Question for Marine NCO'S

[6114DAVE]

We talking Platinum's Wednesday night? Because that's when our squadron had field day, so single guys never got the chance.


To OP, Some promotion ceremonies are different from others. Most of the time, they have you march up, they remove old rank insignia and pin your new rank insignia onto your collar. If you're promoted to Corporal, sometimes they also drape red strips of cloth over your shoulders (these are bloodstripes, to be later sewn onto your trouser seams) and some units will have you walk the gauntlet (each of your NCO peers will bump the side of your leg with their knee, punch your shoulder where the rank patch sits, and possibly "snakebite" your rank pins into your collarbone.)

Following that, the new promotee will take his buddies out to the bar. The difference between his old paycheck and his new paycheck is placed on the bar and everyone celebrates together.

I would be extremely happy if someone had bought my NCO sword for me. Just remember, NCOs use a different sword than USMC Officers, and there are cheap knock-offs all over. Get him a good one, and congrats to the kid!

ETA: The gauntlet is an informal thing, to be done among friends/peers. It is not a command sanctioned portion of the promotion ceremony

Yeah, whenever I was in Yuma it was for WTI or training detachments .

[6114DAVE]

Yuma, man I hated that place. We did enjoy drinking with the wingers in their Eclub though. Those guys didn't know what to think about us.

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I was one of those wingers with the NASTY low regs and borderline long hair.. Lol

[glbtrottr]

Yuma sucked. I wish all I had was a corporal ceremony

I got my billet blood wings after a mass tac jump with the Brits during a joint exercise - life sucked. Scuba School wasn't so bad.

Best wet down? Hows that for a question?

Phuket?

Alongopo?

Anyone?

[GMG]

Swords, swords and more swords !!! I've looked on the internet ..$200's, $300's, $400's

and up to $600. Some specify polished brass some said 24 carat gold plated. Some

specify etched on three sides, others don't specify. I didn't look at anything

less figuring they were some kind of reproductions, there were a lot out there. I

figure you get what you pay for. I don't want to cheap out on this but I don't

want to take out a second on the house either.

What do they get for one on base??

[GMG]

Yuma sucked. I wish all I had was a corporal ceremony

I got my billet blood wings after a mass tac jump with the Brits during a joint exercise - life sucked. Scuba School wasn't so bad.

Best wet down? Hows that for a question?

Phuket?

Alongopo?

Anyone?

Never made it to Phuket ! Didn't make E-4 on the West-Pac cruise but as an

E-2 and E-3 wet down in Alongopo quite often.

[Treb5]

Made E4 on the Hornet and E5 on the Oriskany. No ceremony for either. Just celebrated both in Olongapo..

[TMcGuff]

If he is walking the day after he gets promoted the Marines is going soft.

[rooster85]

If he is walking the day after he gets promoted the Marines is going soft.

Exactly. After I pinned on Cpl I was rushed and received very nice blood stripes. Lol. Stairs were out of the question for several days. I had to make sure nobody saw my chest for a while to. Bloody bruises are hard to explain to some people.

[biglou]

My first duty station was The Rock, 1978. I'm glad I didn't get my blood stripes there. Those knee shots to the thigh didn't look like fun. Check ebay for Marine Corps NCO swords. Sometimes you can get a legit one in new condition for a decent price. Remember that the sword length goes by your height.