State of FORCECOM January 2016 Good evening, Marines. With some Brigades gearing up for their annual awards cycle, I’d like to review some specifics. Commandant’s Campaign Award: This is the reporting cycle for units to report activities for the Commandant’s Campaign Challenge. Don’t know what that is? To quote the ‘Marine Force Manual’: This ribbon […]
State of INFOCOM January 2016 Greetings Marines, We are almost through the first month in 2016 and this month has passed by quickly. I hope everyone has recovered from the holiday season and are preparing for tax season. It seems strange to me that such a joyous holiday season is followed so closely by the […]
State of FORCECOM December 2015 Good evening, Marines. With the start of the New Year just around the corner this will be fairly short and sweet. The two topics I want to touch on are my usual December fair: personal records and awards. Questions about awards and individual records tend to make up the biggest […]
State of INFOCOM November-December 2015 Greetings Marines, Because I missed last month’s report this month is a double report. We have just a few days left this year and this will be my final report for this year. Once again it seems this year has flown by. Feels like I was just at IC in […]
State of the NCO Corps December 2015 Greetings Marines! Stamp the snow off your boots and come on over to the booth in the back in the corner in the dark of my local NCO club, where the coffee may occasionally taste like burnt hydraulic fluid, but at least it’s always hot, and the stockings […]
State of FINCOM December 2015 Opening balance for the month of November $7353.69 Credit – $180.23 breakdown of credits PayPal transfer – $180.23 Debits total – $50.49 breakdown of debits USPS -$50.49 QM postage Closing balance for the account was $7483.43 There were 6 orders in the month of November SFMC Savings Account (scholarship payments) […]
State of the SFMC December 2015 Hello Marines, As I write this, I’m sitting at a table ready to wrap gifts as part of the 225th MSG’s charity wrapping project. This being the case, I am mindful that the kickoff of the Holiday Season is also start of a great many community service projects around […]
State of the NCO Corps October-November 2015 Greetings Marines! Crowd on in to the booth in the back in the corner in the dark of my local NCO Club, where what you call “snowmen” we call “biodegradable reactive targets” and the sign by the big bowl of leftover Halloween candy at the end of the […]
State of FORCECOM November 2015 Good Day Marines, My apologies for this being the last minute. There’s something about single digit temps that make me want to hole up in bed with a warm drink and a warm cat. Awards: Anyone can nominate someone for an award – forms are available @ https://www.sfi-sfmc.org/awards.php The individual […]
State of FORCECOM October 2015 Good Evening, Marines. This will be a very short and sweet missive. I’m in the middle of taking two separate classes from my local medical Reserve Corps unit along with learning all that I need to do to winterize a house in SW Idaho and playing ‘Medication de Jour’ with […]