Episode 28. Gunny Keyes

Gunny Keyes spent 20 years in the Marines.  He started as an 0311 and eventually designated an 0341.  Along the way he went on multiple deployments to 50 countries aboard multiple ships including being on the USS Peleliu across Asia and the USS Tortuga off the coast of Africa.  He talks about becoming a Drill Instructor and what that tour was like.  He later gets into his time spent at the University of Idaho as the assistant Marine instructor to train ROTC.  He brings up being a company gunny and standing in as a battalion 1st Sgt leading up to him retiring.   As always, we talk about the transition to civilian side.