tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921273.post113837591656097920..comments2024-03-18T05:01:06.201-04:00Comments on The Daily Grind: Badges? We don't need no stinkin' Badges!VMICraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18093462130476461928noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921273.post-51944035948312152302007-08-13T13:23:00.000-04:002007-08-13T13:23:00.000-04:00thank you for this great blog.i am a former marine...thank you for this great blog.i am a former marine and a close friend of iron mike curtin.unfortunely,because of our age difference,i never had the priviledge of serving with mike.to put it simply..mike was the finest human being i have ever met.i will always miss him.<BR/> vinnyvinnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09511238029824218818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921273.post-1151445212051001282006-06-27T17:53:00.000-04:002006-06-27T17:53:00.000-04:00Great article and oh so very true. Just one little...Great article and oh so very true. Just one little opine though-college graduates are not always so "green" or so naive when they take a job as a police officer "right out of college," as one commentor here seemed to suggest. Just so happens that many Marines, upon discharge from the Corps, return to college to earn their degrees. And some of those former Marines, now fresh college graduates, go on to take up careers as law enforcement officers. Such individuals, in my opinion, make the best damn cops anywhere. Period. Of course I may be just a bit prejudiced here, as I just so happen to be one of those individuals, who now after some 20 years in police work and who now after some 26 years removed from my service to the beloved Corps, has the same love and respect for those who proudly wear the EGA as the day I was discharged. "Good night Chesty, wherever you are . . . ." BC, PennsylvaniaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921273.post-1140125061863353952006-02-16T16:24:00.000-05:002006-02-16T16:24:00.000-05:00It's well written and interesting,and I appreciate...It's well written and interesting,and I appreciate the time and experiance you contribute.I would like to continue reading your stories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921273.post-1138845453301701872006-02-01T20:57:00.000-05:002006-02-01T20:57:00.000-05:00Great Blog! I just discovered it and I'll have to ...<B>Great Blog!</B> I just discovered it and I'll have to dig into it some more. I'm a VMI '96 alumnus and my father was a 30+ year veteran of the NIS. Semper Fidelis!victorystenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16693254210324521375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921273.post-1138492320625732222006-01-28T18:52:00.000-05:002006-01-28T18:52:00.000-05:00Thank you for introducing us to more fine individu...Thank you for introducing us to more fine individuals. Like beth*a, I know a young Marine who's alternate career choices would be State Police or EMT. He would never be satisfied in a job where his work didn't directly help others. Our Marines are truly a breed apart - Semper Gratus!GunnNutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10204685458798319462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921273.post-1138419923499159812006-01-27T22:45:00.000-05:002006-01-27T22:45:00.000-05:00Powerful post. That speech you quoted at the end ...Powerful post. That speech you quoted at the end always gets to me when I watch that movie!<BR/><BR/> I have a Marine friend who is headed down this selfsame path into the PD. He's one of the white hatted ones, but he knows reality from his own youth and from all he's experienced being deployed. I think it makes him more self-aware and better prepared (happens to be smart as a whip, too) then someone just out of college, for a career in law enforement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com