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First and always formost, I'm a retired Marine Corps Major who started his military career as a Private. As a Staff
Sergeant, I was selected to Warrant Officer and then commissioned as a Limited Duty Officer in the grade of 1st Lieutenant.
I may be a metal artist but I will forever be a Marine.
You can find this site again by typing in www.usm-c.com or search for Semper Fi Project.
The aircraft and art that I build out of metal is directly supporting my Sailing Vessel Semper Fi solo non-stop circumnavigation
project.. I generally reserve what I make for my supporter of the Sailing Vessel Semper Fi Project.
Below are some of the items that I've made for other project donors. If you look in the catalog tab to the left you
can see many of the items that I've made. I would like to have your support for this fist ever Marine, solo, non-stop
circumnavigation of the globe under sail. More improtant I'm not asking for your outright donation, however I won't
turn it down either. I want to work for your support. Let me build something for you that will bring back memories
of that special aircraft or helicopter you flew, perhaps it's an M-60 tank with your profile outside of the turret.
I can do text to personalize the project for you. Some of my clients live in apartments or condo's and want a coat rack
either in profile or frontal view, not a problem. I've done a lot of helicopters with an external load hook just made
for that heavy winter coat.
So come on, step on board and become a supporter of the S/V Semper Fi's solo non stop circumnavigation of the world adventure.
Here are some of the things that I've built.
Weather Vanes...aircraft and western themes.
Wall Art...both interior and exterion display.
Mail Box Posts...aviation and western themes.
Dock Signage...sailboat, names, etc..
IF YOU DON'T SEE WHAT YOU WANT, PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL. Because, if
you can dream it, I can probably design and build it.
Why do I create metal art? Good question! In life we all have dreams and asperations. Mine is simple,
I want to be the first to do something that few have ever accomplished. If few have accomplished it already, then how
can I be first. Please first consider these points of interest. Since 1953 over 1,500 folks have climbed Mount
Everest. Since 1969 twelve Americans have stood on the moon. Since 1894, that's right 1894, a mere 115 years, only
12 Americans have completed a solo...non-stop circumnavigation of the world under sail. None
have been a Marine. So, I can be the first...Marine to sail solo...non-stop around the world.
I started doing metal art to finance this adventure not as a business but through your donations. I'm always
thrilled to receive flat out donation, but I'm also prepared to work for your support. Most project like to give you
a hat or shirt with the project logo on it. If that's what you want, I'll take care of that. However, I would
rather let you select something that I've built or will build expressly for you. I think that is a far more personal
gift in response to your support of project "Semper Fi". Instead of a hat or shirt, I get to build
something that you really want and will use. The nice thing is that I built it using the same tools that I currenly
use to build sailboat parts. Depending on the size of the items, sometimes I can use scraps that are left over to build
it for you. In which case it's like having a part of the sailboat as a momento of your support for the project.
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