A good friend of mine retired Friday. Ray and I spent many years fixing tanks together. He is finally going back to Montana to relax with his family.
Waltzing Matilda is the song of the First Marine Division. We had bagpipers play it when Ray retired. Semper Fi Ray.
Here is his cake.
July 16, 2017, 05:25 PM
valkyrie1
Very cool, wish him the best..
July 16, 2017, 05:29 PM
Gibb
Semper Fi!
I shall respect you until you open your mouth, from that point on, you must earn it yourself.
July 16, 2017, 05:50 PM
cslinger
Is that a chocolate tank with itty bitty chocolate smoke launchers. That thing is cute as hell.
"Guns are tools. The only weapon ever created was man."
July 16, 2017, 08:38 PM
hvyhawler
Semper-Fi
July 16, 2017, 08:59 PM
chellim1
Congrats. Love the cake. And Semper-Fi.
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July 16, 2017, 09:11 PM
Rey HRH
Happy retirement to your friend.
I didn't know the song's connection with the Marines. I always thought that was an Australian song and the theme song of drunk sailors. The lyrics are kind of sad.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
July 16, 2017, 10:04 PM
RogueJSK
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Originally posted by Rey HRH: I didn't know the song's connection with the Marines. I always thought that was an Australian song
It is an Australian song. The 1st Marine Division adopted it when they spent about 7 month in Australia during WW2, just after their ordeal on Guadalcanal.
They were stationed in Melbourne, Australia for rest and refitting from January 1943 through September 1943, when they left to assault Cape Glouster.
During the same period, the 1st Marine Division also adopted the British/Australian-style battledress jacket, a necessity born of a shortage of US uniforms. It was unofficially known as the "Vandegrift jacket", after the 1st MarDiv's commanding officer, Major General Alexander Vandegrift.
These proved so popular with the Marines that a US-made version was officially adopted for issue to the entire Corps in 1945. The Vandergift jacket, which became officially known as the "Battle Jacket" upon adoption by the entire Corps, persisted in Marine use through the early 1960s.
July 16, 2017, 10:34 PM
pwelch001
Awesome!
July 17, 2017, 06:09 AM
SgtGold
Congratulations to your friend on his retirement!
The jacket those Marines are wearing looks a lot like the Ike jacket the Army used for the same reasons.
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July 17, 2017, 06:59 AM
RogueJSK
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Originally posted by SgtGold: The jacket those Marines are wearing looks a lot like the Ike jacket the Army used for the same reasons.
A similar design. The Army's M44 "Ike" jacket was based on the British battledress jacket too.
July 17, 2017, 07:20 AM
dusty3030
A CWO4 is a rare bird. He must have had an interesting career.
