CH-53 with two radio jeeps, one with a trailer. And we had a water buffalo underneath. We probably should not have been flying. It was so windy that the helo was swinging back and forth. The pilot stayed down in the valleys as much as possible. Several troops got air sick. Half way through the flight I realized that the jeeps were not chained down to prevent a backward movement. If the helo went nose up nothing would stop the jeep from rolling to the rear. Fortunately the helo stayed nose down the whole time. Probably the pilot knew the situation, but who knows?</span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 352px; overflow: hidden; width: 441px;"><img height="352" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/wEHX8CwZfm2FMy6lO42aCHlNcErbcAD23RAx7wHR-rCq3Q_6kodYqsVNXNY4R0UYtjSBRIlwBt22yEZDPFjNaHB08zRQaW40JkdbcPtj0IQ4pMSz0gAQNTXjJzL9X0PNv9PQR3V4" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 5px;" width="441" /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">_______</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In 1967 I was at the enlisted Air Control school at 29 Palms. Number 1 in the class included writing backwards on a plexiglass board so the air controllers out front could see the aircraft movements. A very useful skill. The challenge was to hear range and distance plots in one ear, and coordinate plots in the other year, and plot them at the same time with both hands. Lots of fun.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I was playing for the 5th LAAMBn basketball team in Yuma later that year. I was going back and forth writing backwards and forwards. The Career Planning Lt who was handling my OCS application came up to me in a game and handed me a magic market to put a number on his T shirt. I got the one ok, but then was not sure how to mak e. So I wrote it and I wrote a backwards 5. The Lt did not send my package forward. I had to wait another six months for a new Lt who did not know I could not write a 5 to send in my package.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">_______</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">When I first joined the Det I heard all these stories about Lincoln Town Cars and the good life on exercises. My first was at the Stumps where we worked all night on a Steel Thrust - no glamor there. And I had no idea what the Det was doing.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">But the next night we were in Palm Springs at the motel pool. We were all in the hot tub except Bailey. He did not have his trunks. We harassed him till he stripped down to his skivvies and jumped in. At least that is the way I remember it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">_________</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We did a number of CAX exercises where part of Comm Squadron would support the first two weeks and then another part of the Squadron would support the second two weeks. I was in the second two weeks. The first Det would leave as we got there. A tremendous wind storm hit and destroyed all the tents, and messed up their Charlie uniforms. So they flew home on commercial air in their grungy cammies.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Woz, Eric Bennet, and Bob Dart usually went together on one part of the exercise, and I went on the other. I know they had more fun and usually stayed in town while I stayed in the tents.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Do any of you have some good stump stories? Add them here.</span></p><br /></span></div>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-52502475094550152042023-11-08T09:00:00.000-06:002023-11-08T09:00:05.358-06:00Honoring Our Veterans on Veterans Day<p><br /></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://empehi.blogspot.com/2023/11/honoring-our-veterans-on-veterans-day.html" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Honoring Our Veterans on Veterans Day</span></a></h3><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-9162331758828967039" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 747.032px;"><div class="post-header" style="line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8538961538980806945" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 747.032px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Rgw1m_wVI1E/VF939r_BDFI/AAAAAAAAmx0/I0CG7X1hLOo/s1600/Veterans-Day-image.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #2288bb; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="355" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Rgw1m_wVI1E/VF939r_BDFI/AAAAAAAAmx0/I0CG7X1hLOo/w640-h355/Veterans-Day-image.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Veterans Day is an official <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;">United States</a> holiday that honors people who have served in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Armed_Forces" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;">U.S. Armed Forces</a>, also known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;">veterans</a>. It is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_holiday" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;">federal holiday</a> that is observed on November 11. </span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It coincides with other holidays such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_Day" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;">Armistice Day</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Day" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;">Remembrance Day</a>, which are celebrated in other parts of the world and also mark the anniversary of the end of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;">World War I</a> (major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_with_Germany" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;">Armistice with Germany</a> went into effect).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It is excellent planning to have a Federal Holiday the day after the Marine Corps birthday, so we have a day to recover.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">S/F</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-89670456449494313352023-11-05T19:21:00.003-06:002023-11-05T19:21:26.963-06:00Happy Birthday, Marines!<p> </p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; 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line-height: 1.4; margin: 10px auto 5px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Your story can be long or short. The story can cover an interesting event or your entire life. You can write about yourself or a friend that you would like to honor. Pictures are worth a thousand words. You can send us a lot of photos. You can add to your story. We look forward to publishing your story on the blog.</span><div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4; margin: 10px auto 5px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="clear: both; line-height: 1.4; margin: 10px auto 5px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa;">An easy way to get your photos converted to electronic form is to take them to Staples or a similar store. They will scan the photos and email them. You can have them send them straight to me for inclusion on the blog. Please use a .jpg or similar format.<br /><br />Take a look at the stories to see what people have already written. If you would like to have your story published email your story to Craig Hullinger at: <a href="mailto:craighullinger@gmail.com" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">craighullinger@gmail.com</a><br /><br /><span class="gmail_default"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://mwcs.blogspot.com&source=gmail&ust=1576329297914000&usg=AFQjCNGWKiFWVRCb7MrMFiGaJIu7zHgGIw" href="http://mwcs.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">mwcs.blogspot.com</a></span><br /><br />Semper Fi </span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-71119330088370286722023-09-17T22:58:00.011-05:002023-09-17T23:40:15.691-05:00AN/MRC-87 AN/TRC-75<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUrwZ6uaRCH3JmExQZfL-oxKAf2xstedapzjFTqyRPZfYLgYS399n4idpZgBZHYD_WSqUBS9U0J-GwSTOWIO2bPAHvHSGfnGcW3YEOuE8r-z1VmHq1Z9ivG5YE8efYJCyob6vdrzzZeVVZ3Bh3yZIEw8oa2Srxbuhzfe8t_8A2kF1HrYVNoiT/s905/Screenshot%202023-09-18%2004.55.29.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="905" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUrwZ6uaRCH3JmExQZfL-oxKAf2xstedapzjFTqyRPZfYLgYS399n4idpZgBZHYD_WSqUBS9U0J-GwSTOWIO2bPAHvHSGfnGcW3YEOuE8r-z1VmHq1Z9ivG5YE8efYJCyob6vdrzzZeVVZ3Bh3yZIEw8oa2Srxbuhzfe8t_8A2kF1HrYVNoiT/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-18%2004.55.29.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Click to read the manual:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.navy-radio.com/manuals/mc/MCS-2-104-6112.pdf"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">https://www.navy-radio.com/manuals/mc/MCS-2-104-6112.pdf</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The TRC-75 was a large powerful HF Radio. We had a number of them in our unit. It was very dangerous. When we operated it we were supposed to have a sign that said, "Warning - Death on Contact". Transmissions were a 1,000 watts, which would ruin your whole day if you touched the antenna. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">When the radio was mounted in a jeep it was called a MRC-83, or when a powerful UHF radio was included it was a MRC-87.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I was at an exercise in 29 Palms in the 1980's. We were communicating with other Marines at El Toro and Yuma. Two radio men and I were trying to get it working at 3 am. All of us were dead tired.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I decided to change the antenna to improve the signal. We were careless and we left the jeep and radio on. No problem as long as no one was transmitting. Still a very bad idea.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I was holding the antenna up while the radio men were changing the antenna. The whip antenna was heavy, so I rested my fist on the antenna base, and rested the antenna on the top of my fist. Very dumb.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Just then a call came in from El Toro. "Any station this net, this is Airhose, Airhose, Airhose. Over".</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Wow, I said. I make a great antenna. The signal was transmitted 200 miles, into the whip antenna, down through my fist, and into the radio. I was pleased.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Then I heard the unmistakable loud sound of a TRC-75 loading and tuning. It made quite a bit of noise before the 1,000 wat signal transmitted.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Who is transmitting on a TRC-75, I wondered. Then the light bulb went off. It was our radio! The radio man, half asleep, had heard the call and naturally was responding.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">1,000 watts would transmit through my hand in a second. Death on Contact.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I snatched my hand away just in time. Huge sparks between the antenna pedestal and antenna - where my hand had been.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Dodged that bullet. I have always wondered whether it would have killed me or blown up my hand.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">______________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"What were you thinking", I asked the radio man? Obviously he was not. He was a good Marine, but I told him "Pay back is a mother."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Towards the end of the exercize he was up on the top of an old GP tent, taking down the camoflauge netting. "I told you I would get you for this!" and I ducked into the tent.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I took a broom handle and put it up against his posterior, and said "Key the Mike!" Now, there was no radio in the tent, and he knew that, but still slid down on the tent to escape the death on contact. The tent ripped and he fell through the hole. He was not hurt, but it was pretty funny. Payback.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-49457244797235078662023-08-29T14:10:00.005-05:002023-08-29T14:10:59.287-05:00<p> </p><div class="article-header" style="display: table; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 750px;"><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: #333333; display: table-cell; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 670px;"><a data-id="5797090579332952950" data-item-type="post" href="https://mwcs.blogspot.com/2023/08/happy-anniversary-80th-anniversary-of.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark" style="color: #333333; 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4:WyIjbXNnLWY6MTc3NTU4NzI3NTMzMDEwNzE1NyIsbnVsbCxbXV0." style="direction: ltr; margin: 8px 0px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="a3s aiL" id=":sx" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>From:</b> Duke CIV Charles D <<a href="mailto:charles.duke@usmc.mil" style="color: #1155cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">charles.duke@usmc.mil</a>><br /><b>Date:</b> August 29, 2023 at 6:09:16 AM CDT<br /><b>To:</b> Edda Ashe <<a href="mailto:eddaashe@gmail.com" style="color: #1155cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">eddaashe@gmail.com</a>><br /><b>Subject:</b> <b>MARADMIN on the 80th Anniversary of the MACCS</b><br /></span></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Edda,<br /><br />Good morning. I hope all is well with you. Just wanted to see if you could put out the attachment for the MACCS community.</span></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It was just released yesterday by LtGen Cederholm (DC A). I think the community would appreciate the significance of the achievement. Thanks much and always thanks for keeping the community tied together.<br /><br /></span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">V/R<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Chuck<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Charles D. Duke</span></p><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Department of Aviation, AXE-4/1<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">RM 5D548<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(703) 693-0516<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(NIPR) <a href="mailto:Charles.duke@usmc.mil" style="color: #1155cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Charles.duke@usmc.mil</a></span></p></div></blockquote><p><br /></p><p> </p><blockquote style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(SIPR) <a href="mailto:Charles.duke@usmc.smil.mil" style="color: #1155cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Charles.duke@usmc.smil.mil</a></span></p></div></blockquote><p style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Happy Anniversay!!</span></b></div><div class="nH g" jsaction="iE7Vzc:.CLIENT;v9KJX:.CLIENT" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="nH g" jsaction="iE7Vzc:.CLIENT;v9KJX:.CLIENT" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b style="background-color: transparent;">80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE </b><b style="background-color: transparent;">MARINE AIR COMMAND </b></span></div><div class="nH g" jsaction="iE7Vzc:.CLIENT;v9KJX:.CLIENT" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b style="background-color: transparent;">AND </b><b style="background-color: transparent;">CONTROL SYSTEM</b></span></div><div class="nH g" jsaction="iE7Vzc:.CLIENT;v9KJX:.CLIENT" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="nH g" jsaction="iE7Vzc:.CLIENT;v9KJX:.CLIENT" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Date Signed: 8/28/2023 | MARADMINS Number: 426/23</span></div><div class="nH g" jsaction="iE7Vzc:.CLIENT;v9KJX:.CLIENT" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="nH g" jsaction="iE7Vzc:.CLIENT;v9KJX:.CLIENT" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">MARADMINS : 426/23</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">R 281530Z AUG 23<br />MARADMIN 426/23<br />MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC AVN AXE//<br /><br />SUBJ/80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARINE AIR COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM//<br /><br />REF/A/MSGID: DOC/MCO 5750.1H/YMD: 20090213//<br /><br />NARR/REF A IS MCO 5750.1H on MARINE CORPS HISTORICAL PROGRAM.//<br /><br />POC/C. D. DUKE/ CIV/DC A/AXE-41/TEL: </span></span></div><div class="article-content entry-content" itemprop="articleBody" style="clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4; margin: 10px auto 5px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">703-693-0516/EMAIL: CHARLES.DUKE@USMC.MIL//<br /><br />GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. This year, Marine Aviation is proud<br />to observe the 80th Anniversary of the Marine Air Command<br />and Control System (MACCS).<br /><br />2. In 1943 the Service activated the first cadre of<br />purpose-built air command and control units for service<br />in World War II. For 80 years since, the MACCS executed<br />integrated, multi-domain combined arms operations through<br />air support control, air defense control, ground based<br />air defense, air surveillance, communications, and air<br />traffic control across the range of military operations<br />and in every clime and place. Our MACCS Marines,<br />globally recognized as the model military command and<br />control formations, consistently deliver disproportional<br />effects in support of our MAGTFs, the Joint Force, Allies<br />and Partners.<br /><br />3. As we honor the past, today’s Marine Air Control<br />Groups (MACGs) are pioneering new and innovative concepts<br />to execute multi-domain killwebs during expeditionary<br />advance base operations. Through new partnerships with<br />MEF Information Groups, Marine Wing Support Squadrons,<br />and Joint / Combined partners, today’s MACGs are creating<br />a new ecosystem that will ensure our Marine Corps will<br />thrive in contested operating environments for another 80<br />years.<br /><br />4. Please join me in wishing a Happy 80th to the humble,<br />often-unheralded MACG professionals whose tireless<br />innovations deliver integrated lethality and enable<br />decisive action. Speaking on behalf of all Marines, past<br />and present, THANK YOU and Happy 80th!<br /><br />5. Release authorized by LtGen M. S. Cederholm, </span></span></div><div class="article-content entry-content" itemprop="articleBody" style="clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4; margin: 10px auto 5px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Deputy </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Commandant for Aviation.//</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div>C Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815089043570782387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-4457254604491367302023-08-06T17:31:00.006-05:002023-08-07T10:39:29.954-05:00Charles W. "Chuck" Furbee III Rest in Peace Semper Fi<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbefVQnRdbbUNmNQZev7e2J2IJW-6IRXvTGsERO1jTThHcZmerMuLzAtvKug_Lcbf8nCWiy2gFCeT2wGVnvV2eGr167VnOKC0zmnMbfnapo4V24dWH4_PoW7eOURK3Z9XRW4EExZKuJAP4FIjXh2pbUfDHcoc_6ebJjTAdaFoQ7rR_DpFyfmfY/s391/Screenshot%202023-08-06%2018.39.17.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="297" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbefVQnRdbbUNmNQZev7e2J2IJW-6IRXvTGsERO1jTThHcZmerMuLzAtvKug_Lcbf8nCWiy2gFCeT2wGVnvV2eGr167VnOKC0zmnMbfnapo4V24dWH4_PoW7eOURK3Z9XRW4EExZKuJAP4FIjXh2pbUfDHcoc_6ebJjTAdaFoQ7rR_DpFyfmfY/w486-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-06%2018.39.17.png" width="486" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglEOTy7d3Z6wR2MN2RV35_l3nx8vpfggt3MYp1e4Dxdq_-s-cQFauviV3u1bK89WrIPerUhs98ge4V--RiAaZaHI2-McSsKPsceIorEH_YBs35tSyPfO8n4_KvZzr5VpF8jHFoc4xCHef5bmpP-wkK-Che9IBTdvdvjQ6U9MEoFm50-QnZB2vO/s848/Screenshot%202023-08-06%2018.27.06.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="848" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglEOTy7d3Z6wR2MN2RV35_l3nx8vpfggt3MYp1e4Dxdq_-s-cQFauviV3u1bK89WrIPerUhs98ge4V--RiAaZaHI2-McSsKPsceIorEH_YBs35tSyPfO8n4_KvZzr5VpF8jHFoc4xCHef5bmpP-wkK-Che9IBTdvdvjQ6U9MEoFm50-QnZB2vO/w640-h430/Screenshot%202023-08-06%2018.27.06.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;" /></span><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Marines,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Once again a sad communique must be generated informing you that Col. Chuck Furbee, age 81, passed away on 29 July 2023. He served as the C.O. of MWCS-48 from about 1986 to 1988 at NAS Glenview, retiring in 1991. He served in Vietnam 1965 - 1966.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">In civilian life Chuck was the Senior VP of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.friedrichjones.com/obituaries/Charles-W-Chuck-Furbee-III?obId%3D28587542&source=gmail&ust=1691447178310000&usg=AOvVaw1bIk3bhpi4vvyTdFpwoqMV" href="https://www.friedrichjones.com/obituaries/Charles-W-Chuck-Furbee-III?obId=28587542" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">https://www.friedrichjones.<wbr></wbr>com/obituaries/Charles-W-<wbr></wbr>Chuck-Furbee-III?obId=28587542</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Semper Fi,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Bob Dart</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">______________</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Sorry to hear it. Another find Marine. I was his XO. He did a fine job, and we held pre drill meetings in his office in downtown Chicago in the Federal Reserve Bank.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Craig Hullinger</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">__________</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div dir="ltr">Marines and Friends,<br /></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">It is my very sad duty to advise you all of the passing of Colonel Charles W. Furbee, USMC (Ret). on July 29th.Chuck was 81years old.</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">Chuck served as the C.O. of MWCS-48, NAS Glenview from about 1986 - 1988. He retired from the Reserves in 1991.</div><div dir="ltr">Chuck served in Vietnam 1965 - 1966.</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">In civilian life he was a Senior Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">Chuck was involved with the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Gala in Chicago for many years. <br /></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">Semper Fidelis, May Chuck Rest In Peace </div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">Loren R. Miller, III</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">______________</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); background-color: #fafafa; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Charles Wesley “Chuck” Furbee III, age 81, passed away on Saturday, July 29, 2023, at home with family at his side. He was born on May 14, 1942, to Charles Wesley Furbee, Jr. and Lydia Louise (nee Shoup) Furbee in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.</p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When Chuck was four years old, his family returned to their hometown in Clarksburg, West Virginia, where he graduated from Washington Irving High School in 1960. He graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1964 with a degree in economics and was a member of the championship football team and two championship tennis teams. At his graduation ceremony, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps.</p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">After attending The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia from 1964 to 1965, Chuck shipped out to Vietnam in August of 1965, returning to the United States in August of 1966 where he completed his active-duty service at Camp Pendleton in Southern California. It was at this time that he met his wife, Linda, whom he married on August 10, 1968, in her hometown of Boulder, Colorado.</p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Chuck then began his civilian career in Chicago at Chicago Title & Trust Company in Human Resources from 1968 to 1974, subsequently moving to the Kissell Company, a mortgage banking firm, in Springfield, Ohio. In 1977, he returned to Chicago as Assistant Vice President in Human Resources at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He was promoted to Vice President in 1980 and Senior Vice President in 1981, responsible for Support Services. In 1985, he assumed responsibility for Bank Operations in Chicago, Des Moines, Indianapolis, and Milwaukee, adding the Peoria satellite facility in 1996. During this time, he continued his Marine Corps service as a member of the Reserves, he earned a master’s degree in Industrial Relations from Loyola University Chicago, and he completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University.</p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Chuck retired as a Colonel from the United States Marine Corps in 1991 and from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in 2004. After doing consulting work for a few years, he was asked by Federal regulators to assume the position of CEO of a Corporate Federal Credit Union that was financially distressed. Chuck and his management team implemented a plan that recapitalized the institution, creating the new entity, Alloya Corporate Federal Credit Union. At the time of Chuck’s final retirement on June 30, 2013, Alloya was the largest financial institution of its kind in the country. As Chuck said, “It was a pretty good last dance.”</p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Chuck is survived by his wife, Diane Noble Furbee; his children Nicole (Zak) Jarrell; Charles Wesley “Chad” Furbee IV (Traci) Furbee; Carly (Christopher) Williams; and grandchildren Owen, Emerson, Eli, and Xavier Jarrell; Charles Wesley “Charlie” Furbee V and Cameron Furbee; and Tyson and Roman Williams, all of Naperville. He is also survived by his sister, Louanna (Bob Benfer) Furbee; mother-in-law, Donna Noble; sisters-in-law, Sharolyn Fullmer, Bonnie (Jim) Stowell, Mary Noble, Barbara (Mark) Hartmann, Julie (Michael May) Noble; and brother-in-law Dale (Lynn) Noble. He is survived by nieces Joan (Leaf) Zwerling, Allison Fullmer, and Ardith (Ryan) Brown. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Linda; his parents; his father- and mother-in-law, Thomas Hugh and Alice Clabaugh Cameron; his father-in-law, Willard Noble; and brothers-in-law Mel Fullmer and Dan Noble.</p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A memorial service will be held on Friday, August 11, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Dr. Scott Field officiating, preceded by visitation from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 44 South Mill Street, Naperville. Lunch will be served at Cress Creek Country Club after the service.</p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Future inurnment: Naperville Cemetery, Naperville.</p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to: </p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758516, Topeka, Kansas 66675-8516, 877.TEAM.WWP (832.6997), https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/donate </p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">or </p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Naperville Responds for Our Veterans, 210 S. Washington St., Naperville, IL 60540, (331) 684-7899, https://www.napervilleresponds.org/</p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; 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font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.5s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">send flowers</a> to the family or <a class="obituary-description__tree--link" href="http://friedrichjones-funeral-home.tributestore.com/memorial-tree?oId=28587542&tag=&source=tco_description&_cdx=GA1.1.625856373.1691361179:GS1.1.1691361179.1.1.1691361564.60.0.0&mtph=1" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #406c4f; cursor: pointer; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.5s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">plant a tree</a> in memory of Charles , please </span><a class="obituary-description__store--link" href="http://friedrichjones-funeral-home.tributestore.com/?oId=28587542&tag=&tn=FreeTreeTestFC&otv=Frazer_MS2_Cont&source=tco_description&_cdx=GA1.1.625856373.1691361179:GS1.1.1691361179.1.1.1691361564.60.0.0&mtph=1" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #ef5a66; cursor: pointer; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.5s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">visit our floral store.</a></div><div class="obituary-description__store" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div class="obituary-description__store" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div></div></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;" /></span><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"></div></div><p><br /><br /></p>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-54781400975383558802023-07-23T19:25:00.009-05:002023-07-23T21:28:06.765-05:00MGySgt. Dave Szablewski Rest In Peace Semper Fi<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUvXG-tcqjccKSfT15lSTiAq7oqSQ-p79aWYdvCZy7EXUAVhzBKVrYWXOE3WPrlIhhmYAZnJkwSanjmr76xlWyUgKvJKI324fXEE-EiIg6ebOiu-rEUdoKFrVEjsnJXbfZNFb1VtchNZy0BOCCL0vA4FzDz_o0ifttqpLigFZt-RcKM8bpxNW/s982/Screenshot%202023-07-23%2016.22.06.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="982" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUvXG-tcqjccKSfT15lSTiAq7oqSQ-p79aWYdvCZy7EXUAVhzBKVrYWXOE3WPrlIhhmYAZnJkwSanjmr76xlWyUgKvJKI324fXEE-EiIg6ebOiu-rEUdoKFrVEjsnJXbfZNFb1VtchNZy0BOCCL0vA4FzDz_o0ifttqpLigFZt-RcKM8bpxNW/w640-h452/Screenshot%202023-07-23%2016.22.06.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Marines,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Though we knew it was coming the news doesn’t make it any easier to accept. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">MGySgt. Szablewski </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">fought one of a heck of a battle with the cancer that had returned. Of course, we wouldn’t have expected any thing different from Dave. In accepting his PCS orders this morning (23 Jul 2023) he has assumed command of the Marines guarding heaven’s gate and streets.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">His thoughts were always with the Marines. He left a legacy for many, many Marines back in April at our “Never in December” Christmas party where he gave his treasure trove of Corps memorabilia to his fellow Marines as a remembrance of him.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">MGySgt. Szablewski will be interred in Arlington National Cemetery at a date to be determined. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Semper Fi Marines,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Bob</span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Robert Dart</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">_______________</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Very sorry to hear it. He was an outstanding Marine and man. We will miss him. I loved his online accordion concerts.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">And it was a classy act when he have his Marine Corps memorigilia to his fellow Marines.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Craig Hullinger</span></span></p><div class="article-header" style="display: table; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 750px;"><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: #333333; display: table-cell; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 670px;"><a data-id="3583910573577527671" data-item-type="post" href="https://mwcs.blogspot.com/2022/12/sgt-major-ski-gets-down.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark" style="color: #333333; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ski Gets Down</span></a></h1></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></span></span></p><div class="article-content entry-content" itemprop="articleBody" style="clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4; margin: 10px auto 5px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaIjR3Bk5re7EEMjwbAaHJt0eStEGnMRMlrJT1vrLEnI4ebx3caOi6LdlsKIEO0NHTEnaBJjFIHdgxP7V8A6t1VQtlbErDFBnLPPWWW14Zj_LEoVmXgGVrX83poJNYLRQ0ndrErVCGTBW_a7JuJ8uyG5MZXQigywOPcl1cXt7omBPP8fsy4w/s853/Screenshot%202022-12-14%2012.42.26.png" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaIjR3Bk5re7EEMjwbAaHJt0eStEGnMRMlrJT1vrLEnI4ebx3caOi6LdlsKIEO0NHTEnaBJjFIHdgxP7V8A6t1VQtlbErDFBnLPPWWW14Zj_LEoVmXgGVrX83poJNYLRQ0ndrErVCGTBW_a7JuJ8uyG5MZXQigywOPcl1cXt7omBPP8fsy4w/s16000/Screenshot%202022-12-14%2012.42.26.png" style="-webkit-border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 fill / 9px stretch; border-color: initial; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 9; border-image-width: 9px; border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 / 9px / 0 stretch; border-style: none; border-width: 9px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Sgt Major <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u x1s688f" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010347363878&__tn__=-UC-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #009eb8; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" tabindex="0">David Szablewski</a> Gets Down. 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outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">_______________________</span></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="article-header" style="color: black; display: table; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 750px;"><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: #333333; display: table-cell; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 670px;"><a data-id="4328210321867901075" data-item-type="post" href="https://mwcs.blogspot.com/2011/04/presidential-unit-citation-i-mef.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark" style="color: #333333; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">Presidential Unit Citation I MEF Operation Iraqi Freedom I</a></h1></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; 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This came about almost 2 years after the award was first issued. Thanks to the support of Colonel Justin <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Carlitti</span>, Commanding Officer of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">MWCS</span>-48 we submitted to the awards board full documentation provided by then <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">MSgt</span> David <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Szablewski</span> that supported our case to be awarded this prestigious ribbon.</strong></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><strong>Some of the missions of the squadron during that period will be posted in the near future.</strong></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Semper</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Fi</span>!! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">MGunnSki</span></p></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="nH" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="h7" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="Bk" style="border-color: rgb(239, 239, 239) rgb(239, 239, 239) rgb(226, 226, 226); border-radius: 7px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px; float: left; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 593px;"><div class="G3 G2" style="border-color: rgb(188, 188, 188); border-radius: 7px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 0px 0px;"><div class="nH" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div id=":5x" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="HprMsc" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="gs" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="ii gt" id=":3v" style="margin: 5px 15px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 20px; position: relative; z-index: 2;"><div id=":3w" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div background="?ui=2&ik=7e2dca9dab&view=att&th=12f6d826b0f8e4d2&attid=0.1&disp=emb&zw" bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="#3333CC" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" vlink="#336666"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span color="windowtext"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Colonel,</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span color="windowtext"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Wow where has the time gone??? I goggled MWCS-48 and got to the blog. I remember when you started it many years ago. I am alive and well and retired. I retired from the Corps in 2008 E9 MGySgt with 25 years of service. Presently collecting my pension. I also retired from the Naperville Fire Department in 2009 with 33 years of service.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span color="windowtext"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I teach on campus and online for Benedictine University where I got my masters degree in Public Health with a major in Disaster Management. T was promoted to O-6 CAPT in 2010. She was deployed for 18 months at the Regional Army Medical Center in Landstuhl Germany. She worked with the returning wounded from Afghan and Iraq.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span color="windowtext"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I went back to visit Comm Squadron and realized there is no visible history of the unit. It seems that all that have moved on are forgotten or they do not know who they are. I am working with MSgt Ferguson to get him pictures of the past and some history.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span color="windowtext"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I hope all is well, hopefully we can meet up.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span color="windowtext"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Ski</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; 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You are right. We need to get more history and photos os the squadron on the internet.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I just heard from MSgt Curry. He took a million photos of the Squadron, which we need to get on the Internet.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://travelhullinger.blogspot.com/" style="color: #333333; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Http://travelhullinger.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</span></span></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; 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font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /></p>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-36081732847090454182023-07-06T12:10:00.005-05:002023-07-06T13:25:46.947-05:00Sgt Major Tomaeno - Rest In Peace<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZhGMgVZdfJAr-aa9N9gRg9-Am6uDhpn45whAIOKFGYhnUnS6h-AbIfbsMq1iXRDweJaDyNWmweXt-K1_evQE-EqJRa47o7zF-yFeMCJhRemjlR6xILBK_fi4N-GBBLn4B8_e2HLcKt-GoNmP1aoVdif9x4NwIpyJN7Qleogs2vnNSQn_2WrEU/s231/Screenshot%202023-07-06%2011.10.29.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="145" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZhGMgVZdfJAr-aa9N9gRg9-Am6uDhpn45whAIOKFGYhnUnS6h-AbIfbsMq1iXRDweJaDyNWmweXt-K1_evQE-EqJRa47o7zF-yFeMCJhRemjlR6xILBK_fi4N-GBBLn4B8_e2HLcKt-GoNmP1aoVdif9x4NwIpyJN7Qleogs2vnNSQn_2WrEU/w251-h400/Screenshot%202023-07-06%2011.10.29.png" width="251" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I regret to inform you that Sergeant Major Joseph Tomaeno Jr., USMC (ret) passed away after a long illness on Monday, 3 Jul 2023. SgtMaj. Tomaeno had been 1st Sgt of MWCS-48 and VMGR-234 at NAS Glenview and SgtMaj of 2/24 in Chicago accompanying them to Desert Shield/Desert Storm. He joined our Corps in Nov 1963 and was sent to Vietnam as an engineer. He retired on 30 Nov 1993.<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVqKxw8oRNDeFCThFCEAWtbsi9mtwx1IAossF19tCwtMkUmqfp8G99P3N8l4LKQ7wQJtZmgCL4M8GusdtEzyKn8pIivytZWHLb8e1NTiJQbE9DKvcy4HQipPljhkkb3_S0gv9xSzz7ySWhuC_vGWq9bo4rMA6rwVAACauLFB6kmVHgIoARfX_/s335/Screenshot%202023-07-06%2010.13.11.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="202" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVqKxw8oRNDeFCThFCEAWtbsi9mtwx1IAossF19tCwtMkUmqfp8G99P3N8l4LKQ7wQJtZmgCL4M8GusdtEzyKn8pIivytZWHLb8e1NTiJQbE9DKvcy4HQipPljhkkb3_S0gv9xSzz7ySWhuC_vGWq9bo4rMA6rwVAACauLFB6kmVHgIoARfX_/w241-h400/Screenshot%202023-07-06%2010.13.11.png" width="241" /></a></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Mass will be held on </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Tuesday 18 Jul 2023, 1000, at St. Peter Damian Catholic Church, 131 S. Crest Ave., Bartlett, Illinois.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Please communicate this information to all Marines.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Semper Fi,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Bob Dart</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">__________</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="color: #222222;">Sgt Major Tamaeno was an outstanding Marine. He spent a lot of time in MWCS-48. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="color: #222222;">Professional and sharp. And funny and salty, in a good way. He looked great in uniform, with his hash marks nearly touching his Sgt Major Chevrons. He served in two wars - Vietnam and Desert Storm. And his son was mobilized for Desert Storm with him.</span></span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="color: #333333;">Sgt Major Tomaeno had a great story about tanks. He mobilized with 2/24, the Chicago Marine Infantry Battalion. His son was mobilized with him and they were soon in Iraq for the war.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #333333;">Sgt Major Tomaeno saw a Marine on an Iraqi tank, and yelled "Get off of that tank. You don't know what you are doing. You will get hurt."</span></span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;" /></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fafafa; clear: both; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2vvcMcR5iAgAF7JzXEXhHhBt4IhB3x7S17MwvWIobIX2CbbaKUJlyYUwGdfLlEdurv1YKVfywiRggJoGdvVPqjSJs6mGX-jro7JPXlvTCcKOtmUpou56YGKgYTZv0YCSJ-i4/s1600/Screenshot+2020-01-19+at+22.19.55.png" style="clear: right; color: #009eb8; display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="191" data-original-width="311" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2vvcMcR5iAgAF7JzXEXhHhBt4IhB3x7S17MwvWIobIX2CbbaKUJlyYUwGdfLlEdurv1YKVfywiRggJoGdvVPqjSJs6mGX-jro7JPXlvTCcKOtmUpou56YGKgYTZv0YCSJ-i4/s400/Screenshot+2020-01-19+at+22.19.55.png" style="-webkit-border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 fill / 9px stretch; border-color: initial; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 9; border-image-width: 9px; border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 / 9px / 0 stretch; border-style: none; border-width: 9px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;">The Marine replied, "Son, I do know what I am doing. </span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;">I am trying to get this running so we can use it."</span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"> </span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"><br /><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Sgt Major Tomaeno noted that there were few Marines in Iraq that could call him son. But the </span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;">grizzled old Warrant Officer</span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"> was one of them.</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;">The Warrant Officer said, "The last time I was on one of these tanks was in Korea. But this is the last time. After this I am going to retire."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-size: x-large;">Semper Fi, Sgt Major</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-size: x-large;">Craig Hullinger</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></p>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-33828729219289003612023-06-17T17:49:00.005-05:002023-06-17T18:26:27.617-05:00Photos Courtesy of Chuck Kathrein<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyTERw1ezHpjQSkV7korcipmdmmKq3XukSHIkxNnOuxz0E6QSN71phyNqSoFyTf2LPL6kQrujaNHyxRupsPKCzHRepNG-edAgGYogsMvZkeTiS0xp43GC30_VLjx93hJO3X8IGevujq1QQfphUWlMmtXfyq08rG3tdxNJ4nj4SjAkIinWdlA/s907/Screenshot%202023-06-17%2018.28.27.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="907" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyTERw1ezHpjQSkV7korcipmdmmKq3XukSHIkxNnOuxz0E6QSN71phyNqSoFyTf2LPL6kQrujaNHyxRupsPKCzHRepNG-edAgGYogsMvZkeTiS0xp43GC30_VLjx93hJO3X8IGevujq1QQfphUWlMmtXfyq08rG3tdxNJ4nj4SjAkIinWdlA/w640-h456/Screenshot%202023-06-17%2018.28.27.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Photos courtesy of Major Chuck Kathrein</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDIYJriu8I1bhAYcxDheWnkFpyjkQmcdWMCFkx-DfrhuR2kqdRszYewRLYpgNue3RpLYQTcXPU3mwiQ3m0255rYnB5VoJDGxmSIV8qdB4j1uFzi77Psfe0WsyFdjSGjzSzftIYu-e-EAR-eMIe__JJ_ifwUIL_VIjhPPIElyZ4VxS9V32sSw/s1022/Screenshot%202023-06-17%2018.28.58.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="1022" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDIYJriu8I1bhAYcxDheWnkFpyjkQmcdWMCFkx-DfrhuR2kqdRszYewRLYpgNue3RpLYQTcXPU3mwiQ3m0255rYnB5VoJDGxmSIV8qdB4j1uFzi77Psfe0WsyFdjSGjzSzftIYu-e-EAR-eMIe__JJ_ifwUIL_VIjhPPIElyZ4VxS9V32sSw/w640-h444/Screenshot%202023-06-17%2018.28.58.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="gs" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; width: 445px;"><div class="gE iv gt" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; padding: 20px 0px 0px;"><table cellpadding="0" class="cf gJ" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; font-size: 0.875rem; margin-top: 0px; width: auto;"></table></div><div id=":th" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div class="qQVYZb"></div><div class="utdU2e"></div><div class="lQs8Hd" jsaction="SN3rtf:rcuQ6b" jscontroller="i3Ohde"></div><div class="btm"></div></div><div><div class="aHl" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: -38px;"></div><div id=":ss" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" tabindex="-1"></div><div class="ii gt" id=":tg" jslog="20277; u014N:xr6bB; 1:WyIjdGhyZWFkLWY6MTc2ODk3MTIzNDI3NTMxMTI0MiIsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsW11d; 4:WyIjbXNnLWY6MTc2ODk3MTIzNDI3NTMxMTI0MiIsbnVsbCxbXV0." style="direction: ltr; margin: 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="a3s aiL" id=":st" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: hidden;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A tidbit of VHF radio relay history in Vietnam.<br /><br />September 1967 on Hill 200 vicinity of 1stMarDiv CP. My team was attached to CommCo 1stMarDiv supporting Operation Swift. My operator on duty inside the van was KIA.<br /><br />Semper Fi!<br />Chuck Kathrein</span></div><div class="a3s aiL" id=":st" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: hidden;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 class="hP" data-legacy-thread-id="188cb8567b8134c5" data-thread-perm-id="thread-f:1768991435228525765" jsname="r4nke" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f1f1f; display: inline; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.375rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; word-break: break-word;" tabindex="-1"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 1.375rem;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_cyH2CNsYZeSCXakhORQ1LhSxGxqeHwKaW4E5lQoukE2x05JoMBo4qPRYf6j-UsYC8Z6OaP-Yer9JcURLLXh4hFtvoccKtcZBUPnMGP20Jhzjg3kesSIvV6f_HrtKYodw1y5LokgaqFn8k-W4sA73qdfWIe7QGOkFb4-PSIkSRfMp_KfbRQ/s1009/Screenshot%202023-06-17%2018.51.29.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="1009" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_cyH2CNsYZeSCXakhORQ1LhSxGxqeHwKaW4E5lQoukE2x05JoMBo4qPRYf6j-UsYC8Z6OaP-Yer9JcURLLXh4hFtvoccKtcZBUPnMGP20Jhzjg3kesSIvV6f_HrtKYodw1y5LokgaqFn8k-W4sA73qdfWIe7QGOkFb4-PSIkSRfMp_KfbRQ/w640-h430/Screenshot%202023-06-17%2018.51.29.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 1.375rem;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 1.375rem;">My AN/MRC-63 (Repeater) Site on Hai Van Pass</span></div></h2><span class="J-J5-Ji" face=""Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" jsname="SjW3R" style="align-items: center; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline-flex; flex-wrap: wrap; font-size: 22px; min-height: 28px; position: relative; vertical-align: bottom;"><div aria-label="Important according to Google magic." class="pG" data-tooltip-align="b,l" data-tooltip-contained="true" data-tooltip-delay="1500" id="" jsname="FaKNoe" role="img" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 0px; height: 20px; margin: 0px 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 20px;"></div></span><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">This site relayed VHF signals from AN/MRC-62 site in Phu Bai to AN/MRC-62 site in Da Nang.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Eventually the repeater site when a direct AN/TRC-97 link was established using ‘fresnel zone affect to ‘bend’ the SHF signal over the mountains</span></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">.</span></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiltTEEQMPZgNjUN5vtgKcPEKiFJYSwTnH_MeuU3JkqQWEl64rNrO3DIxUHMSO_jhd1MvgiOs0OptFDjiNgAwwyuKCkbBQiUB--tYguAvARIyY_r_tiM4RPyOKBXUT2z8kPWSh_0p7gdxobhUoLLzoF7ar3x8Zj5BDwoXkbE1iyy6HciHyBug/s987/Screenshot%202023-06-17%2019.24.30.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="987" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiltTEEQMPZgNjUN5vtgKcPEKiFJYSwTnH_MeuU3JkqQWEl64rNrO3DIxUHMSO_jhd1MvgiOs0OptFDjiNgAwwyuKCkbBQiUB--tYguAvARIyY_r_tiM4RPyOKBXUT2z8kPWSh_0p7gdxobhUoLLzoF7ar3x8Zj5BDwoXkbE1iyy6HciHyBug/w640-h438/Screenshot%202023-06-17%2019.24.30.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Setting up a new AN/TRC-97 site at Ky Ha, north of Chu Lai. The site had three 97 vans, Kilo, Lima and Mike links. As I recall, Kilo and Lima provided connectivity to TACC in Da Nang with the flying squadrons at Chu Lai; and Mike provided connectivity to Monkey Mountain. I had two dedicated P239 generators and at least two PU499 converters- 60 hz to 400 hz.<br /><br />Lots of responsibility for a 20 year old Sergeant!</span><p></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span face=""Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f8fc; color: white; font-size: 14px; text-wrap: nowrap;">AN:MRC-62 Sappers Overran Hill 200 Operation Swift Sep</span></p>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-57421660418722065962023-06-09T04:14:00.002-05:002023-06-09T04:15:33.792-05:007th Comm Bn Video Vietnam<p> </p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/c9y-7ZUX3jw" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
<div><br /></div><div>Thanks to Major Chuck Kathrein for contributing. Chuck was a member of MWCS-48.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-3626818751688385912023-06-07T05:20:00.004-05:002023-06-09T04:28:27.376-05:00Plank Owner of MWCS-1 in Danang, Vietnam<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI3gBhXk6hiPPLXhsoTqgIdC5xRrXbAbd0KV9XgYV3WxuNbKmGzOEibAmj4Ir765pOqANoHIy-iWtwso2Cu5k2rfpnSJku3BbEhdV92pfrvzZpNpiEfS_SoLYABFDAHh80EKLjgXGJi-ydeHl0AFomNB9hKJjCf1sY1GcNENDy9eANpNs-qg/s676/Screenshot%202023-06-07%2005.16.41.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="493" data-original-width="676" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI3gBhXk6hiPPLXhsoTqgIdC5xRrXbAbd0KV9XgYV3WxuNbKmGzOEibAmj4Ir765pOqANoHIy-iWtwso2Cu5k2rfpnSJku3BbEhdV92pfrvzZpNpiEfS_SoLYABFDAHh80EKLjgXGJi-ydeHl0AFomNB9hKJjCf1sY1GcNENDy9eANpNs-qg/s16000/Screenshot%202023-06-07%2005.16.41.png" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Thanks to Major Chuck Kathrein for contributing. Chuck was the active Duty Electronic Maintenance Officer of MWCS-48. </span></p><p>___________________</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I was a member of the same Squadron in 1969, but by then the name had been changed to MWCS-18. Each one of the four Marine Air Wings had a Comm Squadron. The number of each Squadron was based on the parent Air Wing. 1st Marine Air Wing had MWCS-18, 4th Marine Air Wing had MWCS-48.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Craigh Hullinger</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-91173420639104969292023-06-07T05:19:00.002-05:002023-06-07T05:19:16.573-05:00Fort McCoy June 2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEP3QvdGWDE8QbV2sM5q45pZLtVMZqE0PGPtVfer4Aq-uwPW1IABEMCqmfp6NdjtJBUxwz6c6wu3ASATWNH420zo2lJzbFCvEga_THIQugD94pTs6IVVvT4C6c8CCfD0i0WkH82lfzyOZGmEOEJ9-7fMy_q16iirJAMc_3wINghs63cuiPNQ/s1286/IMG_4823%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1286" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEP3QvdGWDE8QbV2sM5q45pZLtVMZqE0PGPtVfer4Aq-uwPW1IABEMCqmfp6NdjtJBUxwz6c6wu3ASATWNH420zo2lJzbFCvEga_THIQugD94pTs6IVVvT4C6c8CCfD0i0WkH82lfzyOZGmEOEJ9-7fMy_q16iirJAMc_3wINghs63cuiPNQ/w640-h380/IMG_4823%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-362281227131547292023-06-03T04:41:00.007-05:002023-06-03T04:41:49.915-05:00Artificial Intelligence<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8lOBocrfxSkslEMpVnm5k5qb8TsfZIFH6Z43rZQ4Qj8I4eg408Nz9wnviStp6qlrtfUDvHLVvAtZbOnZ_nGd6j_Bxsy7RR1w8qjgwF2rJkoKvuVGYmJJKhsa4VbDQv88xvHCCx92rUlfUODRyZvByVtGlbRf7DcwfZBzZzInYToeuHp9JQ/s788/Screenshot%202023-06-03%2004.40.34.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="788" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8lOBocrfxSkslEMpVnm5k5qb8TsfZIFH6Z43rZQ4Qj8I4eg408Nz9wnviStp6qlrtfUDvHLVvAtZbOnZ_nGd6j_Bxsy7RR1w8qjgwF2rJkoKvuVGYmJJKhsa4VbDQv88xvHCCx92rUlfUODRyZvByVtGlbRf7DcwfZBzZzInYToeuHp9JQ/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-03%2004.40.34.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I asked this question of Bard, the Artificial Intelligence program of Google: <a href="https://bard.google.com/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">https://bard.google.com/</span></a></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><h2 _ngcontent-ng-c4094392134="" class="query-text ng-tns-c4094392134-4 ng-star-inserted" style="background-color: #f3f6fc; color: #1f1f1f; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.5rem; margin-block: 0px; padding-top: 5px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">is artificial intelligence dangerous? Will it create problems for the US Marine Corps and Marine Wing Communications Squadron 48? MWCS-48</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here was the reply from Bard. It only took Bard a few seconds to compose this response. Bard is smart.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">____________________________</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; margin: 0px 0px 24px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful tool that can be used for good or evil. It has the potential to revolutionize the way the US Marine Corps and MWCS-48 operate, but it also poses some risks.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">On the one hand, AI can be used to improve the Marine Corps' ability to fight and win wars. For example, AI-powered drones can be used to gather intelligence, track enemy movements, and carry out airstrikes. AI can also be used to develop new weapons and tactics, and to improve the efficiency of logistics and supply chains.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">On the other hand, AI also poses some risks. For example, AI-powered weapons could be used to kill without human intervention. This could lead to civilian casualties and could make it more difficult to distinguish between combatants and non-combatants. AI could also be used to create autonomous systems that are difficult to control or hack. This could pose a security risk to the Marine Corps and MWCS-48.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Overall, AI is a powerful tool that has the potential to both benefit and harm the US Marine Corps and MWCS-48. It is important to carefully consider the risks and benefits of AI before deploying it in a military setting.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here are some specific examples of how AI could be used to benefit the US Marine Corps and MWCS-48:</span></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; margin: 4px 0px; padding-inline-start: 36px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">AI could be used to develop new weapons and tactics. For example, AI could be used to develop drones that can fly autonomously and identify targets without human intervention. This could give the Marine Corps a significant advantage in combat.</span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">AI could be used to improve the efficiency of logistics and supply chains. For example, AI could be used to track the movement of supplies and equipment, and to identify potential bottlenecks. This could help the Marine Corps to operate more effectively and efficiently.</span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">AI could be used to improve training. For example, AI could be used to create virtual reality simulations that can train Marines for a variety of scenarios. This could help to improve Marines' skills and readiness.</span></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here are some specific examples of how AI could be used to harm the US Marine Corps and MWCS-48:</span></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; margin: 4px 0px; padding-inline-start: 36px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">AI-powered weapons could be used to kill without human intervention. This could lead to civilian casualties and could make it more difficult to distinguish between combatants and non-combatants.</span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">AI could be used to create autonomous systems that are difficult to control or hack. This could pose a security risk to the Marine Corps and MWCS-48.</span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">AI could be used to create propaganda and disinformation campaigns that could undermine the Marine Corps' morale and effectiveness.</span></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It is important to note that these are just a few examples of how AI could be used to benefit or harm the US Marine Corps and MWCS-48. The specific ways in which AI is used will depend on a variety of factors, including the political, social, and technological context in which it is deployed.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><br /></p></div>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374373.post-69525771957973981772023-04-29T09:16:00.004-05:002023-04-29T09:16:50.328-05:00June 21-24, 2023 MACCS Reunion<p> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large; font-style: inherit;">This is a reunion of the Marine Corps Command and Control System</span></p><div style="background-color: white; 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box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When: June 21 – 24 2023</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Where: Quantico, VA</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">How: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.macsreunions.org/2023-macs-reunion-registration/&source=gmail&ust=1682863562066000&usg=AOvVaw3Fx4rErpsJ-UdjfSnPsDYd" href="https://www.macsreunions.org/2023-macs-reunion-registration/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: crimson; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Click Here</a></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our Itinerary</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wednesday June 21, 2023 –</span> Check in and gathering on the hotel patio.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thursday June 22, 2023 –</span> Day at the Marine Corps Museum. Gather on the patio in the evening.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Friday June 23, 2023</span> – Golf outing at the Medal of Honor golf course on MCB QUANTICO. We will have individual scores for those wanting to play for real and team play three club best ball for others that just want a nice day out. Party on the patio Friday night.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Saturday June 24, 2023 –</span> Group gathering at the museum for group photos and museum time. Sat night banquet at the O Club on MCB QUANTICO.</span></p><div id="m_-2407065289315864438gmail-primary" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.3px;"><div id="m_-2407065289315864438gmail-main" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Are you already signed up for the E-Mail list? They will not spam you! It is used for reunion information only! 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="1055" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3KcU5cGQGFQDziqQgm4zDC-NFG5E3pe_GzJFTfuTUB72ksivrYwq8Y5eJ-KmAE90lr7RRPFqH6Tiv7FKhsdifq56JettcAUmjG4YXpDqgba-ArrZfWTK6K_zq8XCBPghTOpDnAKxeJJMVmSBA1AJ8ODGOqTwlSocUZ6r0gsEYYMZnYbviqg/s16000/Screenshot%202023-04-27%2023.06.39.png" /></a></div><br /><p></p><span style="font-size: large;">I don’t believe I’m going to receive any push back when I say that this was the best and most highest charged party we’ve enjoyed over all these many years. If you zoom in a bit you’ll see generations of service here from when the Squadron was located at 35th & Normal Avenue in Chicago, NAS Glenview, Ft. Sheridan, and today here at NB Great Lakes. Active duty, Active Reservists, Inactive Reservists, retirees, and those who served one or more tours. <br /><br />LtCol. Ira “Ben” Benoy along with SgtMaj. Matthew Hale were taking our Marines back into the field for an overnighter commex that is building to a major exercise this summer. It was a very cold and wet night for these Marines. But, it was evident that they were really enjoying themselves before heading back to the boonies.<br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: large;">It was a great night as usual but exploded when MGySgt. Dave Szablewski arrived with a truck load of Marine gung ho memorabilia that would have made Southby’s drool. To help Marines pick whatever they wanted he had asked for a table to display these treasures. I don’t know how he measures but the items took up several long tables plus every table in the facility. I am not exaggerating one iota. A WWI helmet, a slice of a tree from Belleau Wood, WWII Marine pith helmet, uniform clothing, items, and emblems, China and crystal Marine statutory. Guidons, banners, signs etc of the Squadron’s time in Iraq were prominent. So much of this actually belongs in museums. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">But, I know from the looks on the faces of those who made their selection Dave got his reward. I think he may have started a trend as many down size their living quarters and no longer have the “I love me room.” Dave made the decision after learning that he will soon be checking out to stand his first formation following his appointment as Sergeant Major of our heavenly Marines. Chesty is going to be ecstatic receiving Dave’s salute. Please send some prayers to grease the hinges on those gates.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Col. Benoy, though going right into the field that night, first took time to hang the Squadron guidon in the office along with other Squadron flags and banners Dave brought. Also, a huge MACG-48 emblem from Glenview was taken over to the HQ building on base.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The gang would also like to send a warm welcome aboard to Major Melissa Canizales, our newly arrived Squadron’s XO. No doubt this will be a most memorable tour as her career has been in southern California and it’s her first time in the Midwest. No doubt she’ll find the heat controls in her car come winter. <br /><br />Semper Fi,<br />Bob<br />CWO-5 retired<br /><br />Say it forget it - Write it regret it<br />A secret shared is a secret no more</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><br /><p></p></div>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0