Marine Medallions from Major Mike -- who earned one?

Bill Martino

Bill Martino

Joined
Mar 5, 1999
Messages
34,096
marinecoin1.JPG


marinecoin2.JPG


These are actually bronze color but as usual my lighting on my desk is not the best so they look more silver in the pix than they really are.

Got these beautiful Marine Firebird medallions from Major Mike today. Anybody who contributed to the "Major Mike equip our troops with decent blades" fund earned one.

Save me the grief of digging thru the files and email me if you earned and want one and I'll ship it to you. There are 19 available. I took one for Pala who loves all sorts of militaria stuff.
 
Count me out. I donated monies to Sarges shipments, but didn't get around to FOG's shipments.

Very nice medallions!
 
I was pretty sure of what you would do on these deals. I did manage an AK for Sarge and a BAS for the Major. I'm still working on frogs when my wife will give me some free time. I'll be glad when her beauty salon is in operation so I can do something besides work in that place. :) :)
 
BTTT. I thought these would be gone in 15 minutes and I have 15 left. I need help. Who gets these?
 
Hmmm, unit challenge coins, why didn't I think of that? Next time my CO orders a batch, I'll snag a bunch of squadron coins for all the good guys that donated khuks for my troopies. These coins, or as we refer to them,"RMOs" (round metal object), are "required" to be carried on our person 24/7. Woe be unto the fellow who's not packing his RMO when the inevitable "Coin Check" happens. Could be anywhere, anytime, even PT formation, one friend of mine going through EOD school got coin checked on a scuba dive doing an underwater demo. Didn't have his RMO and wound up buying beer for the whole team.:eek:

Hey Pappy, Semp, FOG, had a whole passle of Marines pass through here on their way home to San Diego yesterday. Nice bunch, a lot of 'em looked awfully young, of course nowadays Lieutenants and Captains look like young'uns to me. Gave 'em some water and a offered up our shade for them to smoke and joke until it was time to "bag drag" through customs inspections (a whole nuther story there, the customs inspectors are a National Guard MP company from South Carolina and they are a hoot).:)

Sarge
 
Sarge,

Appreciate looking after the Jar heads for me. I am sure they appreciated it.

96 or 97 had some USAF enlisted types stop by our squadron duty officer (we were still flying) about 2200. They were off the –141 that diverted and they needed a place to crash. They were on their way home from S. Watch. The officers had gone out in town and nor room in the barracks, they just wanted a place to lay down and use their sleeping bags.

Called our CO and got some cots, ordered pizza, took whoever wanted to go to our chow hall and started the beer runs. They were very thankful for the chow, beer, laundry, showers, and slight improvement in sleeping arrangements.

They were late to show the next morning, hungover/drunk, sleeping it off (we pushed back maint. or took it outside as best poss.), etc. Their LtCol came in and started to raise hell. He was informed by a Marine Capt. that what happened was in accordance with orders the LtCol. called the Capt. a liar.

The LtCol. was then asked to follow the Capt. to see the squadron CO. The exchange that followed was closed door but Bongo made the majority of the one way conversation was heard past the adjutants office into the hallway. Gotta love COs who fly with a Ruger Redhawk.

S/F, Mike
 
I helped a little.
My thanks to the Major and his Marines for doing the heavy lifting.
Warren
(orono)
 
Fog,
Funny how some REMFs get all twisted out of shape. How shiny was this LtCol's "acorn"? Believe it or not this is a tough rank to be in. All of a sudden you're management and not working the problem...

One very good friend got the call sign "Rugdance" along the line. Somehow he became CO of "The Blues".

What good officer was never called on the carpet for NOT sticking up for his men?
 
John,

Perusing old posts and came upon this one.

Bongo was my CO. The USAF LtCol. who was upset that we obtained pizza and GCM offenses beer for his airmen.

Bongo led the basically one was conversation beginning with his opinion of the USAF officers for just leaving their men and women to fend for themselves in a hanger with cots and sleeping while having only MREs to eat while the officers proceeded to the local Holiday inn as the BOQ was below standards.

The conversation ended with Bongo ordering the adjutant to locate the Group CO and inform him that LtCol. _________ of the USAF would be contacting him with charges on Bongo if the piece of s**t had any intestinal fortitude.

We never heard about the incident again.

S/F, Mike
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top