Last night I got a call. The caller ID said "County, Rutherford" (A county here in North Carolina) and I thought to myself, "It must be for Allie, there's no one in Rutherford County I want to talk to!" I was mistaken. It was a guy named Ronnie Bailey who went through Marine Corps boot camp in Parris Island with me back in 1984! I was shocked ( Read more... )

On this date in 1775, in Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, most fittingly, The United States Marine Corps was officially formed. Semper Fidelis!