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Hello Everyone..my name is Dex..just signed up to this web site..just needing to know whats new and happenings in dumaguete..Its been my adopted hometown since a graduated from Cathdral High school..then took 2 years of Mass Comm from Silliman University...then came to the U.S. and join the United States Marine Corp..became a combat medic..now currently working has a paramedic at a local hospital (emergency room) here in the desert city called Tucson,Arizona..
I miss Dumaguete very much..

 

Hi Dex, how are you and welcome..

You joined the Marines and were a combat medic eh?

They sure must have changed things, you used to have to be a Navy HM to serve as a Marine Corpsman.

 

Welcom to the forum, when are you coming home ??

 

thanks Manzanita and Fozz...for Manzanita its always good to meet a former "squid"..i was a former 1st desert storm grunt...that was fun getting shot at..keeps the cardio pumping..second i think our payroll was under the navy..but dont ask any marine..he or she will just say..bull-sh##..the marines is the army..navy..airforce..and if their gung-ho about they might mention their the coast guard too..
Fozzboy are you local there in dumaguete...may plano ko mo-uli next year 2011..my oldest son plans to go into the Army..so we will all go by june next year...thanks again guys..

 

Hi, yes im living here now, and maybe we will meet one day for a chat and a cold one.

regards alan

 

whats up dex, what unit were u with in the early 90's? if u were a medic u were a corpman. what was ur mos?

 

7th marine rgt 29-palms..hm-8404 medic corpman..i wanted to be an mp..unfortunately at that time..my security clearance fell short(had to be an american citizen)i was just a green card holder w/ a visa..my gt score was high..ended training camp pendleton is was an fmtb at the time..its probably a golf resort now..thanks to a new implementation from the D.O.D...was cross-trained to be a combat medic...the medic in the past didnt carry weapons..with geneva convention treaty medics was considered a white flag(dont shoot)but then again we were going to war with saddam..have no ideal what he was going to throw at us..i do mean that figure of speech and literally...thus the intro of combat medics..(with weapons)..the paper trail was innsannee!!!i didnt know if i was under the corp..or some squid outfit..thanks for asking..i do envy your weather in cali..it sure beats 100 degree temps here in tucson..

 

just wanted to clarify that you werent a marine as you said you were. you were a navy corpman big difference but thanks for your service as a corpman for us marine grunts. also we are marines and we do not consider us anything else but a marine, not navy, not air force or army. semper fi. mario

 

Hello Dex,
Welcome to the site. I have been a member here since 07 but still have made few posts. I'm still busy being a firefighter/paramedic here in California...currently in nursing school as well.
I hope to be at least a semi-permanent expat there in the next couple of years, realistically.
Also: Thank you very much for your service, good luck

 

thanks mario..thanks jim..as well for your sacrifice and service.but have you heard or read the news lately..the military is laying off people...thats right laying off people from army to the coast guard..i heard from my fellow co-workers who's husbands and wives..station here at davis monthan..airforce base..it voluteers first..then commission officers..so if someone has 2 years left under the belt to retire i guess the military will pay you to leave early..so our 8.5% employement rate will drastically go to 10 at least that was the forecast..mario are you still in the corp? if you heard anything different hit me up>>jimf..are you from back home..(dumaguete) or anywhere in the philippines?...take care guys..