A talk
with General Jones, Marine Commandant
Leadership lessons from the
modern military
General Newbold retires
MCRD San Digo considers future
Message To Garcia background
Message To Garcia text
September 11th
What President Bush is made
of
Osama's inter-cave memo (humor)
Operation Enduring Freedom
My cousin Troy's fighting the
war on terrorism
Marathon Pics
2002 BISHOP HIGH SIERRA
50 ULTRA-MARATHON PICS I
Augmentation
I was augmented on April
22, 2002.
June 15, 2002
2002 Big Sur International Marathon news stories
Perfect day, perfect marathon
Rookies escape ‘The Wall’
This is One Hurricane that
is an Uphill Battle
Salinas man takes 7th place
finish
The Winner by a Mile
A Run With a View
Tough Course No Match for White
2002 Armed Forces Eco Challenge call for action
Separating the Men from the
Little School Girls
Humor
Dog peeves
A dog's diary
A cat's diary
An email to the wrong wife
Little Johnny eats candy bars
(vulgar)
Women are complicated
Motivation
Tillman gives up NFL for
military service
Betting Against Your Own
Team
The Eagle, Globe , and Anchor
Canadian view of Marines
No Problem
You earned it FOREVER
What's in a name?
United States Marine
The Brotherhood
If you love freedom...
Always
Marine Corps Sayings
MISC
Earth lights A cool
bird's eye view of Earth at night (if the bird flys in orbit!!).
June 10, 2002
2001 Wild Wild West Marathon
The drive to the race
Night before the race
The race
The Pictures
The Big Sur Marathon pictures:
2002 BIG SUR INTERNATIONAL
MARATHON PICS III
May 10, 2002
Marathon
How it all started...
2000 Wild Wild West Trail
Marathon
2002 Big Sur International
Marathon
THANK YOU, WHOEVER YOU WERE
COMING IN FULL
MARATHONERS, START YOUR
ENGINES
CRAMP IN A MINOR
The Big Sur Marathon pictures:
My pics
May 9, 2002
Hang in there!!!
May 8, 2002
The Wildes Update
April 21, 2002
R. Lee Visits San Diego
Tanks
New Page for Major Phil Patch
Family Album
Carrie's family pic in 1988
when they all decided to wear blue
Carrie's high school graduation
in her living room.
Carrie's junior high picture.
I promised not to make fun of it because this
is mine.
My junior high picture (1982,
I think)
Another pic of my brother, Chris,
and I when we were little squirts (we had just gotten our
hair "feathered" and thought we were so cool!) (Seattle,
about 1980).
The second horror in the series
but with my Dad between us.
The night I proposed to Carrie
on Christmas leave in 1987
Carrie as a witch for Halloween
(2000). I officially point out that no snide comment is
being made here despite the immense potential for such comments.
PFC Grose with Dad right after
bootcamp (1987)
My little sister Annie (who eventually
went into the Navy) when she was about 2. (1982)
LCPL Grose, in Millington prior
to duty (1989)
April 20, 2002
September 11th
New Operation Enduring Freedom
Page
Some stories about Army
men being called to war.
A lesson on how to treat war
prisoners
They carried Sergeant Major
Curtin out of the rubble
The speech before the punch
Stretching the case for
inhumanity
Humor
The hapless stowaway
New doctornal terms
Cheerios
Political
An incredible letter from the
Kremlin to President John F. Kennedy
The Commandant is getting
a new job
Military
What is the Medal of Honor
worth?
Motivation
You never leave a man behind!!!!
A gutsy prayer
Father and son who are now
brothers also
March 14, 2002
Humor
The Hamster Emergency
Just funny one liners
Separate vacations
The sample jar
Yet annother Monica Lewinski
joke
You know it's gonna be a bad
day when...
I'd Like To See President Clinton
Are you a teen of the 90's?
No wonder it's so hard to learn
english
Hold me
Motivation
Letter of recommendation to
a former Marine of mine
The Bravest Man I Ever Knew
God Bless the Marines
Bag boy makes good
Mommy, what's a Veteran?
September 11th
Letter from a deployed Marine
Six Month Anniversary Columns
of Light
Ice Sculture of fireman and
angel
Family
The Annual Letter Tradition
The kids' reasons why they
should go with Mom on an emergency visit home
Misc
Bet you didn't know...
Not very Fonda Jane
More TBS quotes
The suspious old man
at the airport
Dec 30, 2001
Christmas
The Grose Christmas letter
2001
Humor
The Christmas Party
Very Expensive Rugs
The Dead Cat
New Marine Corps Classification
The Jar
Academic
THE GRAND ALLIANCE: COULD
IT HAVE SURVIVED?
Motivation
Marine Corps Graduation
ceremony gets full crowd
September 11th
Editorial from a Romanian
newspaper
Settling the score by David
Letterman
Marine, Always
Poem
The Devil Went Down To New York
City
Optical Illusions
Count the black dots
Say the color, not the word (really
tough)
How many legs does an elephant
have? ( I stared at this for many minutes)
The disappearing haze
Straight lines?
Moving circles (This is the coolest
I have ever seen!!!)
Dec 20, 2001
Carrie and I at the Marine
Corps Ball in Monterey, California, 2001
My mother and I at the Marine
Corps Ball in Monterey, California, 2001
We've reached the top...
Nov 24, 2001
A brand new page of all my academic
pursuits.
A new page dedicated to my stay at the Naval
Post Graduate School, Monterey, CA
The story of how I acquired our dog, Buster
Nov 23, 2001
Random stuff rolling around on my computer
The Top 100 books I would like to read.
The MSN Sucks!!! Read
my rant about my worst online experience to date.
Picture Archive
The Picture Archive
is back!! Here are all the Marine Corps graphics and
pictures you can stand!
Military
Happy Birthday to the Marine
Corps
Political
Reap what you sow
Motivation
Pledge of Allegiance
Red, White and Blue: love
it or get the Hell out!!!!
Humor
Friendship
Belated page dedicated to 911
Misc Files
The news breaks on the front page of The
Seattle Times. (requires Adobe Acrobat)
A tribute executable file: American
Tribute (~2 MB)
The attacks in all their ugliness.
(Power Point)
Terror Pictures
The explosion as one of the
towers is hit
The second plane flying into
the tower
The devistation at ground zero
Aftermath Pictures
American eagle shedding a
tear
American eagle ready to
fight
A proposed plan for the new
WTC
The Marine Corps colors
still flies proud in the midst of disaster at the Pentagon.
Priceless
The flag is draped over the
Pentagon
Firemen raising Old Glory at
the WTC site
Political cartoons
Eagle sharpening talon
Strained restraint
Plucking feathers
I'll take it from here...
Reactions
President Bush's address to
the Nation
What A Bunch of Idiots!!
by Jason D. Grose
You hit the building but missed
America
Where was God in all of this?
If there is a God, where was
He?
Unspeakable Bastards
You Oughta Know
German sailor emails his thoughts
Germans show support for USA
The value of "Semper Fi"
Tributes
I Now Have Four New Heroes
by Jason D. Grose
President Bush gives and gets
deserved respectrved respect
Misc
Good Question
Humor
Beware of the "Elevens"!!!!
Sept 29, 2001
Commissioning pictures on the promotions
page Pictures
Standing in the UW NROTC wardroom
with absolutely no rank on. This was just prior to the ceremony
and I was a bit nervous.
Carrie joins me for a similar
picture.
My mother pinning on my bars
as Carrie looks on. Alex, my son is standing in front of
me.
Carrie pinning on my bars. My
brother-in-law, Jeff, is standing in the background.
Taking the Oath of Office. Can
you tell which one is me?
Family
My brother Chris when he was about
7
Still shots from Full Metal Jacket
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman yelling
at Cowboy
University of Washington NROTC
Me in the opening ceremony of
a Seahawks Vs. Packers game
Sept 28, 2001
Buster the Wonderdog Page
Humor
Relatively Speaking
The Funeral
True Stupidity
Presidential Three Stooges
Strange Sex Laws
Malespeak
Long Life
Raggot: This might be one of
the funniest things I have ever read
Motivation
Old Geezers
Depressed
April 22, 2001
Fan mail
A great chain of events as
a result of an article I wrote called "Rolling the Threads"
Humor
New Men's Products Based On
Viagra
The Blonde and the Car
The Blonde on a Walk
Two Blondes Arguing
The Blonde with Red Ears
The Blonde and the Hailstorm
Don't Let Me Be Late
A Better Boy
Show Him the Money
Daddy's job
Adam and Eve
Last Request
Arresting Mom
Quiet in Church
Ten Commandments
Side of Ribs
Redneck Ingenuity
Tanks
10 Ways to Know You Just Got
Back from the Field
Adjutant stuff
10 Ways to Know You are
an Adjutant In the Field
Rolling the Threads: My
most successful newspaper article yet
A Strange Reaction to the
"Rolling the Threads" article
A positive reaction to the
"Rolling the Threads" article
Gulf War Stories (Yes, finally getting to them again)
Adak, Alaska
Scuds and Suds
Coming Home, part 1
Coming Home, part 2
Here is a short excerpt from
Rob Doyle's memory of the homecoming. He wrote it to me
after I sent him this story and it backs up a little of
what I have written.
March 10, 2001
Humor
Buttface
Oops, no underwear
An Explanation of God
Adjutant stuff
Mayhem: The Aftermath
of my Son's Birthday (Newpaper article I wrote)
Military (general)
I AM AN ARMY OF ONE, AND I
SUCK!
A NASCAR perspective
FAQs
Officer requirements
and physical fitness in the Marines
Bootcamp stories
Bootcamp stories by Cameron
McCurry
Crack Pipe
The Big
Scare
Rifle Range
Office
Hours
Cruible
Motivational
Run and Base Liberty
Graduation
January 30, 2001
Humor
Life's Most Embarrassing
Moments
Hillbilly Magic
Books you will never see
The boots
The Beer Prayer
Tonto
Basic Laws of Getting Older
NROTC
Professor Jon Bridgman
Adjutant stuff
The Systematic Buzz Phrase
Projector
Military (general)
From the Voice of the Vice
President Dick Cheney
Leadership by Email
December 30, 2000
Enailed
A new section about all those
random emails you get: these are some of the few good ones
Humor
Some real good celebrity quotes
Tanks
The 1999 Halloween pics
Motivation
Philosophy for life: filling
the jar
NROTC
My favorite college professor:
Professor Bridgeman
Famous
Pictures of the 27th Commandant
at the 1999 Marine Corps Ball
Family
New pics on Alex's page
New pics on Carrie's page
New pic on my page
December 24, 2000
Military (general)
Col Hackworth attacks modern
Army training
Motivation
From the battlefield to
the football field
FAQs
Email explaining Officer
promotion and "frocking."
Family
New pics on Steph's page
December 17, 2000
The long-awaited year 2000 Christmas
letter
Military (general)
Heros of the Vietnam Generation
Humor
If Santa honestly answered his
mail...
Attention Wal Mart shoppers...
What I am thankful for by Jason
D. Grose
Political Page (New)
Thank you, Democratic
Party
November 24, 2000
My new Toon page
Facts
The dollar bill
Fan mail
Super site for years: email
from Capt Rock
Private Rong Liu finishes
bootcamp
My son is going to bootcamp
TBS questions
Military (general)
Soldier hung out to dry
Motivation
You are blessed
A special visit to the
Iwo Jima Memorial
Drew Carey on the Tailhook
scandal
General Patton's great speech
Humor
What's Logic?
Goin' to heaven?
Potentially versus realistically
Spiders
Great pick up lines
Still frisky... sort of
Good Christian humor
Adjutant stuff
A review of a great book I
read: "Flags of our Fathers"
Q&A about Infromation Technology
Management
Links
A new link to the Marine
Embassy Guard Association
Sept 16, 2000
On my Gulf War page, the
Galleries page was updated,
specifically:
Camp Life pictures IV
Camp Life pictures V
Camp Life pictures VI
Camp Life pictures VII
Camp Life pictures VIII
August 30, 2000
FAQs
The Value of An Honorable
Discharge by the SGTMAJ of the Marine Corps
Fan mail
Money isn't everything
Motivation
Today's Military
To My Child...
Humor
Governmentium
Hummer Bummer
That mean old Gunny
Revenge is so sweet
Painting Sisters
Old Is...
Broken Brunette
Skippy!
Scout Letter Home
Chinese Sex Therapy
Ladies' Bumper Stickers
Adjutant stuff
The Changing Face of Marine
Corps Administration
Total Force Administration
System article
The Future of Total Force
Administration System article
Administrative Excellence
by LtCol Jack Rickman
MCTFS: The Workhorse
July 15, 2000
On my Gulf War page, the
Galleries page was updated,
specifically:
Camp Life pictures I
Camp Life pictures II
Camp Life pictures III
July 12, 2000
On my Gulf War page, the
Galleries page was updated,
specifically:
Ship Life pictures I
Ship Life pictures II
Singapore-from-afar pictures
Ship life III
July 3, 2000
More fun facts
Bumper sticker-like sayings
Cute Little Jokes
19 More Ways to Know if You are
a Tanker
A Motivating yet somber Coming
Home
No, the Marine Corps is not being
absorbed by the Army!!!
A pic of me at Seaworld
A funny pic of Stephanie's ID
pic from her Disneyland annual pass
My latest (and meanest) command
picture
June 18, 2000
My experiences in the Lone Pine
Wild Wild West Trail Marathon
The Best card Alex ever made for
his Mom's birthday
The Best card Alex ever made
for his Daddy's promotion
Gulf War galleries: pictures
from my expereinces during the Gulf War
June 10, 2000
Fanmail
Another reason I maintain a
webpage
No, thank YOU!
Marine FAQs
Air Force or Marine Corps?
Humor
Science in action
Dog rules
Test if you can handle having
kids
No wonder english is so hard
What doctors write on charts
Yo mama so FAT...
The health club
Facts learned from kids
The General says "Show me the
money!"
28 ways you know you were a
Tanker
Motivation
Two stories
Don't mess with a Marine!
Different
Adjutant
Retaining Adjutants in
the Marine Corps
Marine Corps Knowledge
Slogans over the years
Mottos over the years
Colors over the years
Traditions you might
not know
Honors to the band
Marine Corps animals
Marine Corps daily ration
April 22, 2000
Fanmail
Inspiration and Motivation
Safe to Sleep at Night
Expect Nothing Less
Marine FAQs
Make a Decision!!!
Kids in Bootcamp
Humor
The Chicken and the Egg
One more blond joke.
The 80s were cooler than the
90s
Top 25 Country Songs
Cobra Pilots
Changing Oil
A Little Too "OOHRAH"
The General's Ears
The CIA Test
Old Corps Sergeants
The Corps: Then and Now
A Woman's random thoughts
An Application to Request to
Date My Daughter
Motivation
219 Reason to Love the Corps
Iwo Jima Memorial Speech
Brother to Brother
What Will We Do With All The
Money?
Old Corps PFT
Adjutant
My Article on the Marine Corps
Band visiting 29 Palms
February 27, 2000
Facts
More fascinating facts
Humor
Tax letter
Will the blonde jokes ever
end?
The Balloon Joke
Duelling Irish
The most dangerous phrases
Baby Boomers: The '60s vs.
the '90s
The Male Dictionary
Motivation
Marine Corps quotes
In Gratitude to the Marines
A Mother's prayer for her
Marine
Marine Training Doesn't Wear
Off
February 20, 2000
Picture Archive
Family album
TBS Page
Updated Adjutant page with my
best work-related links
February 12, 2000
Headlines Part 2
Church bulletins
Top Dog
Filmogrophy of R. Lee Ermey
The New Bill of Rights
My "Best Man" speech at my best friend's
wedding (Rob Doyle)
THE speech from A FEW GOOD
MEN
February 6, 2000
