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Originally Posted by GunnyG

Well, it all started June 25, 1990. Seventeen year old left home a boy, and became a man in 13 weeks. Marine Corps Basic Training! The next six months, formal MOS training schools. First duty station...MCAS El Toro CA. Right in the heart of Orange County. There for close to six years. Met my wife...loving life. 1996 new duty station...NAS/MCAS Miramar. San Diego here we come...with a whole lot of back-and-forth deployments to Japan, Thailand, Korea, Australia, Guam, and the Mariana Islands. Sept 11, 2001 on the way back from Japan the nation was attacked and changed my career. New duty station, Marine Corps Combat Center 29 Palms (The Stumps!). Feb 2003, Aug 2004, Aug 2006 combat deployments to Iraq. 2008 new duty station...Naval Station San Diego! Nice "twilight" tour. On Aug 31, 2012 that'll cap 22 years, 2 months, and 7 days of active service. It's been wonderful. Didn't enjoy every minute, but every minute was well worth it. HYFR...Hell Yeah F u c k i n g Retired!!!

Congrats, Gunny, with my thanks for your service.

Now go get a damned job, slacker.