I thought I'd play a round of golf in Fredricksburg, and then I'd stop by
and tour the new Marine Corps Museum on the way home.

Wrong.

This place is huge, and loaded. It is definitely a full day's excursion,
and all I got today was a taste. What a well done museum! In a town full of
museums, great museums, this one is right up there with the best.

"Iron Mike" greets you at the front door.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...neMuseum03.jpg

And after passing a couple Marine guards, you enter the main hall with 'The
Mast' which extends outside the top of the building.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...neMuseum13.jpg

This is the outside view, which I posted last week.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ing2008075.jpg

It's free, and you don't even have to be a Marine to enter. Hell, the
guards didn't even give me a funny look. Maybe they though I was ugly
enough to be a Marine.

Go see it, if you're in the area, If you've got a few hours to spare, it's
right off the northernmost Quantico exit. Very easy to get to.
--
John

On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:56:19 -0500, John wrote:

Hell, the guards didn't even give me a funny look.

That's because you are a former Army Officer.

Marines reserve funny looks for Squids.

Maybe they though I was ugly enough to be a Marine.

That's just not possible. If you are ugly enough, you are a Marine.

Fact of life. :)

On Dec 15, 7:05*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:56:19 -0500, John wrote:
Hell, the guards didn't even give me a funny look.

That's because you are a former Army Officer.

Marines reserve funny looks for Squids.

Maybe they though I was ugly enough to be a Marine.

That's just not possible. *If you are ugly enough, you are a Marine.

Fact of life. *:)


i would wear a 1 Cav. beret there.

Think I might get kicked out?

?:^ 0

Tim wrote:
On Dec 15, 7:05 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:56:19 -0500, John wrote:
Hell, the guards didn't even give me a funny look.
That's because you are a former Army Officer.

Marines reserve funny looks for Squids.

Maybe they though I was ugly enough to be a Marine.
That's just not possible. If you are ugly enough, you are a Marine.

Fact of life. :)


i would wear a 1 Cav. beret there.

Think I might get kicked out?

?:^ 0

You'd get a ride in a CH-46 to Bill Clinton's library

On Dec 15, 7:43*pm, BAR wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Dec 15, 7:05 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:56:19 -0500, John wrote:
Hell, the guards didn't even give me a funny look.
That's because you are a former Army Officer.

Marines reserve funny looks for Squids.

Maybe they though I was ugly enough to be a Marine.
That's just not possible. *If you are ugly enough, you are a Marine.

Fact of life. *:)

i would wear a 1 Cav. beret there.

Think I might get kicked out?

?:^ 0

You'd get a ride in a CH-46 to Bill Clinton's library

LOL!

On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:23:07 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Dec 15, 7:05*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:56:19 -0500, John wrote:
Hell, the guards didn't even give me a funny look.

That's because you are a former Army Officer.

Marines reserve funny looks for Squids.

Maybe they though I was ugly enough to be a Marine.

That's just not possible. *If you are ugly enough, you are a Marine.

Fact of life. *:)

i would wear a 1 Cav. beret there.

Think I might get kicked out?

Nah - you'd be put in the "Not Quite Good Enough" tour group. :)

?:^ 0

PS: There is such a thing as too ugly. :)

On Dec 15, 7:48*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:23:07 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:



On Dec 15, 7:05*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:56:19 -0500, John wrote:
Hell, the guards didn't even give me a funny look.

That's because you are a former Army Officer.

Marines reserve funny looks for Squids.

Maybe they though I was ugly enough to be a Marine.

That's just not possible. *If you are ugly enough, you are a Marine.

Fact of life. *:)

i would wear a 1 Cav. beret there.

Think I might get kicked out?

Nah - you'd be put in the "Not Quite Good Enough" tour group. :)

?:^ 0

PS: *There is such a thing as too ugly. *:)

DOUBLE LOL!

On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:23:07 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

On Dec 15, 7:05*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:56:19 -0500, John wrote:
Hell, the guards didn't even give me a funny look.

That's because you are a former Army Officer.

Marines reserve funny looks for Squids.

Maybe they though I was ugly enough to be a Marine.

That's just not possible. *If you are ugly enough, you are a Marine.

Fact of life. *:)


i would wear a 1 Cav. beret there.

Think I might get kicked out?

?:^ 0

Were there 1st Cav folks in Cu Chi? Whichever Cav we had really let us down
one night. They went to sleep in their tanks, the VC came in and blew the
**** out of eleven Chinooks. Had to be the most Cninooks ever destroyed in
one operation.
--
John

On Dec 15, 8:09*pm, John wrote:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:23:07 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:
On Dec 15, 7:05*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:56:19 -0500, John wrote:
Hell, the guards didn't even give me a funny look.

That's because you are a former Army Officer.

Marines reserve funny looks for Squids.

Maybe they though I was ugly enough to be a Marine.

That's just not possible. *If you are ugly enough, you are a Marine.

Fact of life. *:)

i would wear a 1 Cav. beret there.

Think I might get kicked out?

?:^ 0

Were there 1st Cav folks in Cu Chi? Whichever Cav we had really let us down
one night. They went to sleep in their tanks, the VC came in and blew the
**** out of eleven Chinooks. Had to be the most Cninooks ever destroyed in
one operation.
--
John

Beats me, man. i was too young for that.