Marine Military Academy - Pass In Review Yearbook (Harlingen, TX)

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DRILL IN STRUCTORS When cadets think of MMA, they usually remember their Drill Instructor, who reflects. more than anyone else, the Marine Corps style of living emphasized in the Academy. ln fact, MMA wouldn't be MMA if there weren't a gravel-voiced DI or two sounding off, ''Alllll-lllllll-riggghhhttt,'' mister, hit the deck and give-me-tennn! As some cadets can testify, the DI can see through walls, has the tenacity of a bulldog and the hide of an alligator, bellows like a foghorn, owns ears like radar antennas, possesses a glance that shrivels, is held erect with a steel ramrod, and inside his breast pumps acid through a heart of a gentle lion. Yes, you'll always remember your DI. Maybe you didn't like him much, but you sure respected him! - it TQ, .xx wa rgi Qs? tl. A COMPANY CYSCT MORTON CYSCT Iames Morton USMC fRet.J Better known as Coach Morton because of his secondary duty as the head coach for football and track. lim Morton has been with the Academy since August, 1969. In 1948. he enlisted in the Corps as an infantryman and was first stationed at Camp Pendleton. As a member of the 7th Marines. he was involved in the filming of Sands of Iwo lima. starring Iohn Wayne. His acting career was shattered by real war when he was sent to Korea a year later. A member of the 'lst Marine Division, he landed at Inchon, and later took part in the cold fierce battle in the frozen wasteland of the Chosin Reservoir. He was also one of the first Marines to land in Vietnam, when he was a member of the 9th, Expeditionary Brigade. Morton spent 10 of his 20 year career as a DI at Parris Island, S.C., and for a time was Chief Instructor of the Drill Instructor School. In addition, fifteen years were spent playing on and coaching Marine Football teams. it r it it E EF if it ii i F' if s I :gi l R i i 'i l I I it I I if L. yr I l i it 1 r it U i r f r I t fi l I 1 i t 5 .-.x,.w.,,, 4

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QUARTER- MASTER After having lived in or visited in 62 countries during his 30 years in the Marine Corps, Master Gunnery Sergeant Charles F. Graustein has settled at M.M.A. as the new Quarter Master. With a background in Supply Q12 yrsj, and Comptrolling and Accounting C14 yrs.J, he is well qualified to cope with the problem of keeping track of all the supplies issued to over 300 cadets. In addition to this mammoth duty, he also controls the academy vehicle use schedule and stores the company rifles when they are not in use. Y R ,1

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1 A We B COMPANY MCYSCT COHAN Master Gunnery Sergeant Arthur B. Cohan fRet.l. Cohan joined the Marine Corps in 1958. After Boot Camp at Parris Island and Infantry training at Camp Lejeune, he attended electronic schools at Great Lakes, Illinois and San Diego, California. He became a missile maintenance technician, and worked with the Terrier and Hawk systems. After assignment in California, Texas and North Carolina, Sergeant Cohan went to Vietnam in 1964 with a Hawk Battalion. In 1969 he entered the year-long Hawk Supervisor School at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. He graduated first in his class, and was retained at the school as instructor. In addition to his teaching duties, where his achievements won him a Commendation Medal from the Army, he worked in curriculum development and multisensory teaching aids. He began work there as Technical Advisor to the Marine Liaison Officer in the Dragon Missile Program. C COMPANY MSCT MCLAUCHLIN MSCT Iohn C. McLaughlin USMC fRet.J..MCLHU8hl1n joined the USMC in 1954 and retired in April, 1976, aflfrr serving more than 22 years of active duty. Two weeks after his retirement Sgt. McLaughlin reported ahoard to run Charlie Company here at MMA. His last assignment on active duty was with the 3rd Light Aircraft Missile Battalion, Cherry Point, N.C. He has also served Wllh the 3rd Marine Division, the Base Brigade at Camp Lejeune, N.C., the 1st Marine Division at Camp 'v Pendleton, California, and as a Drill Instructor at Parris Island, S.C. and San Diego. He served with both the 3rd Marine Division and 1st MAW in Vietnam. 1 r a ... . . c rrtc t . , g . y L 9