General Amos

[0699]

My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...d-takes-over-as-new-top-marine-corps-general/
Gen. Joseph Dunford takes over as new top Marine Corps general

Hmmm. I'm so jaded at this point, I don't know that'll make a difference.

I do love the fact theat the ceremony was disrupted by the possible Ebola case on the bus taking people to 8th & I St. That's the kind of chaos that warms my heart...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...3f1316-5612-11e4-ba4b-f6333e2c0453_story.html

 

[dmcgill]

Hmmm. I'm so jaded at this point, I don't know that'll make a difference.

He's an 03, and General Mattis is the one who gave him the nickname "Fighting Joe" when he was commander of 5th Marines during OIF I.

I'm confident.

 

[Grunt]

General Mattis' endorsement of him means more to me than anything Congress could say about him...good or bad.

 

[Gunz]

A deceased member of this site, Tripwire, fought at Chosin, as part of the 1st Cav Ranger Company... he had some stories to tell. Miss you Tom.

eta - Trip had a great love for all services, Army first, then the USMC for their contributions to his safety in the Korean engagement.

I didn't know. I'm very sorry to hear Tripwire passed away. I had a few brief but enlightening conversations with him on the old Shadowspear. A belated but heartfelt hand salute to his memory.

 

[Gunz]

...the ceremony was disrupted by the possible Ebola case on the bus taking people to 8th & I St. That's the kind of chaos that warms my heart...

Not only that, but a Lance Corporal in the color guard staggered out of formation just as Dunford was being introduced. Poor bastard probably got shipped off to some Ebola testing lab. Or made to clean the head.

 

[BloodStripe]

Haha

 

[x SF med]

I didn't know. I'm very sorry to hear Tripwire passed away. I had a few brief but enlightening conversations with him on the old Shadowspear. A belated but heartfelt hand salute to his memory.

"Old" Shadowspear? Do you mean PS?