No.
He liked Puerto Rico, New Orleans, Cherry Point, California, Alaska proper, Okinawa, and Colorado. A cop in Trenton, NJ would not approve a permit for him to acquire a deer rifle, that turned into a pissing contest between his CO at NARTS, where he was training riflemen on a new platform called the M16, and the police sergeant, that the cop eventually relented on. So, he didn’t like Jersey, either, but, that was a different deal. He knew he could have enlisted in the Coast Guard any time he wanted, if he left the Corps, but, stayed in the USMC for 22 years active and 8 years after that as a reservist. He told people that asked him to join with the idea that this (service) was your career, doing four years and leaving was not in your best interest or the military’s.
He also told people that asked to consider the Coast Guard, as he knew the duty stations were pretty good ( mostly) and he felt some of the tasks the Coasties did would translate better to civilian life.
He advised me to stay out, by the way. 6 months after high school I was an apprentice on folders, cutters and stitchers, making double what an E3 did, driving a new 1979 Z28, with an apartment that I shared with a roommate. He figured enlisting would be going backward at that point, and said he did enough time for all of us.
He impressed somebody. There were a dozen active duty Marines in the honor guard at his funeral. None were lower in rank than Gunnery Sargent.
Best,
Ted
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Chip off a jarhead is more like it.
Ya hit that Teamsters union and never looked back. Good for you.
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All you have to do now is keep lapping up that gravy.
