But I don't have to say a word, Gunney R. Lee Ermey himself, he of the real Marine Corps and Hollywood Marines both, said it for me.  And nobody can say it better than Gunny R. Lee Ermey! Hoo Rah Gunny!

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Edward D. Riley, US Army 1969-71, Vietnam Vet and son of SSgt Donald Riley, USMC is the man behind the idea and the creator of the Frame Of Honor, a moving tribute to his father and to our men in uniform. I just recently was introduced to his son Danny who told me the story of how it got started and I am proud to be able to pass it along.

I hope to be able to get to know Ed Riley sometime and I would be proud to make mention of each Frame of Honor recipient that he does a frame for – here on my USMC blog.

I only have one question for you Eddie my boy, why the heck didn't you join the Marine Corps like your Pop did? He must have wanted you to join the marines if he knew you would have to fight? You didn't go and get yourself drafted did ya?

I'm just yanking your dog tag chains there Eddie, those being the kinds of digs that only one soldier can make to another, so say hello to Sgt Richard "Skip" Schaefer (me), United States Marine Corps, 1968-72, combat service in Vietnam with the 3rd Marine Division, 1969-70. Can you believe it was over 40 freakin years ago?

Frame Of Honor occupies a permanent link here on the LCMarine and you can also contact them via the FAQ page of their website.

Get Me OUTSIDE!

This is why I don't like treadmills in the spare bedroom, garage, working out at health clubs or other forms of indoor exercise,  other than they are boring, boring, boring, wall mounted TV or not. I don't care if Oprah has Michelle Obama, Tom Cruise, David Letterman, Ellen, Donald Trump and Tiger Woods on the same show! (wouldn't that be a show?), indoor workouts just don't work for me, even if I have a window to look out of.

If you ever wondered why your new year's resolution to exercise and lose weight lost it's momentum after only a few weeks here is a clue:

Hello! It's winter out there, cold, rainy, gloomy, etc. Your brain wants to be doing something outdoors, walking, hiking, just about anything as long as it's outside while your body cringes at the thought. Some refer to exercising outdoors as eco-therapy, or green exercise, although I think that word green is overused. Did you know for example that the color green balances the nervous system and is supposed to have a calm, soothing, effect?

When there isn't a whole lot of green around during winter where you live it can be tough to get motivated, much less stay that way until spring. But don't despair, just by seeking the natural world you can reap the benefits of re-connecting with the environment – a reduction in anger and stress levels only to mention a couple. Take the dog for a walk, bundle up and breathe the fresh air.

A Dog Fit For The Pentagon

We need more marines like this in Washington to sort out the mess we have gotten ourselves into in the middle east. Posted with the greatest respect for the Marine Corps and our Armed Forces this picture signifies the kind of message that we at home are tired of all the BS from our government and want these wars to end.

Our country has gone to the dogs and maybe they can do a better job!

Image: my chocolate lab Duke by: Pets In Uniform

A field laboratory test conducted at the Marine Corps Dreamland complex at Camp Pendleton turned into a nightmare when an  experimental "combat doll" with the face of the famous Chucky, a B horror-movie doll ran amuck, slaughtering  all the second lieutenants in the building, insane from the pain of growing to human proportions in 10 seconds flat,  after just one  drop of  Camp Lejeune "Historic Drinking Water," was placed on the doll's kevlar bibs.

Trained specifically to fight the only kind of war the terrorists understand, that of the cut-their-F***ing heads-off, suicide bomb, no-holds-barred, back-stabbing killer mindset.  A human Chucky is just the kind of fella we need for a new breed of Marine Corps Drill Instructor, someone so feared, a conscious-less creature, machine-like in it's horrible purpose with the ruthlessness and the crust to train would-be marines in tactics specifically designed to show those dirtbags in Afghanistan we are through playing around with their ugly asses.

They don't know the kind of fighters they would be facing!  No politicians could contain them, no military command could censor them and once launched, never recalled. This is the no-mercy kind of mutant that Americans love, a pure killer of the sort that will convince those people over there  – we finally mean business!

From Slimy Civilian To Marine D.I.

Originally designed as a "combat doll" for the Marine Corp by Mattel  and Universal Studios, the doll had the face of Chucky, powered by a tiny nuclear reactor. Unhampered by the lack of water or debilitating weather conditions and armed with only C-bars* Chucky platoons would sneak out at night to infiltrate enemy positions, with only one mission, sever the Achilles tendons of every tallywacker or tali ban they see.

Unfortunately the project was abandoned, then denied, by the "sensitive" military leaders within the Bush administration as too "water boardish" an issue. Chucky's "Raiders" could be formed up with the remnants of a force of rejects of these small, doll-like creatures,  Do you think it's any kind of coincidence that Chucky became human just as these fearsome creatures were ready to go forth and mutilate!

Chucky grew from doll-size proportions to human dimensions, almost overnight. Chucky, yes marines, that Chucky now wants to be one of us. Not only that, but hold on to your piss cutters, he wants to train marines as a D.I.!

This is your chance to stick up for the pukes at Parris Island and propagate that bad-assed reputation their recruits are always crowing about because, Chucky is up to here full of Hollywood types, and MCRD San Diego is too close to that bunch of sissies. But he might not wait for a personal  invitation from the Commandant either, rumor has it he is planning on starting his own outfit. You heard it here first!

Who better than Chucky to strike fear into the cold hearts of the Taliban, Iraqui's and other terrorist scum, a creature with no fear,  morals or mercy when it comes to rooting out and destroying terrorists and their supporters. D.I. Sgt Chucky – can't you just imagine it?

Which lucky platoon will have the honor of graduating the first Sgt. Chucky recruits?

Beware all enemies who cross Chucky's Raiders – Osama Bin Laden – laden with crap that is, listen up maggot face, you are directly in the cross-hairs of Chuckie's new, USMC, top-secret -sniper hatchet!

When one marine says another is gung-ho he is not being very nice but the corps never has taken the trouble to correct the public impression, that among marines, gung-ho is synonymous with espirit de corps. The marines haven't taken the trouble to straighten out the Chinese on the matter, either. The Chinese still think that gung-ho means "work together."

If memory serves me correctly it went something like this:

Once upon a time a congressmen complimented the United States Marine Corps at a hearing of the House ppropriations sub-committee on defense and, as always when someone says a kind word about them, it was a sad day for marines everywhere. The Marine Corps never loses in a battle and it never wins on a compliment.

This slightly over-indulged looking congressman looked around the room at marine officers dressed in olive green uniforms and said, "I would think that you would show up here in dress blues. As a matter of fact, I would expect marines to wear dress blues anyplace they appear in public ALL THE TIME!  Marines are a gung-ho outfit-at least everyone says you are – you should dress the part."

Such backhanded compliments usually do not dismay the marines, especially when they come from congressmen. If they want to offset a backhanded compliment with a graceful one, smoothly delivered, they will crank up the good old M1A publicity machine and turn out their own compliment. But on this day, for some reason, the congressman was adamant.

One marine officer steps forward, a general, fruit salad across his puffy chest, named Chesty something or other and
patiently explains to the congressman;

That dress blue uniforms are issued free, to marines on special duty, such as the band, guard detachments and on
recruiting duty. Any marine can buy dress blues out of his own pocket but not many do, partly because the high
collars are choking and the heavy blues are uncomfortable to wear in warm weather, or even a warm saloon. I think
that if the marines are allowed to maintain their independence in the matter there will be very little increase in
the wearing of dress blues, except possibly when a new marine goes home on his first leave and wants to impress his
mommy, or his Congressman.

Semper Fi

At a secret military installation far from the poisoned water of Camp Lejeune, Sgt. Chucky has begun work creating a new kind of combat marine. One that will strike total horror into the cold hearts of terrorist leaders everywhere, just by his appearance. He's lean, he's mean and he's a one-man, hard to kill, fighting and training machine.

Sgt. Chucky brings his special skills with hatchet and chain-saw to the already outstanding close combat skills of marines. His outfit, Chucky's Raiders, is a strictly all-volunteer force which is limited to those marine types who possess no fear of being mutilated in combat – they are already so ugly that their faces alone send shock waves of terror through their opponents.

Here is a rare shot of Sgt Chucky's assistant, former Marine, Lcpl. Bob "Pretty Boy" Donner, yes, those Donners, all glammed up for liberty in downtown Falujah. These are the kinds of men Chucky's Raiders needs to recruit that, along with our regular marines, will put a stop to all the Washington BS, get these people under control and get our troops HOME!

Promoting terror among your enemies is not a terrorist exclusive, Sgt. Chucky's slaughter squads will attest to that. Bob here is one of the better looking of us. We have yet to find a girl for him.  Go figure.

Sgt. Chucky's Recruiting Video – Calling the Few, The Proud and the SCARY!

Click here to view the embedded video.

What do you expect from the media, sex sells and so does death. The Google Blog says this: "The fact the Associated Press chose to publish graphic and disturbing photographs of a young Marine killed in Afghanistan against the wishes of both the father of the Marine and the Secretary of Defense of The United States is not only appalling, and completely unconscionable it is without compassion and consideration to the effects it might have on the this man’s family. Privacy should be respected."

I agree with that statement, America does not need a refresher on the ravages of war, we have had enough of it with our last "TV War" in Vietnam.

Lance Corporal Joshua "Bernie" Bernard is our Marine of the Month with a photo as we would like to remember him.