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New updating implementation for USMC Portal
Hi there. See you have been dropping in for a few edits on a semi-regular basis. Hope all is well and your are settled in an safe.

As my time on Wikipedia has been limited from time to time; and as Bahamut0013, who has been helping keep the USMC Portal updated, will be away for awhile, I've set up a "semi-automatic" updating scheme (based on the USAF portal). See the Portal talk page and the coordination page (at top of page) for details. Feel free to make some choices, at your leisure, for posting and create them in advance.

Love to hear your comments. &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 21:26, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! Haven't seen you around much lately, I hope all is well. Might as well mention it now: I'll be back in Iraq soon after the new year, at Al Asad Airbase. I hope to still be able to make some contributions while overseas, but you know that would be tenuous at best. Anyway, my best to you and yours.  bahamut0013 ♠  ♣   02:54, 27 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Wishing the same &mdash; a Happy Thanksgiving... and peace and safety. &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 12:47, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

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Image:A004.jpg
I want to feature Image:A004.jpg on the USMC portal sometime this summer, but I need a little more info than you gave in the upload form. The caption you gave was: "USMC convoys staging prior to going north into Portrush in March of 2003"... now, Portrush is a town in Ireland. I'm guessing that it's Kuwait somewhere, can you tell me exactly where? What unit you were with when you took it? I would appreciate it.  bahamut0013 ♠  ♣   02:00, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Robert Sherrod
Created Robert Sherrod. Thought you might be interested. Be happy if you could make improvements. &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 03:45, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

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new project
I'm planning to take on a project for the rest of the month, and I was wondering if you'd like to join me. I'm planning on replacing the award ribbons on various US military biography and unit pages with the new vector images. There is a .SVG file available for all US awards and most authorized foreign awards (see the templates: interservice, Army, DoN, USAF, USCG, and foreign). I'll also take the opportunity to replace ribbon rack images (where multiple awards are lumped into a single image) and create a ribbon rack table on articles that have a simple list (see example ). Are you interested in coordinating? If you are not, do you have any advice for me (I'm sure you've created many more biographies than I)?  bahamut0013 ♠  ♣   19:16, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

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Leland Lou Diamond
Did you know Lou Diamond or have any one in your family who knew him?? I was just curious because he is my great great uncle Lou. and I just wanted to know more about him because he died way before i was born. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.180.152.202 (talk) 01:18, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Question on the U.S. Air Commandos
Hello Looper, I had correspondence with a Mr or Ms GlubbDrubb querying that there should be references to the article but I responded that there were rather obvious references on the piece mentioned. I had no idea what he was talking about, and he said that you had done some sort of review on it. To reprint the conversation- [edit] 1st Air Commando Group G'Day (or night) Glubbdrubb. I'm rather intrigued by your message about citing sources, as I will paste below, the article has several sources listed [edit] Notes ^ p.176 Busch, Bryan Cooper Bunker Hill to Bastogne: Elite Forces and American Society 2006 Brasseys ^ http://www.explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=958 ^ p.2627 Various authors Marshall Cavendish Encyclopedia of World War II 1985 ^ Sikorsky R-4 history ^ a b Masters, John The Road Past Mandalay Michael Joseph (1961) ^ Yancey, Madonna United States Air Force Air Commandos 2000 Turner Publishing. p.6 ^ Yancey, Madonna United States Air Force Air Commandos 2000 Turner Publishing. p.20 ^ http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,897935,00.html I have noticed on many Wikipedia articles a message at the top saying an article needs sources, yet they are referenced at the bottom of the page. At first I thought that initially the message was put on before there were any sources, with someone later adding them. Here I've quite a few. Could you explain to help my understanding of a good Wikipedia article please?Foofbun (talk) 23:41, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

I must be honest and say that my entire basis for what I said was the review Looper5920 (talk) had given it. Citations and referencing is not my strong :point so I would suggest that you :take it up with Looper5920 or with one of the other members of the military task :force. I hope you resolve this issue so we can "upgrade" this article's grading. --Glubbdrubb (talk) 19:12, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

So, as I'm FAIRLY new or should I say not used to to Wikipedia quality, could you please elaborate why an article with many references needs references please? Thank youFoofbun (talk) 02:33, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Want to Help
Hello,

My grandfather is Lt. Col. Carl P. Writer who flew with the VMF-223 in WWII in the Pacific. He was shot down once and got back up in the air to fight. I have many photos, log books, etc. and he is still alive. I would like to add the information he has and photos if possible to Wikipedia. Don't really know what I am doing but I would think it an honor to get his information in there. Thanks for any information or guidance.

Jeffreywriter (talk) 21:16, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Philadelphia Police Department
I apologize, but I had to undo your edit that removed the brutality section. IMO, it may have been poorly worded and speculative, but I believe the editor is owed the opportunity to provide sources. I tagged it up pretty good and will be checking back on it for a week, then I plan to kill it. Again, sorry, especially since my gut agrees with you.

Nevermind then.

Vulture19 (talk) 05:26, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Speculation = Does not belong. I reverted your last edits.--Looper5920 (talk) 05:27, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Personally, I didn't think the original editor would have cited them, then I could have deleted it. But, I wanted to know the truth anyway. It's true. So to avoid an edit war, if I re-include the contested section and cite one of the incidents (from the New York Times), but leave the rest, are you going to revert it?

Vulture19 (talk) 05:57, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Hey
It's good to see that you are back and editing actively again. ERcheck and I have been doing some big work on the USMC portal, you should take a look: Portal:United States Marine Corps/navigation.  bahamut0013  words deeds   06:29, 21 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Nice to see the new articles you written. Note &mdash; for VMR-152, you had a typo - said they flew the KC130J.  I think you meant A model - I made that change.  &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 17:27, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

the 2/3 afghanistan picture...
that picture was taken at camp blessing...if you did not know... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.84.1.95 (talk) 05:59, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks for edit to VMF-142 re Christopher George
Howdy Just wanted to say thanks for your edits re Christopher George. I am working on the military biographical history of him and using Wikipedia to document many of my findings. I am also adding him to places/pages as appropriate. Thanks again, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Googleplex732 (talk • contribs) 23:54, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

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MCAS Santa Barbara
Suggestions for a new article &mdash; MCAS Santa Barbara. &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 03:55, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah it has been on my to do list. I'll get one started tonight.  Thanks for the kick in the butt.--Looper5920 (talk) 04:04, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much. Article looks great &mdash; and it links to many articles, so a good one to create.  I moved the military infobox down as it was causing havoc in the rendering of sections when I viewed just now. &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 16:12, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

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DYK for Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara

 * Congrats on this DYK. Glad you got to see it on the Main page, and with the top spot with image.  I nominated it when I saw it and hoped it would make it with the nice vintage picture. 98.200.138.70 (talk) 13:34, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

. &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 13:36, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks...didn't even realize you had nominated it until last night when they tagged it. A good incentive to start doing better articles again.--Looper5920 (talk) 13:37, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * It had a nice hook right in the intro, and that reference was right there. Those are the two items that make it simple to nominate and get selected. &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 13:43, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Need a hand
I recently expanded Marine Security Guard. However, the best reference, GlobalSecurity.org, is somewhat out of date. It lists only Companies A through G, when the official website lists contacts for H and I as well with no further data other than their existance. It also refers to former Soviet nations in fairly recent terms. I was wondering if you had a more up-to-date reference?? I'm sure some of the other data is quite outdated as well.  bahamut0013  words deeds   17:30, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Bio upgrades
I made some improvement to the Melvin Maas article. The Charles Tatum article needs a lot more work. Won't have time to get to it now; not as easy to get info. &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 02:22, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Did somethings to Bolt in your sandbox. Also took the liberty of sectioning your sandbox how I do mine when working on multiple article -- superheading for each - makes it easier to work on each article.  &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 00:12, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

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Another photo question
Can you tell me where File:VMM-162 Osprey on the tarmac in Iraq on April 1-2008.JPG was taken? I'm trying to compile a list of photos taken at Al Asad Airbase. Thanks!  bahamut0013  words deeds   17:12, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * It was taken at Basrah International Airport.--Looper5920 (talk) 14:36, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

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VMF-113 Photos
Hello, My dad served with VMF-113 during the Okinawa Campaign on Ie Shima and I have several photos of him that i would like to submit to the Wikipedia page on VMF-113, but do not know how to go about it. Can you help? Dabikes (talk) 21:45, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Bolt
Yes. Good candidate. How about...
 * ...that LtCol. John F. Bolt, Korean War Navy Cross recipient, remains the only U.S. Marine Corps jet aircraft flying ace?

&mdash; ERcheck (talk) 01:04, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll nominate if you'd like....or do you want to do it? &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 01:05, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * You are a better man than I...Throw it in the ring/--Looper5920 (talk) 01:16, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 14:07, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. Hopefully it makes the cut--Looper5920 (talk) 14:11, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

(outdent) Images I uploaded for you to use as appropriate: &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 18:12, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * File:JohnFBolt_C348324.jpg &mdash; Bolt in his F-86 - from NHC.
 * File:JohnFBolt_C348322.jpg &mdash; Bolt, climibing into his F-86 - from NHC.

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Marine Aerial Nav School
In the article on Marine Aerial Navigator insignia it indicates that MANS was closed, and that is my understanding as well. The article on Marine Aviation Training Support Group 22 seems to have the best account of the school, but does not mention it. I see you are a main contributor to the latter. Rather than make the alteration, I'm referring it to you. LilHelpa (talk) 18:34, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

What are your concerns?
I found little that was salvageable from the original article, but I did use some of the material to start the new writing...sort of like yeast to make it rise (lol). I had a fair offline start on the new article that I pasted in. And I just got tired of looking at an online mess.

If you take a look, you will see little notes hinting at future development. I do have several books to refer to, and I have my personal experience to help guide me.

Take a look, looper. If you still have some concerns, let me know. You may aim me in some good directions.

Georgejdorner (talk) 19:33, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Your participation in shaping the Forward air control article would be appreciated. Please see its talk page.

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Mumia
What are your specific concerns with my wording? Also note that I made several other changes to hyphenation later in the article; it's never a good idea to revert wholesale. DS (talk) 19:50, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The hyphens will live, God forbid they got reverted. It is also not a good idea to make wholesale changes to the introduction of an article that is known to be controversial without discussing it first.  Your wording completely changed the introduction and is a weasel attempt to portray Jamal's innocence in the introduction for the article of the man he was convicted of killing. --Looper5920 (talk) 20:05, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * You're quite correct in that I should have discussed it first. Not all criminals protest their innocence. This is a controversial case, though, and we should mention that. Did he kill Faulkner? I don't know. You don't know either. Only the people who were there know. We do know that he was convicted of it, though (and I find it interesting that you yourself said "the man he was convicted of killing" instead of the more definitive "the man he murdered"). Anyway, I've spent a lot of time reading our Wrongful Conviction articles; they really do a lot to one's opinion of the death penalty (oh, and for the record, I think that Faulkner's murder was a horrible tragedy). DS (talk) 20:25, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Bea Arthur Part2

 * Attention my fellow comrades. User:Chrisrus, has provided us with the site: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2PUgDa1jy4) in which Arthur is supposed to have stated (I say "supposed" only because my internet connection is so slow that I haven't looked at it) that she was never a member of the United States Marine Corps. We "must" look into this because if it true then her name must be removed from the List of U.S. Marines. Please take a look and make recommendations. Tony the Marine (talk) 00:35, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

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Haditha killings article edit
Your use of the phrase "words mean something" in your edit summary regarding your reverting of my edit to this article, in my opinion comes off as somewhat condescending in this context. Remember, there are in fact actual human beings out here who really are trying to act in "good faith"WP:AGF as editors in an attempt to help build a better encyclopedia. My specific reasoning for adding this article to the "massacre" category was the fact that the word is used in the first sentence of the piece as part of a descriptor of the event itself. I do have to disagree with your 'hard and fast' definition of the term; for instance, looking down the list of "massacres" included in the article List of events named massacres, it appears to me that there is quite a lot of room for manoeuvring. In that context, it appears to be validly applied to events ranging from the wholesale slaughter of tens of thousands, right down to the shooting of five people at the "Boston Massacre". Deconstructhis (talk) 18:49, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Replacing IMG:VMF(N)-544.jpg
Hello. I thought I'd check with the original uploader (i.e. you) beforehand, but would it be alright if I replace the current .jpg image of the Marine Night Fighter Squadron 544's insignia with a high-resolution, digital rendering?


 * Good work. Looks alot better than the pic of the old patch.--Looper5920 (talk) 05:48, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

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Portal
Thought I'd give you a heads up: Portal talk:United States Marine Corps.  bahamut0013  words deeds   16:11, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

With the Old Breed
Kudos on your recent edits. You've done a lot for the article. I hate to dispute other people's edits but I saw that section and knew it needed a distinct stylistic change, so I flagged it. I've been a Sledge fan for nearly 40 years, long before I read any of his books, so I really have to watch my edits of his articles to prevent injection of my own POV. (I really regret that my observations of his loving and kind counseling efforts for Viet Nam vets among his students is strictly OR.) I appreciate your clearheaded edits. Thank you.Trilobitealive (talk) 04:02, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Reserve unit assignments
With the deactivation of Marine Aircraft Group 46 last month, I've been able to figure out the disposition of its subordinate squadrons except for HMM-764. I think it may have deactivated with its sister squadron HMH-769, but there are no pres releases or anything to indicate as such. It's unit website still says it falls under MAG 46. Do you know?  bahamut0013  words deeds   07:48, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Some of your lists
Good day to you sir, I am attempting to get some of the USMC articles (particularly lists) up to featured status and I was pointed to a couple of yours relating to Active and inactive USMC aviation units and 1 in particular seems to be approaching FL status. That is the active aviation units one that you got to A class status. I made a couple of changes already and was about to make some more before I was stopped and pointed in your direction. Before I make the chanegs I will point some of them out and we can go from there. Please don't think I am critisizing your work I think you have done a fantastic job and I think this article is very close to featured list and most of these are minor changes. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. --Kumioko (talk) 16:59, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * There are quite a few dead links due to a recent revamp of the USMC homepage.
 * there are several sections that are a little spartan as far as content and before it gets submitted I think they should be expanded. Marine Heavy Helicopter Training Squadron for example.
 * The this is a list bit is deprectated so that can be removed.
 * The lead needs to be expanded a bit, including some info about what the marine corps is, aviation in relation to the USMC and some general info about the content of the aricle (how many active squadrons there are for example).
 * The references should come before the template.
 * Some of the units in the tables do not have a reference.

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Iraq War OB
You do realise, don't you, that the refereed sentence immediately above says that the JSOTF-AP is always organised around an SFG HQ - which would make it very likely that the units involved are Army SOF? Buckshot06(prof) 19:29, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Book and CAF article
Just thought you might like to know of a good book that I've read recently and thought you might be interested in:


 * - About Hornet's torpedo squadron which was almost completely wiped out at Midway but was reconstituted and served with the CAF on Guadalcanal. One of the best Pacific War books that I've read.

By the way, I'm thinking of moving and enlarging the "Operations" section from the CAF article into a different article called, "Air war over Guadalcanal" or something like that, so that it can cover the entire aerial part of the Guadalcanal campaign as well as both the Allied and Japanese sides. Please let me know if you think that's a bad idea. I still plan on helping finish the CAF article also. Cla68 (talk) 11:16, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

editorials?
Dunno if you have Marine One watchlisted or not, but I thought I'd draw your attention to some recent edits. The downright fascist web filtering we have on our net usage is blocking me from seeing these refs properly, and I'm dubious about just how encyclopedic a "helpful editorial" can be. It might also be better at VH-71 instead. Given that the user seems to be a SPA, I'm wondering is this might be some political axe-grinding. What do you think?  bahamut0013  words deeds   16:38, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Duncan D. Hunter awards
Do you have a ref for the awards you added to Duncan D. Hunter? Or were you merely making some educated guesses based on the biography?  bahamut0013  words deeds 16:54, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't have a ref for them. They are based on his deployments and times.  There are probably a few personal awards in there as well.  The only way to get that info would be to email his staff or get hold of his DD-214.--Looper5920 (talk) 17:15, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

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Fake veteran
Hi Looper! I've not edited in a very long time, but as you are a veteran, and still active here, I thought you might like to see this. There is a user named Hueydoc who has posted pics of himself in uniform wearing a bunch of ribbons and medals, to include the Soldiers Medal (for peacetime valor) and the Bronze Star. He has pictures of himself as a captain, then miraculously he becomes a Lieutenant Colonel in a pic from a year later. He has more rows of awards than a Banana Republic general, and is wearing a CIB, aviator (or aircrew) wings, airborne and air assault wings (which are positioned too low on the pocket), a slew of unit citations, and he looks to be way over-weight. A gallery for your enjoyment:

As you can see, as a severely overweight Captain, from pic 1 to pic 2, he has been awarded a Bronze Star, even though I don't see...

You know what, forget it. I will cut to the chase instead of listing everything that is wrong with this Jesse Macbeth wanna-be. First, you know better than me at this point who the vets are on here now, since I have been inactive for a while. Could you (no pressure) let them know about this guy and also if you are an administrator, is there a way get his user page of lies deleted? Or maybe we should let it stand - the Stolen Valor Act imposes a $5000 fine for a false claim of a Bronze Star, Soldiers Medal, etc...hehehe --Nobunaga24 (talk) 01:58, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It appears that his combat unit patch is for special forces, he's wearing aviators wings as well as infantry badges, and in the Lt Col photo is wearing jump wings from some foreign military that I don't recognize. Cla68 (talk) 05:45, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, it explains on his userpage that they're Canadian jump wings. Cla68 (talk) 05:49, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Draft verison of Battle of Battle of Chosin Reservoir
Hi, I see that you are the majot editor on the article Battle of Chosin Reservoir, would you mind to take a look of my draft rewrite for this article? I could really use some help on copyediting and another opinion to check whether my research is complete/NPOV. Jim101 (talk) 21:40, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

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Re:Good bio
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Well, maybe
It might actually be true that airmen are generally in better shape immediately after basic training than USMC recruits, perhaps because the AF recruits don't suffer as many injuries since most of their training is in the classroom instead of in the field. Based on my experience, however, they don't stay that way for very long. That goes for the officers too. I once had a boss (an AF lieutenant colonel), promoted below-the-zone, who bragged that she had never passed a PT test in her entire career. How's that for setting a good example? Cla68 (talk) 23:56, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

nudge
'Bout time, doncha think? :D

Haven't been seeing your name on my watchlist much lately, hope all is well with you.  bahamut0013  <sup style="color:#000;margin-left:-1px">words <sub style="color:#000;margin-left:-16px">deeds 15:25, 1 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Oh, FYI: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2009/10/marine_osprey_103109w/  bahamut0013  <sup style="color:#000;margin-left:-1px">words <sub style="color:#000;margin-left:-16px">deeds 06:40, 2 November 2009 (UTC)


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China Marine (memoir)
Hello, I've noticed that you make effective and well worded edits and have recently done so on With the Old Breed. If you're interested in helping clean up another article about another Eugene Sledge book, I've cobbled together an initial stub on China Marine which sorely needs both another viewpoint and the touch of someone who knows the English language better than me. If not, let me know if you know anyone else who's interested. I'll follow your talk page for a few days. Thanks for reading this. Trilobitealive (talk) 04:04, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note. I have read the book and will eventually make some edits but I am not in a position to do so for the next couple of months.  Sorry for the delay.  I only get to chack this every blue moon due to work.  Come April timeframe I ill be of more help.  Hope the holidays treated you well.--Looper5920 (talk) 10:26, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Hope things come out OK. "Work is the curse of the drinking class"-WC Fields. Thanks for the reply. Trilobitealive (talk) 16:25, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * When you get back to it the most trouble I had not adding OR was with the discussion of his hatred of the Japanese soldiers. I knew him in life, knew he had a number of Japanese students, and he spoke of Japanese professional associates and friends he highly regarded. He treated them decently and in a kindly manner but in his books he skims over this. He hated the Japanese army and its soldiers with an undying hatred but made scant mention of the honorable way he treated the Japanese on campus. You can't really see past his hatred to the love of humanity sometimes just from the writing itself. Trilobitealive (talk) 16:50, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

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Fallujah begining of 04
Hey man, I was just having a trip down memory lane and seen a picture you took of my campany (B) engaging shit heads in fallujah. I was wondering if you have any pics you can send to me from that time frame while with us? I was a Lcp. in 3rd squad at the time with 3rd plt. bravo co. I would like to have any or all the pictures you have of that time please. I hate to remember them shitty times but yet I just can't seem to stop thinking about and researching it ya know. my email is cortyc@hotmail.com thanks again man, stay safe, semper fi               Craig Cortes

Kupper
I'm really not sure. The claim that the MOPH chapter named after him is a bit dubious since thier website doesn't mention him aside from that really odd "citation," which I find just as dubious as you do. The service number (misnamed a "serial" number) given doesn't match the block issued during the time frame (they weren't issuing 2xx,xxx numbers in until 1936). I agree on the dubious nature of some of the other claims, especially teh Navy Cross; there would be some kind of record of that. The creator of the article hasn't edited anything else... I smell a possible hoax. I've tagged it with Hoax and will do more investigations.  bahamut0013  <sup style="color:#000;margin-left:-1px">words <sub style="color:#000;margin-left:-16px">deeds 12:41, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I've left some more thoughts on the talk page and emailed you a copy of the letter I typed up for your input. Please let me know what you think, I'm gonna hold of dropping it in the mail until I hear from you.  bahamut0013  <sup style="color:#000;margin-left:-1px">words <sub style="color:#000;margin-left:-16px">deeds 14:43, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thank you for your speedy improvements to the new article on Camp Kearny. I was disappointed to discover there was no article, merely a redirect to MCAS Miramar, so I created it on the quick. However, more input is needed from knowledgeable people like yourself. Thanks again. --MelanieN (talk) 01:38, 26 January 2010 (UTC)MelanieN

File copyright problem with File:Marble Mountain Airifield from above.jpg
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Hubert Joseph Kupper
I've nominated the subject article for deletion; see Articles for deletion/Hubert Joseph Kupper. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 05:02, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Concerning this edit: I sympathise with your desire to retain the mdy format, although I wouldn't buck an existing international format in a US military article if pre-existing (the battleships seem to be all international, per US Navy). However, the date should not be linked, and nor should common terms and common country-names such as the United States. More effective wikilinking if rationed to the uncommon, those that are useful to the reader in understanding the current article. Please see WP:OVERLINK. Thanks. Tony  (talk)  08:19, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

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AfD nomination of Flight Time
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 * Damn, I never imagined I would get so much heat for an AfD nomination. One of the reasons I probably will not volunteer for the RfA process (though I might reconsider if someone were to nominate me): it's very painful to be under that microscope. Your thoughts were made clear with the prod, I'd appreciate it if you could voice them on the AfD.  bahamut0013  <sup style="color:#000;margin-left:-1px">words <sub style="color:#000;margin-left:-16px">deeds 19:36, 14 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm being transferred to MASS-1. I'm guessing you've been with a MASS before? Do you have any words of wisdom for me?  bahamut0013  <sup style="color:#000;margin-left:-1px">words <sub style="color:#000;margin-left:-16px">deeds 00:42, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Marine Corps
I have noticed you do a lot of work on Marine Corps topics including the MAG-40 article and Operation Moshtarak. Are you in the Marines and possibly deployed to Afghanistan? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marine79 (talk • contribs) 07:01, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

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Question
I was adding the Medal of Honor Monument thumb to each recipient, ie. | Here, while doing this I noticed between all 4 of the Men's pages thier could be a little more "Uniformity" of thier "Citation" section ie. some citation headers missing, President's name/signature etc. Anyway, it occurred to me (while I was linking words within the Citation) that it is probably not apporiate to change the text of a Citation/Government Document of this type. Of course I'm not talking about actually changing any of the text but Linking the words within the document and seeing the "Blue" text in such a document, Just doesn't seem proper to me. I was "Wikifying" the section and still will work on them but I wanted to bounce this off someone before proceeding.  Mlpearc  MESSAGE  19:58, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * My personal opinon on this is to not add blue links to the citations and to let them stand on their own. Most of the time the information in the citation has been condensed into prose in the main body of the article with the appropriate links already provided.  Thus linking the citation becomes redundant.  That being said there is no Wiki policy regarding and I would say use your best judgement as long as the text of the citation is not changed.  Hope this helps.--Looper5920 (talk) 04:12, 5 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, I feel the same way, so I will work on them, (un-linking) them. I also agree most of the links would be redundant. Thank you for your input it has been very helpful.   Mlpearc   MESSAGE  05:32, 5 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Was working on the links as per our discussion above, I came across this Ref Here . I feel the same here also. I do have a idea, if someone see's the need for ref can't we not move it to the section header, that would still be appropriate place for "this" ref, I don't know if it appropriate to place Ref's at section headers, your thoughts ?   Mlpearc   MESSAGE  19:16, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

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Con Thien
Looper, if you want to make substantive changes to the Con Thien article or correct typos please go ahead, but there is no value in you going through my text and changing the dates from "1 May" to "May 1" or moving photos from gallery into the text body. Regards MZtourist.
 * The dates can go either way but the way in which you having been writing your updates almost begs for the dates to be changed so it reads more like prose and less like a day by day after action report. As for the images the Manual of Style and Image Layout Guidelines prefer that they be spaced throughout the article vice in gallerys which unnecessarily break up the page.  You'll notice that any decent article in this encyclopedia follows this.--Looper5920 (talk) 03:57, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

The way you moved the images in the Con Thien article put them out of context with the text which is why I adopt the gallery format. regards Mztourist(Mztourist (talk) 13:54, 10 March 2010 (UTC))

VPB-104 WWII Pacific Squadron
I'm excited to see activity on the page mentioned, but very concerned about some of your contributions. The current redirect of 104 to 24 greatly confuses the squadron history. I wonder if you would consider undoing the redirect so that the various incarnations of squadrons can evolve independently with cross links.

Please read all of the references in the original article before deciding whether to press for the solution you have proposed. As the |20:41, 24 November 2009 version of the article points out, there were many changes in the squadron number and mission over the years.


 * NOTE: each of those squadron numbers had very different missions. The mission of VPB-104 was very different from that of previous and subsequent squadron number reassignments. Each number flew different aircraft and most had different squadron commanders. Many also had different aircrews.

Your current redirect of 104 to 24 prevents history specific to each of the squadron numbers from being clearly described and clarified by additional researchers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jw4nvc (talk • contribs) 20:13, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

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Fortitudine
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