By Cruncher Staff on
6/17/2009 9:08 AM
Our condolences to the families and friends of WWII Marine Veteran, Mary Necko.
 
Corporal Mary C. Necko...
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By Cruncher Staff on
6/8/2009 6:57 PM
Detachment 260 held their 1st annual Luau at their June Monday night meeting.
A touch of Hawaii hit the monthly meeting with a island cuisine meal, Hawaiian music, Hawaiian shirts and dresses. The luau theme was simply to get away from it all for one night. The 65 members that showed up enjoyed a great evening with no shortage of camaraderie.
Major Wynn came by to bid his last farewell and introduced us to the new Inspector Instructor, Major Lopez.
The entertainment committee con’d several Marines in to dancing for tips followed by two Marines in Hula skirts raising over 500 dollars...
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By Cruncher Staff on
5/25/2009 9:37 PM
 
As part of the annual tradition in Greensboro, The 260 and the staff at I&I Greensboro join in for a flag raising at Friendly Center Shopping Center. Veterans and Patriots...
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By Cruncher Staff on
5/25/2009 6:42 AM
 
North Carolina’s Only Memorial Day Parade! Festivities begin with a wreath laying ceremony followed by a parade featuring military dignitaries and equipment. Military displays, Veterans and Patriots filled the streets. Several Marine Corps League Detachments...
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By Cruncher Staff on
5/20/2009 9:46 AM
Memorial Day 2009 Thomasville, this is the only Memorial Day Parade in the State Thomasville, NC
Downtown May 25, 2009 Schedule of Events
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By Cruncher Staff on
5/19/2009 1:57 PM
 
(Left to right Gunny Crawley, Gunny Thompson, Gunny Tall, Major Gregory Wynn)
As many of you are aware there are changes in staff taking place at I&I Greensboro.
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By Cruncher Staff on
5/14/2009 9:39 AM
To honor all of those who have fallen in their Detachment the Greater Greensboro Detachment 260 out of Greensboro, North Carolina has voted to change the name of the detachment to the Fighting 260. This decision comes after a unanimous decision of the members and will come effect over the next year. Bill Moss the founding Commandant supports the change, stating that it is a name most appropriate for the wide range of service of members in the detachment. The 260 currently has a membership of Marines from every conflict since WWII including all current conflicts.
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By Cruncher Staff on
5/6/2009 9:44 AM
I&I Greensboro will soon have a new Inspector Instructor, Major Irma Lopez coming from the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Major Lopez will replace Major Gregory Wynn a long time contributor to both the Marines in the Triad and the Greensboro community.
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By Cruncher Staff on
3/31/2009 11:18 PM
The Gravel Cruncher originated in 1972 by Bill Moss the founding commandant of The Greater Greensboro Detachment 260 now known as "The Fighting 260". As Bill and a few of his new Marine members were trying to decide what to call the Detachments News Letter they where walking down a gravel road wearing their old "boon dockers" from the Corps, Bill said "Hey Listen" and the only sound was the gravel crunching under their feet, thus the news letter became the Gravel Cruncher.
The Gravel Cruncher has won numerous awards thru the years including the MCL National First Place Newsletter Award for battalion size detachments. The Cruncher once a news letter later became a magazine and now here we are in the 21st century as a syndicated news blog.
The staff of the Gravel Cruncher are now extending their expertise to develop better communications and news reporting for the State of North Carolina and other Marine groups that the League supports.
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By Cruncher Staff on
2/24/2009 7:26 PM
With the reissuance of the Purple Heart stamp, the Postal Service honors the sacrifices of the men and women who serve in the U.S. military. The Purple Heart is awarded in the name of the president of the United States to members of the U.S. military who have been wounded or killed in action. The medal is the oldest military decoration in the world in present use and the first award made available to a common soldier. The stamp features a photograph by Ira Wexler of one of two Purple Hearts awarded to James Loftus Fowler of Alexandria, VA, who was battalion commander of the Third Battalion, Fourth...
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