Your thoughts: Richard Simmons in Marine Corps basic training.?
549003
what is it with u and richard simmons?
557257
I read this recently:\n'Last week, while traveling to Chicago on business, I noticed a Marine sergeant in Dress Blues traveling with a folded flag, but I did not put\ntwo and two together. After we'd boarded our flight, I turned to the\nsergeant, who'd been invited to sit in First Class (and was seated\nacross the aisle from me), and inquired if he was heading home.\n\n"No sir" he responded.\n\n"Heading out?" I asked.\n\n"No. I'm escorting a Marine home."\n\n"Going to pick him up?"\n\n"No. He is with me right now. He was killed in Iraq. I am taking him home to his family."\n\nThe realization of what he had been asked to do hit me like a punch to\nthe gut. It was an honor for him. He told me that, although he didn't\nknow the soldier, he had delivered the news of his passing to the\nMarine's family and felt as if he did know them after so many\nconversations in so few days. I turned back to him, extended my hand,\nand said, "Thank you. Thank you for doing what you do so my family and\nI can do what we do."\n\nUpon landing in Chicago, the pilot stopped short of the gate and made\nthe following announcement over the intercom. "Ladies and gentlemen, I\nwould like to note that we have had the honor of having Sergeant Steeley\nof the United States Marine Corps join us on this flight. He is\nescorting a fallen comrade back home to his family. I ask that you\nplease remain in your seats when we open the forward door, so as to\nallow Sergeant Steeley to de-plane and receive his fellow Marine. We\nwill then turn off the seat belt sign."\n\nWithout a sound, all went as requested. I noticed the sergeant\nsaluting the casket as it was brought off the plane, and his action made\nme realize two things: I am proud to be an American, and I will continue\nto fly on American Airlines because it respects what our Marines and\ntroops do every day.\n\nSo here's a public thank-you to our military for doing what they do, so\nwe can live the way we do.'
1091223
The Marines were part of a peace organization. They were caught in the middle of it all when they bombed the barracks killing our great men. I will never forget the date of Oct 22,1983 for I left for basic training Oct 23,1983. I was signed in on a Delayed Enlistment Program(DEP) that I signed while still in high school in April of 1983.
794317
I went through Marine Corps Boot Camp at MCRD San Diego back in 1995, Hotel Company, platoon 2113.\n\nBecoming a Marine, is a very personal experience.  They literally break you down from what you were.  They strip away all of your ill-concieved notions about everything, and then they mold you into the man or woman that the Marine Corps wants you to be.\n\nThe first month, the recruit goes through rigorous training, drilling and exercise.  Hell, the first few days, they get barely a few hours of sleep.\n\nThe second month is spent almost entirely in the field.  Learning to fire an M16 and other weapons.  Learning about combat and all of its aspects.\n\nThe third and final month, is the finishing touches.\n\nIt was the hardest and easiest thing I ever did.  I look back on those months, remembering how I hated it, and I smile, realizing it wasn't all that bad.
727249
i agree that they all deserve one, but man...tons of other marines had spoken, and considering what he did...no surprize he got one. \nI just wish he was around today to enjoy and bask in the goodness of all of it. May God rest his soul.
490944
Most likely he is in the field on maneuvers. If he isn't in the green zone you wont hear from him because of security reasons. There are quite a few fake profiles on this web site that post on these pages daily. I want you to know that it is Republican propaganda. I think it is really cruel, and they do it to get points. These people are sick, and mostly high school children that have never seen a day of combat. I am sure you will recognize who they are, one of them is on the top 10 high scoring page in Politics. Check him out!!! There are more too, and they post they are in Iraq, and everything is just beautiful. You wont see any Yahoo posts from soldiers in a security risk area like Iraq unless your in the Indian Ocean on a ship. Your going to have to be patient, and he will have a chance for leave in 6 months or so. I hope this helps..
453977
Hello,\n\nThe Crucible for me was a few years ago I went on it in 1997, the most thing that I remember was that it really tested your endurance and knowledge of Marine Corps basic Infantry moves, every Marine being a Rifleman you have to know how to take care of your squad, being only 5'6 the long hikes and carrying that pack were pretty tough, but it really brings you and your team and platoon together as one, and being called a Marine for the first time, climbing up the Reaper listening to Proud to be an American, it was very emotional, going through 13 weeks of intense training and knowing that it meant something, will be something I will never forget. \n\nSemper FI
995326
If this was a boxing match, Ghallager would get disqualified right off the bat. You're not allowed to have weapons, you know. If he managed to keep it clean, though, I'm pretty sure he would win. Richard Simmons may know how to keep fit, but he's never been particularly fast or strong. Throwing and missing punches would only leave him wide open to get beaten, which would make him even more disoriented and allow him to get hit more. The referee will probably stop the bout within two rounds if Simmons doesn't get counted out.
544172
David Robinson went to Navy too. I defnitely think joining the armed forces or other leadership or life experiences makes a person stronger mentally. SO, ya, it does help him to be a better player, for sure!
237668
Thank you for your kind words. I am a retired Marine (due to injury in Iraq) Just wondering, have you ever seen a Marine in his Dress Blues?
968972
I will give you an eyewitness statement. First, I'm not from Texas (I'm a Tar Heel!!! - GO NC!!), second I'm not in the National Guard, I'm active duty. Now the account, I served with an active duty battalion that was assigned 2 National Guard companies - one was from Kansas and one was from Texas. They were truck companies, and both saw heavy action. On a side note, I found both units to be extremely professional in their duties. Neither shirked from any mission assigned to them and had an amazing "Can Do" attitude. If I had any negative comments about the Guard units I have served with - they are minor. I found they had a bit of a height/weight and PT shortcoming, but they more than made up for that with their Mission First attitude. My BC had a board in his office/tent with a collection of all the Guard patches of units we had run into over there. I don't recall a single state missing from his board - we even had a couple territory patches (Guam and PR). So whoever posted that on a Yahoo Board is simply giving into conspiracy BS and once again, as they almost always seem to be - are yapping away and have NEVER spent a day. Isn't it curious how the folks who seem to to come up with this crap have a mysterious lack of service to go along with their tripe?
1136017
Wow... you totally blew my mind. I've never thought about the red words in the Bible thing before...\n\nDoes Richard Simmons swing that way? Wouldn't he have a "husband?"
645073
Thats EXACTLY whats going on. I live in beaufort SC, less than 2 miles from Paris Island. (That is the bigger of the 2 marine corps training bases in america) And nearly ALL the returning marines will tell you that joining up was a mistake we are NOT winning the war in fact the people there hate us, but not to our faces of course. But your forgetting one thing.... in Iraq WE, the U.S., ARE the insurgents.
1077658
My brother is midway through his 3rd tour right now. I'm liberal, he's...well... he's "property of the Marines" for the next 7 months, but hopefully he'll snap out of it when he's out of harm's way.  Best wishes to you and your brother.
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I don't think he was married to anyone.....\n\nBiography for Richard Simmons (I)\n\nBirth name: Milton Simmons \nNickname: Dicky \nHeight: 5' 6½" (1.69 m) \nTrade mark: His afro and glittery leotards.\n\nFamous for always appearing in public in candy-striped Dolfin shorts, and tank tops that have been hand decorated with Swarovski crystals.\n\nHas not appeared on the "The Howard Stern Show" (1990) since November 1992, though he was once a regular guest. During his last appearance on the show, he ran out of the studio in tears after Howard told him "Your belly hangs like your nuts."\n\nMuch of his hair fell out due to losing weight in an unhealthy manner. He then had to have hair transplants, moving some of his own hair from the back of his head to the front. He urges others to lose weight in a healthy manner so they won't have the same problems he did.\n\nHe runs his own workout studio, Slimmons. He opened it over 30 years ago,in Beverly Hills, California, and still teaches three days a week when he's in town.\n\nLoves Barbra Streisand, Broadway musicals, and one of a kind Art dolls, and Art Glass...having been an Art Major in college himself. He owns a vast of Art Dolls. Much of his Art Glass collection was destroyed by the Northridge Earthquake.\n\nWhen appearing with two of his weight-loss clients on the "The Howard Stern Show" (1990) in 1990, Stern taunted his clients by waving food in front of their faces using a fishing pole. A large roasted chicken was lowered from the ceiling as well, to the shock and dismay of Richard's clients. One of those clients, Michael Hebranko, later ballooned to over 1,000 pounds and had to be rescued from his New York brownstone by 20 paramedics, policemen and firemen. Though he quickly dropped much of the weight he had regained, three years later Hebranko again had to rescued from his apartment after gaining the weight back.\n\nHe was initially motivated to lose weight when he received an anonymous note, left on his car, reading, "Fat people die young. Please don't die."
60755
Wow....reminds me of Marine Boot Camp...but the skin grew back, so I got off easy.  We should recruit those guys to be guards at Gitmo!  They could show those Army Dogs a thing or two about torture...ur, I mean, umm, interrogation...
517579
what unit are you n at the hump? my friend Bott is there too at 602. I used to be stationed at Stanley with him when 602 was there.