Stephen and Elaine Biddulph: Service to Our Country

Our 20-year service in the Marine Corps was truly an honor. Both wonderful and challenging to young newly-weds inexperienced in the world, we embraced it with enthusiasm. We were determined to make it through intact and together. There were times that we thought the grass was greener on the other side and were tempted to get out, but Stephen loved leading and influencing young men and women for good, and we couldn't think of any occupation that offered the fitness, diversity, and opportunity for growth as did the Marines. So we stayed. Below is a capsulized summary of service:

Commission January 19, 1971 at Brigham Young University.
The Basic School at Quantico, Virginia March - September 1971.
Basic Artillery Officer School, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma - October 71-January 72.
11th Marines, First Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, CA.
First ANGLICO, South Vietnam (Easter Offensive) - May-August 1972.
First Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, CA - Oct 72-June 74.
Marine Barracks, NAS Whidbey Island, Washington - 1974-1977.
Advanced Artillery Officer School, Ft. Sill, OK - Aug 77 - Feb 78.
10th Marines 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C. - March 78-July 80.
3rd FSSG, Okinawa, Japan - July 80 - July 81.
Naval Amphibious School, Coronado, CA - July 81 - July 84.
Marine Officer Instructor, NROTC, University of Utah - July 84-July 87.
Series Commander, OCS, Quantico, VA (summer 1986).
11th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, CA - July 87-June 88.
Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity (MCTSSA) - July 88-Nov 90.
Retirement November 1990 at MCTSSA.
Awards: Silver Star, Purple Heart, Meritorious Service Medal, Naval Achievement Medal, Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, Combat Action Ribbon.
Deployments: Northern Wedding Bold Guard (1978); Anorak Express (1979).
Member of the "Blue Nose Society of the Order of the Numb Friends League," associated with crossing over into the Arctic Circle. I think that is where I lost my hair. It froze to death!