ROCK ON...

Congratulations to this fine Young Man.

The Nation is in good hands...

Boy M
NYC
 

That's as good as it gets. You both have my prayers. However with the Marines, it's the other guys who need them.

Merry Christmas. God bless America.

Uncle Ho
 

Thanks Rog, that was very kind. I've had a day full of lumps in my throat and eyes blurred by emotion. I'll send you some pics of the event and a long email when I get back to a broadband connection.

It really is true, "Once a Marine, always a Marine". General Coleman was the speaker at the morning parade, and made a few comments that I'll never escape, one being that at Paris Island, MCRD San Diego, and Quantico an angel came down and stamped an Eagle Globe and Anchor on the heart of every newly minted Marine there. God Dammit if it isn't true. I thought that I'd put these people well behind me, but find that I'm closer than I ever was.

Casca