Scuttlebutt News Issue 24 Oct-Dec 2009
December 24, 2009 by Da-Chief
Filed under Corpsman.com News
It’s here!!
DeeDee has done it again!!
She really has outdone herself this year, 40 pages of goodness and remembrance of the year 2009.
Thanks DeeDee!
This whole newsletter was written by users of Corpsman.com.
Vets, Family Members, Active Duty and Reserve Members themselves.
I hope you enjoy the this special newsletter.
You can download it here: Scuttlebutt News #24 Oct-Dec 2009
To all Docs, I'm not used to writing in Twitter, etc.
But, as a Doc, “67-'68, Kilo 3/7-1, I am, I hope, being a good big brother for another Marine, Falloujah battle.
And I wish all safe passage home and find a big brother/ sister.
Let's hope this new year is positive.
With love,
Doc Manuel Serrano
I have a question. What is the best way to locate naval corpsmen friends from back in 1966. I worked with those fine men at Crane Naval Ammunition Depot at Crane, Indiana. I still remember some of their names and would love to get reconnected with them. Thank you so much.
is anyone out there commenting on the camp lejuene water contamination
By mistake I have found that Facebook and Classmates are great sites. I am finding corpsmen I served with going back to 1959.
Dee Dee, thanks for a job well done with the “Scuttlebutt News” keeping us posted on our special community.
As a former FMF Corpsman and active member of the Marine League (the first FMF Corpsman for the Lancaster County, PA detachment) I am constantly reaching out and sharing this web site with former and current Corpsman as I meet them. I wear my Corpsman & FMF “T” shirts at the gym with pride, my FMF Corpsman baseball cap around town and carry a FMF Corpsman challenge coin in my pocket every day. When I meet a fellow Corpsman (typically when someone stops and introduces themselves after they have seen a “T” shirt or ballcap I am wearing), I slip a challenge coin into there hand when we shake hands on parting. I've experienced many a tear come to the eyes of a former or current Corspman with this simple gesture of gratitude for there service. If you don't carry a Navy Corpsman or FMF Corpsman challenge coin (and an extra to pass on), I would urge you too because there is nothing more rewarding than meeting another member of our community and leaving them with a simple token of there service and reminder they are not forgotten.
On a third note, I want to wish a very Merry Christmas, Happly Holidays and Winter Solstice to all our serving troops in harms way; especially my son serving with the Marines in Iraq and daughter serving with the Army as she prepares for her second deployment.