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Title: Today is the Marine Corps' Birthday. And I Could Not Be More Proud.
Post by: rangerrebew on November 10, 2018, 12:43:36 pm

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

Title: Re: Today is the Marine Corps' Birthday. And I Could Not Be More Proud.
Post by: rangerrebew on November 10, 2018, 12:44:52 pm

 :lotsosmileys:   :flag:

Title: Re: Today is the Marine Corps' Birthday. And I Could Not Be More Proud.
Post by: Gefn on November 10, 2018, 01:01:59 pm

 :patriot:

Thank you.

Title: Re: Today is the Marine Corps' Birthday. And I Could Not Be More Proud.
Post by: Maj. Bill Martin on November 16, 2018, 07:20:07 pm

Just sobered up from my Birthday Ball Saturday night.

A good time was had by all.