Boot Camp	MCRD San Diego, Platoon 1071, Graduated September 1976
	My platoon had the distinction of having a fatality and a near fatality
	occur within days of each other. A Pvt. died during a march just
	steps before reaching Mt. MFer from choking induced by a heat
	related illness. And a Pvt., just days later, was seriously injured by a
	grenade when he dropped it. The instructor threw the Pvt. behind the
	safety wall, picked the grenade up and threw it but it hit the bunker
	and bounced over the instructor, the safety wall and the Pvt. It exploded
	right beside the Pvt. but, luckily, he overcame his injuries to fullfil his
	enlistment.
ITS	Infantry Training School, San Onofre, Camp Pendleton, Oct 1977
	MOS 0311
C2 3rd Recon Bn.	Camp Onna Point, Okinawa, December 1976-November 1977
	MOS 0321 - Floated on BLT 2/4 March to August 1977 - Rotated
	back to states with my entire platoon attached to 1st Bn. 9th Marines
DRP, 1st Recon Bn.	Deep Recon Platoon, 1st Recon Bn. Nov. 1977- Jun. 1980
	Camp Talega (64 Area, where a lot of "Heartbreak Ridge" was filmed)
	Camp Pendleton - Jump School at Fort Benning, Rigger School at Fort
	Lee, SCUBA with BUD/S in Coronado, JumpMaster with 2nd Force
	Recon Company, NCOIC 1st Recon Bn. Paraloft.
	(1st Recon had an unofficial mascot during my time there. A German
	Shepherd Dog named "Chesty". He liked to catch rocks, chase rabbits
	and, most of all, hang out by the chow hall. I took him home with me
	when I got out. He was the best dang dog I ever had.)
	MOS 0451/8654