Talk:Wayne Rollings/@comment-65.27.240.220-20170606061656

I served as a radio operator for General Rollins with C Company 1BN 6th Marines, 2nd MarDiv. The finest leader I have ever served under. In life, there are just a few people that make such an impact on a person that changes their life. He had that with me. As a boot recruit out of PI in 1975, our first company formation,  then Captain Rollins assembled us in front of the barracks. He asked if any of us had any concerns regarding their service to this point. I stepped forward and said that I was told I would get into communications out of boot camp but I was disappointed that I was only a grunt. He told the gunny to go to the comm shack, and get a PRC25 radio. He called me to the front, had the gunny strap the radio on me, said, Mc*****, you are now my radioman, you are now in communications, and the Marine Corp hasn’t let you down! Thank you Skipper!