2/4 Association Newsletter Archive
This page provides access to the current and previous issues of the quarterly newsletter of the 2d Battalion, 4th Marines, Association. The newsletter is called the Sea Horse, after the centerpiece of the unit's insignia, shown above. The 2/4 insignia was created in October 1963 as directed by the Commanding Officer of 2/4, LtCol D.T. Doxey. The phrase "Magnificent Bastards" was added later by LtCol J.R. ("Bull") Fisher.
Traditionally, the Sea Horse has been printed and mailed to the members of the 2/4 Association. Since the beginning of 2002, it has been produced in the Adobe Portable Document Format. Documents in this format require the use of the completely free Adobe software called "Acrobat Reader." If you do not have Acrobat Reader currently installed, please look below for the link to the Adobe site from which you can obtain the software. Using the PDF format, the Sea Horse is available via the internet for anyone to read online or to download for local printing or on-screen reading. These are the documents available from this page.
Year |
First Quarter |
Second Quarter |
Third Quarter |
Fourth Quarter |
| 2008 | Q1 2008 | |||
| 2007 | Q2 2007 | Q4 2007 | ||
| 2006 | Q1 2006 | Q2 2006 | Q3 2006 | |
| 2005 | Q1 2005 | Q2 2005 | Q3 2005 | Q4 2005 |
| 2004 | Q1 2004 | Q2 2004 | Q3 2004 | Q4 2004 |
| 2003 | Q1 2003 | Q2 2003 | Q3 2003 | Q4 2003 |
| 2002 | Q1 2002 | Q2 2002 | Q3 2002 | Q4 2002 |
To read the Sea Horse in PDF format, you need Adobe's Acrobat Reader. If you do not have this software, you can obtain a free copy by clicking here.
To visit the home page for the 2d Battalion, 4th Marines Association, click here.
To visit Ken Sympson's home page for his book, Images from the Otherland, click here.