It has been awhile since i posted some...

[MC MUSTANG]

Hokay so.  About 10 years ago I bought a poster at the Quantico Exchange.  It is a drawing of Marines from different periods since the birth of the Corps; they are all in a bar drinking and toasting the Corps.  Well, my wife asked me about it the other day (last Wed) ... I didn't think anything of it.  So, on Sun she mentions that we have to go to the local dirt mall to look at something... well, she had gotten the poster framed.

Now sorry this is such a bad pic, but the flash was just killing me on the reflection. Anyway, if you can't make it out, here's the skinny:
The frame is gold colored and has an embossed rope on the outside. The inner mat is blue on red.



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[MC MUSTANG]

The small description/title. You can make out the matting now, with the blue and red...

 

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Another view of the pic. She hung it in our living room.

 

[MC MUSTANG]

Hokay - so this is where it gets interesting. For you Marines, what do you notice about this drawing/poster?

 

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Can't tell? Here's another one...

 

[MC MUSTANG]

Hokay - If you still can't tell - all of the Marines depicted here are Officers. I hadn't noticed. Been carrying this thing around for 10 years and never noticed. Then she hits me with the kicker. She says "Why do you think I got the gold frame with the rope and the blue and red matting?" Uhhhh, cause they look good? No she says.
The gold is for the enlisted emblem that I wore; the blue on red is for when I got my blood stripe and the poster with all the officers is for when I got my commission."

Dayum, I says. I just thought it was a cool poster. She's a keeper.

 

[thrasherfox]

Awesome MC

 

[USMCBUSA]

Awesome picture MC. I caught the fact that it was only officers.

 

[mrninja9]

damn i was doing good to know it was marines sorry, i was in the air force

 

[stkr00]

She put a lot of thought into that

Here's to Mrs.MC MUSTANG

 

[MC MUSTANG]

She put a lot of thought into that

 

Here's to Mrs.MC MUSTANG

Yep.... I don't deserve her -

 

[nitrousjunkie]

 

[hbr]

 

[Big Wall]

Very cool!

 

[Tree]

I have "Reflections" on the living room wall. ( http://www.vietnamreflections.com/ ) I still can't stare at it for a long time. Having served with many Veit Nam Vets and having one for a teacher made a lasting impression on me.

 

[hemroid]