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State of TRACOM, July 2012

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 05:44:34 GMT

State of TRACOM
July 14, 2012

“Semper Eruditio, Semper Docens”

Kinda neat, huh? Its Latin and it means “Always Learning, Always Teaching” which, in my short time as COTRACOM (both acting and official) has become my personal motto for Training and Doctrine Command. I am always learning something new pretty much every day, and to an extent, I teach something to my shipmates

State of the NCO Corps July 2012

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:49:50 GMT

State of the NCO Corps July 8, 2012

Greetings Marines!

Once again I am coming to you from in the booth in the back in the corner in the dark of my local NCO club, where these days the drink of choice is a simple di-hydrogen monoxide solution with a bit of flavoring added, and rumors of an official SFMC uniform proposal consisting of a Speedo with rank insignia on it are countered with rumors of the box of carefully labeled (with individual names) flash bang grenades locked in my lower left hand desk drawer. Nothing to worry about- in most cases the name is my own- a little temporary blindness might be called for.

Speaking of rumors, there is a persistent one that I would like to address right off the bat, namely that PD-10 is required to be a STARFLEET Marine. I will simply direct your attention to Section 1.1 of

State of TRACOM, June 2012

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 21:57:05 GMT

State of TRACOM

Greetings, Marines;

I have to apologize for the lateness of this State of address; I became a tad overwhelmed when I was asked to be Acting COTRACOM and continue my duties as DCOTRACOM at the same time. I have some very large shoes to fill as my mentor and close friend, LGEN Mike McGowan, has been called to step up into the role of the illustrious DepDant billet. Mike, I hope I do you proud for as long as I have this job!

I am excited to say your General Staff has been hard at work designing and having fabricated lovely new qualification badges! Thus far, we are proud to offer our very own and exclusive to the SFMC qualification badges for IN-20 Advanced Infantry Badge, IN-30 Expert Infantry Badge, and the BEAUTIFUL AE wings. The pictures just simply do not do them justice and the price

State of FORCECOM - June 2012

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 21:48:14 GMT

Greetings Marines, Well we are just over a month away from the 2012 International Conference and International Muster, if you are going to be attending I hope you travel plans are progressing nicely and I will look forward to see you there.

During this month we lost a valued member of the Corps Brigadier Joseph Gallagher of the 128th MSG in the 1st Brigade, I knew Joe not only thru STARFLEET but we were friends outside of the organization last year Joe and myself and our friend Sandy went to Kentucky Down Under in Horse Cave, KY and had a get day together one of the events at the Kentucky Down Under was a vegemite eating contest, and Joe decided that he was going enter the challenge and they both decided I needed to enter it as well. In the end it was a draw between me and Joe, I will

State of INFOCOM - June 2012

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 21:47:20 GMT

Greetings all, Please excuse the tardiness of this office, I have been writing this report the past week now, but with the recent passing of my mother-in-law and SFMC member, Donna Leavitt its been hard to finish, but I knew I had to. Right now, I am on a leave of absence from the GS and my DCO, Joe Brouhard is sitting in the center seat as Acting CoInfocom. I plan to return, so Joe don't get too comfortable in "my" office. With May behind us and June coming to a close, its time to start thinking about the IC and beyond. Where do we see Infocom and where is it going. Is it going anywhere? One reality is we did not accomplish as much as I wanted to this year. During my first year in office, I wanted to have a new WordPress site started and in testing. We had to keep pushing that project off due to multiple site breakdowns between

State of the SFMC - July 2012

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 21:44:36 GMT

Greetings to all Marines

At time of writing this, many of our Marines will be suffering through sweltering heat or fighting off the seasonal storms that seem to be affecting the U.S. at this time of the year.
It is hoped that all our Marines and their families have gone through this period safely if not at the least, a little comfortably. Where's an SFMC Engineer when you need one to fix that AC??

Summer heat waves and storms aside, we continue to hurtle towards IC/IM and for those who are fortunate enough to attend, we all hope that you have a most pleasurable experience in Tennessee. I am certain that the Marines in attendance will yet again pass evidence of the camaraderie, fun and fellowship that comes with being a member of the Corps. One can only hope that the fellowship does not get spilled

State of Fincom, May 2012

Wed, 30 May 2012 15:40:40 GMT

State of FINCOM – May 2012

Greeting Marines!! I am pleased to announce that many of our ribbons in the QM inventory will be replenished soon, and we will be shipping (if you haven't already received) your orders soon!! Linda and I thank you all for your patience as we got the QM replenished.

State of Forcecom, May 2012

Wed, 30 May 2012 15:34:18 GMT

Greetings Marines,
Well this past weekend I had to privilege of fellowshipping with the marines of my home brigade, The Fighting First, as we gathered for the 1st Brigade Muster in Pigeon Forge Tennessee.

A good time was had by all, the Marines of the 1st Brigade sponsored a Pizza party on the Friday night. I would like to congratulate the Marines that won the Valor awards from both the 1st and 15th Brigades

The following are the winners from both of the Brigades:

State of Tracom, May 2012

Wed, 30 May 2012 15:32:38 GMT

Marines,
I have to apologize for the tardiness of this report. In my defense, I needed to wait until some issues were resolved so that they could be reported upon correctly and completely.

State of Infocom, May 2012

Wed, 30 May 2012 15:29:06 GMT

Greetings all,

They say April showers bring May flowers, so I need to keep an extra close eye on my staff to make sure they are working and not frolicking in the fields outside the Datawarfare Center. I wonder if I should tell them I just approved the Infantry Branches request to use those fields as a new mine field... nah, they'll see the signs I meant to put up.