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The Pink Marine by Greg Cope White
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The Pink Marine Platoon
At first glance, you may think me the inveterate bon vivant (which I am) and not the man in camouflage who can command troops and hit a target five hundred yards away with an M16 (which I can do). 

Back when I was a skinny,  insecure nineteen-year-old, I enlisted in (actually, I snuck in to pass the physical) the pre-DADT United States Marine Corps. To be honest, I had no idea what I was doing joining the toughest branch of our armed forces and even lied on the enlistment papers about my sexuality. I had to; being gay in the military was illegal--
out was not in.

I wasn't planning on having my private life exposed in this hyper-masculine military world. I got to boot camp burdened by the secret of being gay. Talk about camouflage! Midway through the thirteen weeks of recruit training, the struggle to survive and become a Marine trumped my fear of being found out. 

In fact, my platoon was full of wild characters -- including other recruits and drill instructors. Everyone came in with some feeling of being different. I served with guys  who had been pre-judged for the color of their skin, for their weight, for their poverty. The battle for acceptance is waged on many fronts.


I wrote this book of Marine Corps boot camp stories to chronicle my mishaps and adventures during my time in service, and to give some form of hope to  those struggling with acceptance. I am proof that we can do anything we want to, with training and dedication. And a sense of humor. Kirkus  Reviews informs readers  that his book is "a coming of age story." I enjoy speaking to the Young Adult and Contemporary reading audiences at his live events, on television and radio shows,  and in correspondence. 

Today, I write 
television and host a show on Food Network, How did I go from serving in the USMC to serving up pie on television? The Marines make everything possible. 

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ABOUT GREG COPE WHITE

Author, blogger, television writer, actor,  world traveler, and inveterate bon vivant, Greg Cope White is a former sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps, now battling it out online and on television.

He served six years in the Marines, achieving the rank of sergeant. Truly a glutton for punishment, he went on to complete Officer Candidate School over the course of two summers after boot camp—effectively completing basic training three times.
  

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A SAMPLING OF INTERVIEWS

Former TMZ host Brian McDaniel chats with Greg on a recent episode of Obviously
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Greg joins mega-watt bright host Krys Boyd on NPR to discuss The Pink Marine.   Click here to listen...


UPCOMING  EVENTS

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Saturday & Sunday, February 18-19 - Los Angeles, CA
Cookie Con - LA Convention Center
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GREG  RECORDS THE PINK MARINE FOR AUDIBLE

Audio Book now available! Greg had to audition to get the job of reading his book , but he got the part. Whew!  Please listen to a sample, then download. 
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See Greg talk about The Pink Marine Live in Studio at Huffpost Live in New York City.

The Pink Marine is ALL BUSINESS as a cover story on Bloomberg News.

Greg bakes a cake and takes that cake to discuss The Pink Marine on The Frank DeCaro Show.

Greg speaks to Queerty Magazine in this candid interview. 

Greg gets in bed with Audible producer and sexpert Susie Bright o her podcast to go between the sheets & explore the steamer side of sex in the military. 

Good Men Project finds that The Pink Marine book "applies to any man, any person, gay, straight, military, civilian, poor, rich..." 

Publishing guru Jane Friedman asks Greg for "insight into the differences between writing for the page and writing for the (small) screen."


Find out when Greg says about writing, "You get in bed with the devil, but sometimes the sex is pretty good." On  Angie Coiro's Show.

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