I'm on the far left side. I'm pointing with my right hand at the finger of Charlie Harris who had gotten his hand burnt on the hot barrel of his M-14 rifle during a fire-fight with a 'Search and Kill Recon Patrol' that we ran into up in the northwestern portion of South Viet Nam that you can get without going into the North. We killed and brought back a dead Chinese advisor to the NVA that was assisting them as an advisor to search out, hunt down and kill us, as we were really tormenting them. We had a seven man Force Recon patrol out there hunting them down and killing them with artillery, air strikes, B-52 strikes and whatever else we could call in on them. We had located over a 1,000 NVA on that patrol, along with tanks and everything else they could roll down the Ho Chi Ming trail.
Charlie was the only one that got 'wounded' and got a purple heart for it, ha. But, we were just glad to get back alive and with bringing back that dead Chinese advisor, thus proving for sure, that the Chinese were in it also. Right after that, Hills 881 and 861 broke out and those tanks that we discovered, later sat right on top of the Special Forces camp at Lang Vei (closest US camp to Laos).I was ordered too pull out my platoon/team right after that. We were finally relieved after being up there since that January through the end of March of '67. We proceeded down to Phu Bai from there and that's when I got hit in camp with a mortar attack and got hit in the right back shoulder with a '82 mortar (April 28th, 1967). But I stayed in country and stayed with my company right on through without going home. Hard shit, huh, ha! These guys were and are my Hero's! They literally saved my life (my ass) that day. There's quite a story to this one patrol that needs too be told one day!
  
This was taken as a 'Night Out With the Boys' when I was the Platoon Sgt. of
Delta Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division at Camp
Reasoner down in Da Nang, RVN. I believe I was joking with them and at the
same time issuing guard duty orders (if I remember correctly) as to who was
the outposts perimeter; who had the 'Sniper' duty that night with the
'Starlight Scope' and who was manning the .50 cal Machine-Gun (protecting my
ass, hee, hee). Again; these are some of my hero's.

This is me coming out of a submarine (forward torpedo room and escape hatch) while submerged about sixty to ninty feet. I was acting as a 'safety diver' on this one. This is the time that I rode the diving planes (like riding a whale and hanging on too its right dorsal fin).
  Taken in Chu Lai around Nov/Dec '66 where we lived out on the beach. That's me (the only one with a hat on again). This is the 3rd Platoon, 3rd Force Recon Company. One of the greatest platoons ever assembled in Marine Corps history. We only lost two of our guys over there in Viet Nam, and that was after we had already spent a year over there together. Not bad....2 out of 16.
My time with PADI as a staff instructor (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) when we were operating there out of Point Loma, San Diego back in '80 ~ '83.

Lawrence E. Keen

Lawrence Keen, retired Master Sergeant (E-8), having served 23 years continuous active service with the United States Marine Corps (U.S.M.C.) and having completed 30 years service for official retirement in 1987. Highlights of specialty operations training and certifications to include that of:
- U.S.M.C. Amphibious Reconnaissance Indoctrination Course, Camp LeJeune, NC and at
Fleet Marine Force Pacific (FMFPAC) Landing Force Training Command (LFTC), U.S. Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, CA.
- U.S.M.C. Mountain Leadership Course (winter/summer), Pico Meadows, CA.
- U.S.M.C. Water Safety/Water Survival Course, Quantico, VA.
- U.S.M.C. Airborne Jump Master Course, Camp LeJeune, NC.
- U.S. Navy Academic Instructor-Trainer Course, U.S. Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, CA.
- U.S. Navy Underwater Swimmers School (scuba - open & closed circuit), U.S. Naval Station,
Key West, FL.
- U.S. Navy 2nd Phase of Basic Underwater Demolition School (BUDS) (scuba - open & closed circuit),
U.S. Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, CA.
- U.S. Navy Submarine Buoyant Ascent & Escape Trunk Operator Course, U.S. Naval Station,
New London, CN.
- U.S. Navy Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) Training Course, U.S. Naval Air Station, North Island, San Diego, CA.
- U.S. Navy Class "A" School, Communication Technician Course, U.S. Naval Station, Imperial Beach, CA.
- U.S. Navy Small Boat Handling, U.S. Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, CA.
- U.S. Army Parachute and Ranger School, Ft. Benning, GA.
- U.S. Army Recondo Course, Saigon, RVN.
- U.S. Army Jungle Warfare School, Panama Canal Zone, Panama.
- U.S. Army Electronic and Communication Intelligence Gathering Course, USASA, West Germany.
- U.S. Border Patrol Tracking/Stalking Course, San Ysidro, San Diego, CA.

Overseas deployments consisted of three combat tours in South East Asia with the U.S.M.C. FMFPAC 1st & 3rd Force Reconnaissance Companies and 1st & 3rd Reconnaissance Battalions. Combination of duties during these periods included that of long range reconnaissance patrol (LRRP) team and platoon leader, combat operations/information center (COC/CIC) recon liaison officer and reconnaissance indoctrination program (RIP) coordinator. As the RIP coordinator, instructed techniques in planning and preparation of patrolling, map and aerial navigational, utilization and coordination of close air/aerial and artillery assets/support, tracking and ambushes, demolitions, quick fire/quick kill methods with various firearms, helicopter inserts and extracts (both stealth and emergency), patrol insert methods (parachute, scuba, water entry's by helo, swimming, rubber boats or submarine), intelligence gathering, prisoner snatches and communications. An additional duty performed was that of helicopter insert and extract/emergency extract non-commissioned officer (NCO). Further overseas deployments to other various locations around the globe included assignments with the FMF, Atlantic 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company and 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion in the Mediterranean Sea and Caribbean Islands. Also with the FMF Atlantic 2nd Radio Company/Battalion, stationed in Morocco, North Africa, West Germany and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Served as an instructor at the FMFPAC, LFTC Amphibious Reconnaissance Branch at the U.S. Naval Amphibious Base in Coronado, CA. Taught and certified reconnaissance Marines and Army Rangers in amphibious reconnaissance techniques which included all of the above mentioned in the RIP course taught in the RVN including many other subjects associated with training needs. Lead instructor- trainer in the U.S.M.C. aquatic program and water safety/water survival instructor course taught at the FMFPAC LFTC, Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, CA.

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Presently working for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the northern Seattle area of Washington State. Present job description and assignment includes public awareness, education/information officer, exercise/training officer and administering the budget for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) in Washington State. In those past years and to the present, have excelled in meeting and coordinating with all levels of military, Federal, State, local county community leaders and public personnel. An enthusiastic and capable coordinator/instructor in all aspects of teaching technical and non-technical subjects, training and consultant work. Skills include participating or serving as a host, conference/meeting organizer, public speaker, facilitator or recorder. Thoroughly experienced in positions requiring program and project management requiring the ability to allocate personnel and budgeting while utilizing human and material assets to their maximum potential.

Has a Masters Degree in the Science of Education (emphasis in curriculum) and a Bachelors Degree in Business
Administration. Served twelve years with the San Diego American Red Cross on their Safety Board of Directors, as an Instructor-Trainer. Taught and certified qualifying instructor-trainers and instructors in the subjects of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Multi-media First Aid, Advanced First Aid, Advanced Lifesaving and Water Safety Instructors Courses. Assisted the San Diego American Heart Association as an instructor-trainer in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Immediately upon retirement from the U.S.M.C., was hired and worked as a staff member of the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) located at that time in Point Loma, San Diego, CA. Served as a local law enforcement officer in the ski resort area of Angel Fire, New Mexico. Was a member of both the Taos, New Mexico Search and Rescue Team and the Angel Fire Parachute Search and Rescue Team (only one in the United States South West at that time and present). Married and enjoy traveling, backpacking, swimming, snorkeling, scuba diving, exercising, challenges and working with professionals.