November 10, 2018
Today is the Marine Corps' Birthday. And I Could Not Be More Proud.
It’s a great Corps—it is my tribe—and I could not be more proud of it. Semper Fidelis, Marines! Happy 243rd birthday.
by Dakota Wood
“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother…†-Shakespeare, Henry V, Act IV, Scene iii
Among the Marine Corps birthday celebrations I recall from my twenty years on active duty as a U.S. Marine, the one I remember most fondly took place in 2004 at a training command at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri—a large Army base that hosts training in various specialties for all of the services.
At that time, the Marine Detachment was the largest permanent detachment in the Corps, numbering some three hundred permanent personnel and training upward of seven thousand Marines each year after they graduated from basic training.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/today-marine-corps-birthday-and-i-could-not-be-more-proud-35807
