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05-25-2012, 23:49 #1Administrator and Benevolent Dictator
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How 9/11 turned a new immigrant into a proud Marine
This is one impressive story of a Marine Sergeant born and raised in Burma who volunteered after 9/11 and twice wounded in combat. Semper Fi Sgt Naing!
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/25...opted-country/Robert M. Carver
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"A man with a gun is a citizen. A man without a gun is a subject."
"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have." Gerald Ford in a Presidential address to a joint session of Congress (12 August 1974)
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.” Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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05-26-2012, 11:41 #2Moderator Emeritus
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Awesome! Thanks for posting. There's two parts to this story. The Marine that took the time to work with him for a year so he could pass the ASVAB. Good instincts.
Oorah, Marines!"I don't lift, too heavy. I don't run, too far. I just hit people.
"The teacher is more important than the style."- Higa Yuchoku
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05-26-2012, 13:06 #3Administrator and Benevolent Dictator
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That's a good point Tony! During Boot Camp, our Platoon Guide could barely read and things like the Guidebook and other training materials were beyond him. It was surprising that he passed the ASVAB. So I spent many of nights in the head after Taps teaching him to read and by the time we graduated, he was reading very well and getting better. I would have never bothered if his desire to be a Marine wasn't so earnest. I later learned that he retired as a SgtMaj with 27 years of service.
Robert M. Carver
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"A man with a gun is a citizen. A man without a gun is a subject."
"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have." Gerald Ford in a Presidential address to a joint session of Congress (12 August 1974)
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.” Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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05-28-2012, 05:50 #4Senior Member
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Thank you for doing that. You are an honorable man.
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That's a good point Tony! During Boot Camp, our Platoon Guide could barely read and things like the Guidebook and other training materials were beyond him. It was surprising that he passed the ASVAB. So I spent many of nights in the head after Taps teaching him to read and by the time we graduated, he was reading very well and getting better. I would have never bothered if his desire to be a Marine wasn't so earnest. I later learned that he retired as a SgtMaj with 27 years of service.
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