The Reenlistment Ceremony - Terminal Lance

SPC Carl Davis
"It’s not unusual for Marines to be placed into some kind of miserable formation for a ceremony they’d rather not be at. Reenlistments are one of those, but with the added variable of being at any location of the reenlistee’s choosing. People can reenlist at home, overseas, on the sea, and even in the sea–the latter being a favorite among many that are stationed near a beach.

As the person being honored, I’m sure there’s no greater feeling than making everyone around you even more depressed and uncomfortable than they already are as enlisted Marines.

Personally, if I had reenlisted, I would have wanted my ceremony to be at a Buffalo Wild Wings, with the Uniform of the Day being rainbow PT gear and all-weather coats.

This is a moot point, however, as that was never going to happen."

CO advised me that a newly assigned Major's previous unit had awarded him an *everyone gets one* ARCOM (or similar) and to award it to him during weekend drill training. No sense reading aloud "attention to orders, etc, etc," and pinning the bling on a clean BDU, so had him the go *Into The Mud*-dy O-course first.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysd4frT83zo