Marine Corps League Detachment 1340

05/27/2023

02/26/2023

We received word that our Beloved Member Rich Horner has passed. Semper Fidelis Brother, guard those pearly gates until relieved.

Memorial Service

Tuesday, March 7, 10:00 am
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
33501 Stonehill Drive
Dana Point, CA 92629

Burial
Tuesday, March 7, 2:15
Miramar National Cemetery
5795 Nobel Drive
San Diego, CA 92122

02/24/2023

10/03/2019

Know the difference....

10/02/2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=BBi7c9Jgl64&feature=youtu.be

CHINA has unveiled its 8,000mph nuke, that experts warn can breach ANY defence system, at its 70th anniversary parade. The hypersonic ballistic nuclear missi...

09/30/2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=kTq8SZWf74M

US Marine Corps Orders 25 More Bell AH-1Z Viper Attack Helicopters The US Marine Corps has ordered 25 additional Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters for $439...

09/26/2019

Throw some love....

09/09/2019

https://www.myhealth.va.gov/mhv-portal-web/naloxone

Learn how to prevent, recognize, and respond to an opioid overdose.

09/09/2019

https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/

Free, confidential support for Veterans in crisis and their families and friends. Call the Veterans Crisis Line at 1-800-273-8255 and Press 1 or text to 838255.

08/27/2019

https://santamariatimes.com/news/local/features/stories-of-honor---soledad-kennedy-qualified-to-do/article_e6f485f6-6a5f-5f18-8336-7d884139d68e.html

'Stories of Honor' is a series spotlighting veterans on the Central Coast, their lives, and their contributions to our country. If you know someone who is deserving of being featured

08/27/2019

https://www.pow-miafamilies.org/recognition-day-2019.html

2019 NATIONAL POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY September 20, 2019 will soon be proclaimed by the President as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Over the past several years, all or most of the 50 states...

08/26/2019

https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/are-you-combat-ready/

Take the Physical Combat Proficiency Test yourself and find out if you're "combat ready."

08/22/2019

You might be a jarhead if…

You’ve ever used the term “Oohrah” in any
context other than sarcasm.
Your dream home is base housing.
You’ve ever rolled pennies to buy beer on a week night.
You’ve ever sold blood to buy beer.
You’ve ever financed a tattoo.
You met your wife at a strip joint.
You and your roommate share the same woman.
Your kid has a high & tight.
You still have your full basic issue.
Your boot polish doesn’t come out of a
bottle.
Your cammies have more starch than your
potatoes.
You refer to McDonald’s food as “chow.”
You’ve ever bought your girlfriend a “bag
nasty.”
You’ve ever read your ‘Battle Skills’ book
for fun.
You still know all your General Orders.
You refer to E-2s as “My PFC,” or “Young
Devil Dog.”
You call your friends “Devil Dog.”
Your #1 credit reference is DPP.
You think your military training is
seriously worth college credit.
Your picture is outside the Career Planner’s office.
You have whitewalls on your head, but not
your car.
You don’t drink on duty section.
You have a star on your good cookie.(OR EVEN
HAVE A GOOD COOKIE!)
You consider going to the Roadhouse a night
on the town.
You think that officers fly planes because
they are too stupid to work on them.
You still know the words to the “Marine’s
Hymn.”
You say things are ‘good to go,’ or
‘outstanding.’
You haven’t been laid in over a year.
Your favorite game is Spades.
You think stuff like this should be done on
your own time.
You still imitate your drill instructors.
You do MCIs to better yourself.
You call cadence to yourself.
You get your haircut at the 7-Day Store.
You’ve ever given a period of instruction.
You’ve ever locked anybody on.
You use CLP as cologne.
You use Aqua Velva aftershave.
You iron your coveralls.
You have a dog named “Chesty.”
You have a blues cover in the back window of
your car.
You’ve ever done anything for love of Corps.
You display your rank on the windshield of
your car.
You press your cammies an hour after you get
them from the cleaners.
You think the Air Force is nasty.
You have a subscription to ‘Leatherneck
Magazine.’
You use the term “hard charger” on a subject
other than batteries.
You think your unit doesn’t PT enough.
You think Motrin cures things.
You wear your dogtags to the beach.
You’ve ever worked on a Harrier and truly
wanted to fix it.
You still use any drill instructor cliches.
You’ve ever been on a 3-day work detail
picking up dead fish by hand out of
a rancid lake under the hot August sun in
Iwakuni.
(You know who you are, stay strong my brothers.)
All your underwear still has your laundry
number on it.
You stencil your name on your jeans.
You refer to regular clothes as ‘civvies.’
You’ve ever ironed your sheets for field
day.
You practice rifle manual with a swab.
You get your hair cut once a week.
You’ve been to Whisper Alley.
You’ve ever worn out an ironing board.
You hang your dirty laundry from the foot of
your bed.
More than half of your wardrobe was
purchased at the PX.
You “quarter-deck” your kids.
You practice line training on your wife.
You argue with people about whether Paris
Island or San Diego was better.
You refer to your SNCOIC as ‘Daddy.’
You’ve ever called someone off leave for an
up gripe.
You use your seabag as luggage when you go
on leave.
You have a picture of the Commandant in your
room.
You wear your wooly pully with Levis.
You wear your all weather coat with regular clothes (or civvies).
The horn on your car plays the ‘Marine
Hymn.’
Your picture is outside the PX.
You’ve ever starved until dinner because you
woke up too late to go to the chow hall.
You pick up a woman in a bar and she takes
you to base housing.
You stay there. (refer to #76)
You have the misconception that you can kick
someone’s ass because they’re in the Navy.
If you’ve ever suggested that your unit goes
on a hump.
You’ve ever gone to a bar or dance club in
your blues.
You seriously think that your GI Bill will
pay for your college education.
You’ve ever slept with a WM.
You take your 782 gear camping.
You found CPL School motivating.
You can be found in ‘Shaboom’s’ or ‘Texas
Two Step’ every weekend. OR
(WHISKEY RIVER…..)
You like ‘Tun Tavern’ Beer.
You have a camouflage comforter on your bed.
You keep MREs around just in case you get hungry.
You go to the chow hall to meet women.
You think people should be court-martialed
for running into a building to avoid colors.
You’ve ever had razor burn on your head.
You signed the Chesty Puller stamp petition.
You’ve ever used the term ‘very well’ in
normal conversation.

08/19/2019

https://taskandpurpose.com/lego-marine-corps-air-station

This Lego Marine Corps Air Station has everything: F-35s, Ospreys, attack helicopters, bored Marines on duty and even a blue portajohn that's probably overflowing with brown bricks.

08/19/2019

An AH-1Z Viper attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit taking off during a strait transit aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer.