House Cleaning
Saturday, September 10th, 2005
Quote of the Day: “Go ahead and honk – I’m reloading.”
- Bumper Sticker
Yesterday I explained PME. Today, a list of other shit I gotta take care of that I’ve let slip.
Pistol: I haven’t shot since … a long time. Back in 29 Palms. I wasn’t required to do it in Monterey but I’ve been here for two years so I have no excuse.
Rifle: Nope, I don’t have to ever requal. YES!!!!! Rifle Expert forever!
Fitness Reports: I have to catch up on this. I think I’m two behind because my old boss retired and I never got his report. Since then, the loose chain of command I now have has not produced one either.
PFT: I downright skipped this requirement the first half of this year. I will take one before it gets too cold. The fact that I’m a marathoner and PT 6 times a week yet can’t seem to take care of this every 6 months is as sad as it is ironic.
Marine Corps Martial Arts Program: another one I’ve let slip. I need to get qualed.
Half-Marathon: I put in my application yesterday so on Sept 24th, I’ll be huffing and puffing AND paying to do so. I should really get my running back on track before I embarrass myself in GULP 2 weeks!!!
Body: If I’m going to be hanging around 20-year-old college studs with 28-inch waists in two years, I need to work on slimming down and shredding up. Especially if I’m going to be the Marine Corps professional role model. The Service “C” uniform is very unforgiving and I’ll be wearing it everyday.
New Green T-Shirts: the pictures I took at the Tanks Change of Command made me realize I should get some better quality green t-shirts for my uniform. It makes such a difference as evidenced by this pic.
So you see, I am not immune to laziness. Absolute power corrupts absolutely but laziness does not overtake lazily.
Time to clean house.
Free Advice for Today: “Remain open, flexible, and curious.”
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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Take on thing at a time as it presents itself. Work up to what you cannot actually do right now. DO NOT QUITE, DO NOT FAIL!
Semper Fi
Comment by Raymond Young — September 10, 2005 @ 6:21 pm
You let martial arts slip? The shame! My Little Ninjas can whip you into shape. I hope you like Jungle Warm-ups and an instructor’s subtle sarcasm. And by “subtle” I mean “blatant.” (You’d appreciate this: after one particularly “creative” workout I put a class of adult black belts through, I was rechristened from “that kid” to “Boot Camp Betty.” I didn’t ask about why Betty but was glad they, unlike my musical directors, recognized I am not man.)
So…this MC karate thing…you a pink belt or something? How does this work…?
Comment by O! — September 10, 2005 @ 6:56 pm
O!
Try this link, it pulls a pdf, but it give some information
http://www.fox225.com/images/sept2002.pdf
Comment by Raymond Young — September 10, 2005 @ 10:47 pm
Golly. It’s a sure good thing I have you Raymond when the Captain is too lazy to respond to his own comments page. *Sigh*
I bet you and I could take him. Separately, I mean. It’s so responsible of him to keep up with his martial arts training. I repeat, sooo responsible.
I did check out the site. Pretty cool. Except, in MCMAP, do they just teach karate as a skill or as an art?? I mean, do you earn belts and degrees? And if so, Captain, are you really a pink belt?
Comment by O! — September 11, 2005 @ 10:31 pm
As far as I can tell its more than just a “skill” that is taught in MCMAP they teach you a way to live as a warrior. There are different belts to that advance from tan to black if i recall correctly. https://www.tbs.usmc.mil/Pages/MA/default.htm another site if you’re interested, it has a BUNCH of the MCMAP stuff on the officer side of the house but im pretty sure MCMAP is MCMAP and this info just happens to be on The Basic School site.
Comment by Floyd — September 11, 2005 @ 11:46 pm
Floyd,
Not just a warrior, an ETHICAL warrior.
Comment by Raymond Young — September 12, 2005 @ 7:37 am
Hey, I was busy all weekend.
If I knew the intinmate details about MCMAP, I’d have the belts already. And O!, I seriously doubt if you start with a “pink” belt, lathough if they did, I would likely have not waited this long to get past that particular harrasssment detail.
Comment by Administrator — September 12, 2005 @ 3:22 pm
So you’re a measly white belt? JUST ADMIT IT.
Oh, and what the HECK do you have against martial arts anyway? And do you enjoy ticking off black belts or is this just another hole you keep digging for yourself?
I was about to say your head should be bowed in shame until I realized I’m not important enough to matter.
Comment by O! — September 12, 2005 @ 8:17 pm