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Posted: 11/9/2011 8:18:48 PM EDT
The smoking lamp is lit.
http://www.marines.mil/usmc/Pages/2011MarineCorpsBirthdayBall.aspx Link has a wonderful 11:00 min video and the Commandants 236th Birthday message. Semper Fi my fellow Marines. |
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Happy Birthday fellow Devil Dogs
smoke em if you got em and beer all around |
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On November 10, 1775, a Corps of Marines was created by a resolution of the Continental Congress. Since that date many thousand men have borne the name Marine. In memory of them it is fitting that we who are Marines should commemorate the birthday of our Corps by calling to mind the glories of its long and illustrious history. The record of our Corps is one which will bear comparison with that of the most famous military organizations in the world's history. During 90 of the 167 years of its existence the Marine Corps has been in action against the Nation's foes. From the battle of Trenton to the Argonne, Marines have won foremost honors in war, and in the long eras of tranquility at home generation after generation of Marines have grown gray in war in both hemispheres, and in every corner of the seven seas, that our country and its citizens might enjoy peace and security. In every battle and skirmish since the birth of our Corps Marines have acquitted themselves with the greatest distinction, winning new honors on each occasion until the term "Marine" has come to signify all that is highest in military efficiency and soldierly virtue. This high name of distinction and soldierly repute we who are Marines today have received from those who preceded us in the corps. With it we also received from them the eternal spirit which has animated our Corps from generation to generation and has been the distinguishing mark of Marines in every age. So long as that spirit continues to flourish Marines will be found equal to every emergency in the future as they have been in the past, and the men of our Nation will regard us as worthy successors to the long line of illustrious men who have served as "Soldiers of the Sea" since the founding of the Corps. John Lejeune Lieutenant General U. S. Marine Corps |
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I raise a glass to all past and present. Never waiver Brothers, and let the enemy forever know who they faced by your actions...Marines. You are also never alone, as Marines from 236 years will always be by your side.
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Happy Birthday Marines. On of life's biggest sunrises is to go to a cake cutting ceremony and discover you are the oldest Marine there. The whole time you are standing up front you think back to your first cake cutting ceremony and think about how old the "Old Marine" looked.
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Happy Birthday, Marines.
Having served in both the Corps and the Army, that is instantly one of the biggest differences. A Marine would sooner forget his own birthday than November 10th. As a Soldier when the birthday of the Army is, and half of them will give you a blank stare. |
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Semper Fidelis
Happy Birthday to all the Marines young and old! |
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Happy Birthday Brothers!!! This will be a most joyous one for me, went over 20 on Aug 28 this year!!!.
Gunny |
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Happy Bday guys, I'm enjoying my time being embedded with you guys out here in Helmand. Keep fighting the good fight because I will too. Oh and thanks for choppering steaks in.
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236 YEARS OF KICKING ASS AND TAKING NAMES!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEVIL DOGS! SEMPER FI! TO THE CORPS! |
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31st MEU rahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
BLT Works while camp Hansen is on 96 |
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