Hello there, and thanks for visiting us at the LowCarb Marine!

My name is Richard (that's me on the left in Viet Nam, 1969, when I was 19 years old).  I served on active duty in the U.S. Marines from September of 1968 to August of 1972. In my four years in the Corps I traveled all over the orient, achieved the rank of Sergeant (E-5) and was nicknamed "Skip" by my marine buddies as a result of my habit of slathering peanut butter on my C-rations rations to make them taste better. (It worked!) I did a 13 month tour in Vietnam from July 1969 to August 1970. My qualifications for blogging about the Marines and the Low Carb Lifestyle comes from my personal experience with both.