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2022-11-10 -Land of the Free
Happy Birthday USMC - 247 Years - Semper Fidelis
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Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-11-10 12:35|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ]  Top

#1 Happy Birthday Devil Dogs !
Posted by Besoeker 2022-11-10 12:53||   2022-11-10 12:53|| Front Page Top

#2 
Posted by DarthVader 2022-11-10 12:55||   2022-11-10 12:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Lewis Burwell Puller video.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-11-10 13:03||   2022-11-10 13:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Happy B-Day Marines!

Besoeker -- Off topic but I've gotten pretty good views of Ospreys in flight the last couple of days. I'd rather walk.
Posted by Matt 2022-11-10 14:09||   2022-11-10 14:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Happy Birthday to my fellow Marines. Always a day to reflect on 35+ year friendships and true camaraderie.
Posted by Bangkok Billy 2022-11-10 15:57||   2022-11-10 15:57|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ I know it can be trite and annoying to say thanks for your service but: Thanks for your service.
Posted by Matt 2022-11-10 16:07||   2022-11-10 16:07|| Front Page Top

#7 Anyone who wants my Osprey ride is welcome to it.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-11-10 16:09||   2022-11-10 16:09|| Front Page Top

#8 ^^ Thanks Matt. My best friends are Marines to include my twin brother (Matt). A few went on to high rank (a Col and a current 2 star). Me and others did our 4 years (plus reserve time) and enjoyed every minute. I'm fortune in my current work I still work w/ Marines on MSG duty at embassies.

It is not something we do - it is something we are. We don't "join" - we become.
Posted by Bangkok Billy 2022-11-10 16:14||   2022-11-10 16:14|| Front Page Top

#9 Marine

Muscles Are Required. Intelligence Not Essential.

:p

From a US Army 11B.
Posted by DarthVader 2022-11-10 16:33||   2022-11-10 16:33|| Front Page Top

#10 ^^pretty cheeky coming from an 11 Bang Bang… ;)
Posted by Bangkok Billy 2022-11-10 16:40||   2022-11-10 16:40|| Front Page Top

#11 Hats off to this Marine, who I knew when I was very young. He won the Navy Cross on Iwo Jima for some truly insane actions, but he would never tell you about it. Just a good man I've never forgotten.
Posted by Matt 2022-11-10 16:50||   2022-11-10 16:50|| Front Page Top

#12 But a Navy officer I knew thought the Marines had no business being a separate branch of the service, since they were "just assault troops for the Navy." That's one perspective.
Posted by Matt 2022-11-10 16:53||   2022-11-10 16:53|| Front Page Top

#13 The Marines claim that the Navy is just their Uber service. Yeah, well, I've never taken an Uber ride that provided air cover, gunfire support, medical support, resupply, etc., etc.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2022-11-10 18:35||   2022-11-10 18:35|| Front Page Top

#14 pretty cheeky coming from an 11 Bang Bang… ;)

That is because I typed it in my assless chaps.
Posted by DarthVader 2022-11-10 19:22||   2022-11-10 19:22|| Front Page Top

#15 The USMC was a foundational cornerstone for the rest of my careers, in the USMC, Law Enforcement, the US Army and Homeland Security. Pride, Confidence, Competence, Courage, Fortitude and a wicked ability to mock almost anything.

To quote Eleanor Roosevelt: “The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!”
Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-11-10 19:46||   2022-11-10 19:46|| Front Page Top

#16 Happy Birthday, USMC!
Posted by Frank G 2022-11-10 20:05||   2022-11-10 20:05|| Front Page Top

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