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Happy 235th Birthday, Marines!
2010-11-10
Posted by:Frank G

#10  Happy birthday, and thank you.
Posted by: trailing wife   2010-11-10 23:12  

#9  Semper Fi...USMC 1997-present...Ooh-rah.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2010-11-10 22:39  

#8  I think this ties in nicely with the article yesterday about Ted Rall threatening to "take up arms." Go ahead, Ted: take a couple of shots at that Marine rifle platoon over there and lemme know how it works out for you.
Posted by: Matt   2010-11-10 18:35  

#7  Thank you Marines!
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-11-10 14:31  

#6  Happy Birthday to my fellow Marines!
Posted by: Bangkok Billy   2010-11-10 13:50  

#5  Ooorah to Bud and Charlie...
Posted by: tu3031   2010-11-10 13:24  

#4  Semper Fi, 1968-1975 USMC, USMCR
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2010-11-10 13:07  

#3  Now it was downhill all the way. Brushing aside roadblocks, snipers, and attempted ambushes, the two regiments crashed down toward Hagaru. Coming toward the friendly lines, some of the Marines tried to sing. Others marched in, erect, in column, picking up a cadence without order. Men so tired they could hardly stand, who had fouled themselves repeatedly from raging dysentary, who had frostbitten faces and fingers and who were weak from hunger, made one final effort - and marched in like Marines.

This Kind of War, Changjin Reservoir, T.R. Fehrenbach

Happy Birthday Marines.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2010-11-10 12:09  

#2  Y'all might find this interesting. I was ALMOST a Marine.

I enlisted the Navy in march 1966 and when we got to Great Lakes (Boot camp) we were all seated in a huge auditorium and they announced "As recruiting is down, You first ten are now Coast Guard, You second thirty are Now Marines, and the rest are Navy".
Well since I enlisted Navy, and as I wasn't in the first 40 all was well, then as we left A JG blocked the door and said Y'all are Marines too, we need more than thirty, I spoke up "I enlisted as Navy, I'm already sworn in, and either you move or I'm going to walk over you"

(I enlisted under a special program, as I was already a Machinist, I was an E-3 from the start, I didn't think the marines needed Machinists and figured they'd take it away)

He moved.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2010-11-10 10:57  

#1  kicking ass and taking names for 235 yrs
Posted by: Frank G   2010-11-10 10:00  

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