OJ,

This turn of thread reminds me of what Gunny Martin told all of us
Midshipmen before we left our NROTC unit for summer cruise.

There are three documents your must NEVER, under any circumstances, let out
of your sight or secure possession until you reach your next duty station:

* Your pay record.
* Your shot card.
* Your Shellback certificate (if you had one).

--
Mike Kanze

"You're never too old to become younger."

- Mae West


"Ogden Johnson III" wrote in message
...
"Red Rider" wrote:

(AirNavalGunfireLiaisonCompany). While training at Camp Lejeune NC, I
noticed something unique about their way of conducting a pay day. Of
course
they had the standard pay officer, also the corpsman checking shot
records,
pay guard, etc. but the 1st Sgt. was seated next to the pay officer.
Everytime a man that had a fine from NJP (Marines call it Office Hours)
the
1st Sgt would announce the amount of the fine in a loud voice. The pay
officer would loudly count out the money to the Marine. Then the Marine
had
to pay the fine to the 1st Sgt, who would then announce again in a loud
voice that he had received a payment of $XXX from "so-in-so". And that
this
was whatever payment of whatever total fine that "so-in-so" had received
for
his crime which was __________! But it wasn't over. The 1st Sgt would then
turn to the pay officer and announce that he had collected the fine for
etc.
from "so-in-so" for doing "whatever" and would then announce that this
was
payment X of X payments etc. Then the pay officer would tell the 1st Sgt
that on behalf of the Marine Corps, the Dept of the Navy, the Sec of
Defense, the President, and the people of the United States of America
etc.
that he accepted payment X of X payments for the crime of X committed by
'so-in-so.

Everyone enjoyed the show, except the individual paying the fine.

Wasn't a USMC-wide practice, nor, as of 1961 - 1962, a CLNC or
2dMarDiv-wide practice. OTOH, there was nothing in those days
precluding a CO, company, battalion, or even regimental, from
establishing such a practice. Dunno who was training you
[2ndANGLICO?], but it doesn't surprise me. Every unit I was ever
in did different things as "standard" on cash pay days. Some,
such as the periodic shot-card checks, Navy Relief/CFC
"encouragements", carried over to the check era. Periodically,
instead of your Platoon Sergeant or Shop NCOIC in aviation
handing you your paycheck on the 5th/20th, the whole unit would
muster along with a battery of corpsmen, your health/shot records
at their side, ready to administer anything up to and including
GOK what. Or to be lectured by the poor SLJO stuck with running
the CFC campaign.
--
OJ III
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