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Next top enlisted Marine wants troops to remember why they signed up
« on: August 10, 2023, 08:04:44 am »
Next top enlisted Marine wants troops to remember why they signed up
By Irene Loewenson
 Aug 9, 04:12 PM
 
Sgt. Maj. Carlos Ruiz addresses the audience during a relief and appointment ceremony at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Louisiana, June 30. (Cpl. Jennifer Delacruz/Marine Corps)
Lately, Sgt. Maj. Carlos Ruiz has been telling enlisted Marines to reflect on what pulled them toward the Marine Corps in the first place.

Then he asks them to think about the moment when they first held the eagle, globe and anchor pin that signified they had officially become Marines.


“Did you cry?” Ruiz will ask.

“‘Of course we didn’t cry, Sergeant Major,’” is the invariable answer, according to Ruiz.

“No, you probably shed a tear, right?” is Ruiz’s usual response. “Because it felt like winning. And maybe some have not experienced the feeling of winning, or accomplishing something.”

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2023/08/09/next-top-enlisted-marine-wants-troops-to-remember-why-they-signed-up/
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Re: Next top enlisted Marine wants troops to remember why they signed up
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2023, 08:07:18 am »
Maybe he needs to think back to that time and decide if this is the same Corps he felt pride in when he first wore the pin.  I doubt he could honestly answer yes.
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The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth.  George Washington - Farewell Address
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