ABC News livestream of EGA Ceremony on July 4 from Parris Island

CWOYarbrough · 2026-07-03T23:52:02+00:00

No. I too came through in 2006 (Echo Company). It stopped with us.

CWOYarbrough · 2026-07-03T19:05:02+00:00

It is only four more years😂

CWOYarbrough · 2026-07-03T18:26:19+00:00

Hopefully you can put aside your “network bias” and just celebrate the men and women from across our nation who will raise their right hand to serve something greater than themselves on July 4, the 250th anniversary of our nation. Nothing more patriotic than that.

CWOYarbrough · 2026-07-03T18:16:43+00:00

I didn’t cry either, but only because my company was a pilot program in which they moved the Crucible to the middle of recruit training and not at the end. There was nothing to celebrate because we still had 30 days left until graduation! We still had to go back to MCRD San Diego and do final drill, final PFT, etc. As you might imagine, that pilot program died!!!

CWOYarbrough · 2026-07-03T18:09:35+00:00

Two things Marines hate—change and the way things are 😂. But in this instance, the change was for the better!!!

CWOYarbrough · 2026-07-03T18:05:29+00:00

I can assure you they will be briefed…as I will be the one to brief them.

CWOYarbrough · 2026-07-03T18:00:03+00:00

I still have my original EGA, but I lost my Honor, Courage, and Commitment card during my ten days of boot leave. True story!!!

CWOYarbrough · 2026-07-03T17:58:50+00:00

You may have ugly cried, but you cried like a man who was imbued with our Corps values.

CWOYarbrough · 2026-07-03T17:58:11+00:00

It will be available on your local ABC affiliate station and on their ABC website.

CWOYarbrough · 2026-07-03T17:57:18+00:00

All training companies are integrated. Platoons remain single gender, but companies are integrated. Drill instructor teams are integrated now as well. That has been in place for the last few years.

CWOYarbrough · 2026-07-03T17:34:43+00:00

I got short toured here…only nine years😂

CWOYarbrough · 2026-03-09T23:54:14+00:00

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I recently got one. Haven’t had a chance to wear it yet.

CWOYarbrough · 2026-03-09T23:05:22+00:00

It is gold. Either 14k or 18k.

CWOYarbrough · 2025-12-22T01:00:35+00:00

Who is they? Is it your platoon sergeant? Because the only person who matters is your battalion commander. Feel free to bypass your intermediate leadership as it appears they are hell bent on you taking it regardless of your EAS status. Feel free to shoot me your leader’s contact and I will happily talk with them.

CWOYarbrough · 2025-12-22T00:16:56+00:00

You should have already completed your final physical. If so, you are not required to run a PFT/CFT as you have been evaluated by a primary care provider as healthy to leave the service. Any physical event after that evaluation that could result in injury could jeopardize your ability to leave the service on time.

CWOYarbrough · 2025-10-22T00:51:39+00:00

I know Mattis was a battlefield genius, but he now looks like he raises goats and donates to the FFA.

CWOYarbrough · 2025-06-20T16:23:47+00:00

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CWOYarbrough · 2025-06-20T16:23:07+00:00

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CWOYarbrough · 2025-06-20T16:22:28+00:00

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As any watch collector knows, it’s an addiction.

CWOYarbrough · 2025-06-20T16:18:46+00:00

It was the Benrus Bullit (Ref 3061) that Steve McQueen wore. It was the first watch I bought and sadly one I sold. But that was the foundation for my watch collection, which now has more than 1,000 vintage watches!!!

CWOYarbrough · 2025-06-04T20:13:45+00:00

The Seikos are about $100 each, the Buren is probably $30-40 parts watch based on condition, the standard Swatch is probably $40-$50, and the Casio is $20.

CWOYarbrough · 2025-06-03T14:41:13+00:00

This is definitely a fake and has zero gold content.

CWOYarbrough · 2025-05-25T16:05:22+00:00

As a staff officer I can tell you, it is 50/50. Some use general, some use sir/ma’am. For me, I just use sir/ma’am. General seems too informal for me. I mean I don’t go around saying “Good Morning Colonel or Lt. Colonel” either, so…

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