Happy Birthday, Marines

[oldwomanc6 38]

Thank you for your service! <3

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[BillyVance 34]

Semper Fidelis to all Marines.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[jhh166 0]

236 years! Happy Birthday Lethernecks.

Time sure does go by fast. When I enlisted, my first Marine Corp Birthday/Ball was 224.

[vanair 0]

200, But that was back in the old Corp.
1975-79 OOOOOORRRAAAAAHHHHH

[hokierower 0]

Thanks Dad! 30 years and still going!

[kd5xb 1]

My first one was #202 in 1977.

I was in Tech School at NAS Memphis at the time. As we marched to class that morning -- 10 November 1977 -- the cadence was:

"TWO HUNDRED & TWO"
"TWO HUNDRED & TWO"
"Left, right, left, right"
"TWO HUNDRED & TWO"

Here's a toast that I've been told General Louis B. Wilson presented at the Marine Corps Ball at Camp LeJeune along about 1978 or so:

The love of a beautiful woman
The love of a staunch young man
The love of a newborn baby
Has been here since time began.

But the greatest of loves
The quintessence of love
Even greater than the love of a mother
Is the boisterous, exuberant love of one drunk Marine for another!

Semper Fidelis and HAPPY 236th!

I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

[vanair 0]

These are our brothers.
The Last 6 Seconds
http://bejohngalt.com/2010/12/the-last-six-seconds/
Semper Fi

[winsor 186]

Good night Chesty Puller, wherever you are!

[oldwomanc6 38]

Happy birthday!

Hard to believe another year has gone by.

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[kallend 1,623]

Indeed. I attended the Navy/Marine Corps Birthday Ball in Chicago last night.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[oldwomanc6 38]

I love formal drunks!

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Indeed. I attended the Navy/Marine Corps Birthday Ball in Chicago last night.

I drove up to Istanbul on Saturday to be the guest speaker at that Marine Security Detachment's ball. Yeah, they were a little desperate It was that was a FIRST -- I'm usually a narrator or singer, so I actually had to come up with my own words for something interesting to say! In return I got a nice plaque that I will be honored to display in my office.
Have another one to attend this Saturday, but this one is easy -- I'm back to narrating.

Happy Birthday All!

See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus

Shut Up & Jump!

[oldwomanc6 38]

Happy Birthday, Marines!

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[akarunway 1]

kallend

Indeed. I attended the Navy/Marine Corps Birthday Ball in Chicago last night.

Thanks for mentioning the USN. What about the US Army and the US Air Force?

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[oldwomanc6 38]

akarunway

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Indeed. I attended the Navy/Marine Corps Birthday Ball in Chicago last night.

Thanks for mentioning the USN. What about the US Army and the US Air Force?
Tomorrow is the thanks and celebration for all in military uniform.

Today is the Marine Corp's 242nd Birthday!

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