================================================ Subject: Re: WAS Re: NCR: ABSOLUTELY STUNNED - NOW Pointless teasing From: "Lisa King" To: Date: Sun 2 Sep 2001 07:05:13 +0000 ================================================ that one I did know. The Sea Cadets unit were are in is Seabees. We are called the Chesty Puller battalion after the founder of the Seabees. Lisa >From: "Keith P. Mears" >Reply-To: "Keith P. Mears" >To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM >Subject: Re: WAS Re: NCR: ABSOLUTELY STUNNED - NOW Pointless teasing >Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 01:06:24 -0500 > >MessageAnother thing not many people are aware of is that the Marines are >part of the Department of the Navy, a fact which irks the shit out of every >Marine I've ever known. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Debbi R > To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM > Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 12:40 AM > Subject: Re: WAS Re: NCR: ABSOLUTELY STUNNED - NOW Pointless teasing > > > marines have DOs. > > but here's the deal with coast guard. because it really throws everyone >off and kinda gets a bad wrap for the whole "dot" thing. Yeah, their >budget is funneled through the DOT, but that's for a variety of reasons. >The biggest one is that they have equally as much of a mandate during >"peace time" as they have during "war time". That is to say, that the bulk >of their peace time activities isn't taken up by preparing for war. Their >scope extends FAR beyond a battle zone. Actually, very little of their >charter/mandated relates directly to war. they do assist the navy with >boardings and other maritime activities where their law enforcement >training and skill will be valuable. but since they have such a scope, it's >funded from other budgets. > > Having said that, I can tell you that all other military policies apply. > rank/rate apply. (they mirror the navy very closely, for those that >don't know) They utilize the same benefit structure, the same dependent >policies, etc. it's simply the $$ that's not military. BUT... when >military $$ is changed by the boyz on capital hill, the CG is affected >equally. It's just coming from a different checking account, if you will. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp