Comments on: Marching Marines

By: kaleb krimmel

kaleb krimmel — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:13:34 +0000

First up marines don’t wear white (unless winter) so thats a big problem make this “real”

By: lameck

lameck — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:17:29 +0000

please in feuture try to make google earth people to view closer

By: Cpl Castillo

Cpl Castillo — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:54:49 +0000

If I remember correctly, it was Dec 2004, not 2005. But close enough. Yea, every class would go up there and change it to their respective school house title. When Seidel, West, Dolan Ercolano, and Sgt Green and myself went up there to change it to read “ESETC”, I thought it would have been changed before we even left 29 Palms.

This brings back so many memories. Oorah and Semper Fi to all my fellow classmates and school house instructors.

22’s FOR LIFE BABY!!!

By: Cpl Seidel

Cpl Seidel — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:22:36 +0000

The “ESETC” is still there from DEC 2005. 3 classmates and myself wrote it up in the sand before we graduated on 15 DEC 2005. I am suprised it’s still there because other classes us to change it to their own class title.
Oorah Cpl Castillo, Cpl West, and PFC Dolan where ever you guys are…

By: SSgt Burke

SSgt Burke — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:31:28 +0000

Stiv Rot-I work on MCAGCC 29 Palms. As a matter of fact I work as an instructor for ESETC. In case you are curious what it stands for: Electronic Switching Equipment Technician Course. It is a subdivision of the Marine Corps Electronics Maintenance School in 29 Palms.

By: Stiv Rot

Stiv Rot — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 02:06:58 +0000

I found writing that sais “ESETC”. If you want to see it, bare with me. You’re going to need the program Google Maps to zoom in real close. To the south-west of the marching marines is the HQ. West of the HQ is some kind of town. On the east side of the town is a large set of pipes with two silos to the north. One is bigger than the other. Move to the larger silo and zoom in faily close. Scroll eastward and you will see the letters written sideways in sand.

By: Stiv Rot

Stiv Rot — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 01:51:54 +0000

Consider how large rucksacks are. They are enormous. They can easily appear to be large sumbreros. The dots caught my eye mainly because they were brighter than the area around them. This is easily the case often seen in desert camoflauge. They are however a little too far apart. When travelling in the day time you should be 5 meters behind the soldier in front of you so that a machine gun cannot spray 10 soldiers down at once. They look like they are 10 meters away from eachother, but that can easily be their preference.

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 06:25:00 +0000

They could be Marines wearing 5ft wide white sombreros. Or they could be rocks.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:12:53 +0000

I can almost assure you that those aren’t Marines walking. You see tracks, because tanks and AAVs move through that area, but almost certainly not Marines on foot. Those are down range areas for large guns. The tanks and AAVs go through there only at specific times with cold ranges.

Aside from that, the helmets would have to be enormous (and not cloth covered as previously stated). Looking at the main portion of the MAGCCTC, you can barely make out any people at the available resolution. Spotting a Marine’s reflective bald head would be easier there than in the center of the desert picture.

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 01:18:59 +0000

Eh, regardless its something to look at and think about rather than doing work!