Re: Memorial Day 2011 at The Wall Just wanted to pay my respects to my Marine buddies that didn't make it back from Nam. Semper Fi A...
Re: GySgt Gary Leader I found a picture of Gary and myself, taken in Aug'80 in Okinawa. We had just returned from a day at the beach along with m...
Re: GySgt Gary Leader Thanks for the information concerning this particular incident. As it turned out, Gary and I did meet up again in the late ...
Re: GySgt Gary Leader Joe Reed;31921 wrote: Ospreys in the mid 70's?? I don't think so, Sir. I had lost track of Gary after leaving HMH-267...
Re: Another question re: Combat Aircrew Wings! The Marines here at K-Bay( Kaneohe Bay) are wearing the same Combat Aircrew Wings that we earned b...
I've been on one of those "elevator" rides before in a 53 at Marble. The "G" force was amazing as it brought me to my knee's along with my stomach.
We had Marines from our squadron, HMH-463, FAP'd over to Zulu Co but I don't recall how long the tour was. It could have a 90 day detail.
Coke can repairs I recall patching a hole in our '53 using a Coke can while we were down at the Special Forces base in Kontum Sept '70. You do wh...
Lucky for me but I never did get hit by an AK-47 round. But I did patch up many of the holes that they caused in our choppers. First plane that patche...
SOES or SOMS? I'm not familiar with an SOES but I recall an air stations squadron being known as SOMS (Station Operations and Maintenance Squadro...
MMAF is my guess. Could be that the picture has been altered a little as I don't recall that much water on the inland side of the base.
I'm I missing something here? What did the other pilot do while the wounded pilot was flying the A/C ? Don't Chinook's have two pilot's?
We in the chopper community have only one purpose in life and that's to support the "Marine Grunt" on the ground. No matter what it takes, we'll be ...
My remarks were made against the service provided by delRosario. I DID NOT make a personal attack towards delRosario as did R.T.FOSTER made towards m...
🙁 Hunting down an animal just for the sport of it is wrong. I urge the PopASmoke Directors to not allow this auction or a Vender table at the reunion...
Always been 11 General Orders.