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Posted: 11/10/2011 4:36:05 AM EDT

[#1]

Happy 236th Birthday Brothers.

Posted: 11/10/2011 4:46:08 AM EDT

[#2]

I will drink many for those before and after me tonight ;)

Posted: 11/10/2011 4:57:30 AM EDT

[#3]

Long live the United States and Success to the Marines!

Posted: 11/10/2011 5:03:38 AM EDT

[#4]

A BIRTHDAY MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS

For ten years now, our Corps has been engaged in continuous combat operations against those who threaten the security of America and our allies. We turned the tide in the Anbar province of Iraq and continue to see success today in southwest Afghanistan. While it has come at a cost.. . we have much to be proud of.
This past year in operations around the world including humanitarian disaster relief, counter-piracy, theater security cooperation, special operations, counter-insurgency and many more, you continued to solidify our place as America's Expeditionary Force in Readiness. Since the Continental Congress created two battalions of Marines 236 years ago, our legacy as an ever-ready, ever capable, victory producing organization remains intact.
Our rich heritage of selfless service and fidelity to Nation and to one another lives on in all who currently wear the Eagle, Globe and Anchor - those who have answered the clarion call to duty with remarkable courage, dedication and unshakable resolve that Marines are so well known for. To all Marines - past and present - and especially to our families ... I extend my deep gratitude for all you have done and all you continue to do.
As we celebrate our 236th birthday, let us look forward to future challenges whatever they may be - and reaffirm our pledge to be America's premier crisis response force; to be the first to fight. .. Always ready for the toughest and most challenging assignments.
Happy 236th Birthday, Marines!

Semper Fidelis,

James F. Amos
General, U.S. Marine Corps

Happy Birthday and Semper Fi,

Noah

2111
E6
USMC, USMCR '72-'86

Posted: 11/10/2011 5:10:17 AM EDT

[#5]

Semper Fi!

Happy Birthday, Brothers!

Posted: 11/10/2011 5:10:36 AM EDT

[#6]

Happy birthday to US!

Posted: 11/10/2011 5:14:51 AM EDT

[#7]

errrrrrrr

Posted: 11/10/2011 5:15:57 AM EDT

[#8]

Happy Birthday brothers and sisters!

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Posted: 11/10/2011 5:17:14 AM EDT

[#9]

Oorah! Happy birthday to my fellow Uncle Sam's Misguided Children.

Posted: 11/10/2011 5:18:39 AM EDT

[#10]

Semper Fi.

Posted: 11/10/2011 5:19:05 AM EDT

[#11]

Happy Birthday fellow Green Amphibious Monsters.
Paris Island Class of 79, 3rd Battalion H Co. platoon 3083

Posted: 11/10/2011 5:20:28 AM EDT

[#12]

From: Barrett SgtMaj Micheal P
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 18:56
Subject: Happy 236th Birthday Marines

MARINES AND SAILORS,

FOR 236 YEARS MARINES HAVE GONE WHERE THEIR COLORS HAVE GONE, AND HAVE DONE SO WITHOUT ASKING WHY.

MARINES HAVE BOARDED SHIPS AND FIRED THEIR MUSKETS FROM ATOP THE RIGGINGS; CONDUCTED NEO'S FROM EMBASSIES AROUND THE WORLD; EXECUTED TACTICAL RECOVERY OF AIRBORNE PERSONNEL; BEEN ASSIGNED TO MTT AND BUILT PROVISIONAL SECURITY FORCES AND EXCEUTED SUCCESSFUL VILLAGE STABILITY OPERATIONS; BEEN IN DIRECT ACTION AGAINST OUR NATIONS ENEMIES.

YOU'RE WRITING NEW PAGES AND ADDING CHAPTERS IN THE CORPS HISTORY BOOKS. YOU'LL BE IN THE CHAPTERS RIGHT BEHIND. THE FIRST AMPHIBIOUS RAID ON FOREIGN SOIL IN THE BAHAMAS IN MARCH 1776, UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE CORPS' FIRST COMMANDANT, AND AFTER FIGHTING THROUGH [THE WHEATFIELDS] OF WWI / [THE ISLANDS] WWII / [FROZEN MTNS] KOREA / [JUNGLES] VIETNAM / [RUBBLE] BEIRUT / [OIL FIELDS] DESERT STORM / [MEAN STREETS] SOMALIA / BOSNIA / IRAQ / AND TODAY IN AFGHANISTAN.

WE CAN SPEAK OF THE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT OF CPL JOHN MACKIE, OUR CORPS 1ST MOH RECIPIENT OR 3DBN 7THMAR CPL JASON DUNHAM'S OR MOST RECENTLY SGT DAKOTA MEYERS.

WE'LL NEVER FORGET ABOUT THOSE THAT HAVE GIVEN THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION OF WHICH 1,168 HAVE BEEN MARINES SINCE THIS WAR ON TERROR HAS BEGUN AND THE MORE THAN 12,700 THAT HAVE SHED THEIR BLOOD...

A MINUTE DOESN'T PASS WHERE THE CMC AND I ARE NOT WOW'D BY YOUR SELFLESSNESS, EFFORTS, ENERGY, ENDURANCE AND COURAGE.

AND TO OUR SPOUSES/FAMILIES YOU REMAIN STRONG AND FOCUSED, AND NOT A DAY GOES BY WHERE YOUR TREMENDOUS SACRIFICES ARE NOT KNOWN AND CHERISHED,

PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR BROTHERS, SISTERS, SONS AND DAUGHTERS FORWARD DEPLOYED, MAY THEY CONTINUE TO DO BRAVE DEEDS AND ENDURE.

THE CMC AND I ARE HUMBLED AND PRIVILEGED TO SERVE SUCH MAGNIFICENT AMERICANS.

THANK YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND SEMPER FIDELIS!

SGTMAJ BARRETT

Posted: 11/10/2011 5:22:50 AM EDT

[#13]

Thank you for your service

Posted: 11/10/2011 5:26:32 AM EDT

[#14]

Baddest mother fuckers out there

Posted: 11/10/2011 5:29:20 AM EDT

[#15]

Semper Fi, my Green Brothers! You are the greatest ever!!!

Posted: 11/10/2011 5:42:00 AM EDT

[#16]

Happy Birthday Marines, Present and Past, Living and Fallen.

Posted: 11/10/2011 5:48:16 AM EDT

[#17]

Semper Fi brothers. Gonna have me a drink to my fallen friends when I get home and think about all the good and bad times. Could be a 750 ml night we shall see.

Posted: 11/10/2011 5:48:18 AM EDT

[#18]

Semper Fi, my brothers and sisters.

Here's yours truly front lower left holding the trophy as the platoon high-shooter back in the day:

And one of my favorite pictures of Marines "in action":

Posted: 11/10/2011 5:50:42 AM EDT

[#19]

SEMPER FI!!

Posted: 11/10/2011 5:58:58 AM EDT

[#20]

Happy Birthday USMC!

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Posted: 11/10/2011 6:23:29 AM EDT

[#21]

I suppose its okay to share my birthday with the Corps, since they came first.

Semper Fi, Marines.

Posted: 11/10/2011 6:29:43 AM EDT

[#22]

Happy Birthday to my brother and sister Marines!

Posted: 11/10/2011 6:31:45 AM EDT

[#23]

Posted: 11/10/2011 6:35:53 AM EDT

[#24]

Happy Birthday Devil Dogs !!

Semper Fidelis

Posted: 11/10/2011 6:43:34 AM EDT

[#25]

Ooh-Fuckin'-Rah, Leathernecks...

Posted: 11/10/2011 6:47:52 AM EDT

[#26]

1978 -1999

Oooh - Rah!

Posted: 11/10/2011 6:49:01 AM EDT

[#27]

Happy birthday Marines.

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Posted: 11/10/2011 7:44:23 AM EDT

[#28]

Happy Birthday to all Marines, and to my Buddy Red, Rest in peace.

Posted: 11/10/2011 7:48:04 AM EDT

[#29]

We need to figure out who the oldest and youngest Marines here are.

Posted: 11/10/2011 7:50:20 AM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:

We need to figure out who the oldest and youngest Marines here are.

Where's Fadedsun at?

Posted: 11/10/2011 7:53:47 AM EDT

[#31]

Ooorah! Happy birthday Marines.

Posted: 11/10/2011 7:53:52 AM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:
Happy Birthday to all Marines, and to my Buddy Red, Rest in peace.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d200/Jerrschmitt/Navy/doghuntprep073.jpg

Hand-in-pocket... Like a BOSS....

Posted: 11/10/2011 8:02:41 AM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Happy Birthday to all Marines, and to my Buddy Red, Rest in peace.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d200/Jerrschmitt/Navy/doghuntprep073.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d200/Jerrschmitt/Navy/doghuntprep151.jpg

Hand-in-pocket... Like a BOSS....

Required form back in the 50's for match shooting.

Posted: 11/10/2011 8:07:59 AM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Happy Birthday to all Marines, and to my Buddy Red, Rest in peace.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d200/Jerrschmitt/Navy/doghuntprep073.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d200/Jerrschmitt/Navy/doghuntprep151.jpg

Hand-in-pocket... Like a BOSS....

Required form back in the 50's for match shooting.

I'm sure it was. I don't have a problem with hands in pockets...

Posted: 11/10/2011 8:13:27 AM EDT

[#35]

Happy Birthday Marines.... 236 years of putting foot to ass......

Posted: 11/10/2011 8:25:04 AM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
We need to figure out who the oldest and youngest Marines here are.

39 here, so I'm out...

Posted: 11/10/2011 8:25:43 AM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:
We need to figure out who the oldest and youngest Marines here are.

MotherDearest is 20....... Might be the youngest

Posted: 11/10/2011 8:27:40 AM EDT

[#38]

Happy birthday, motivators!!

I'm celebrating our victory in the Pacific with a trip to Arigatos tonight

Here's a pic of two old Salts that I'm going to drink to tonight. Jay Holmes and Wilkes Revdrick/Reudrick(sp?) from 9/1/1940. This picture was sent to me by a family friend while on Parris Island, they were tasked to watch my back.