Happy Birthday...

[Guest Hornet Handler]

To all my fellow Marines!

Semper Fi:koolaid:

[Guest Halfpint]

From a poolee, OOH-RAH!

233 years!

[323ssplt]

233 years, and still going strong...HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARINES.

[323ssplt]

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 146 years of it's existence the Marine Corps has been in action against the nations 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 the 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.

http://devildogfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/happy-233-birthday-marines.html

[R1100R]

Happy B'Day!!!! Jarheads

Some of the finest I have served with.

[Daniel]

<---- not a marine.

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY MESSAGE - 10 NOVEMBER 2008

Date Signed: 10/10/2008

ALMAR Number: 042/08

R 082000z OCT 08

ALMAR 042/08

MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CMC//

SUBJ/UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY MESSAGE - 10 NOVEMBER 2008//

POC/SSGT M. BELL/ADMIN CHIEF/UNIT:CMC STAFF GROUP/-

/TEL:(703) 614-2326//

GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. DURING THE SUMMER OF 1982, IN THE WAKE OF A

PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE, MARINES WENT ASHORE AT BEIRUT, LEBANON.

FIFTEEN MONTHS LATER, ON 23 OCTOBER 1983, EXTREMISTS STRUCK THE

FIRST MAJOR BLOW AGAINST AMERICAN FORCES - STARTING THIS LONG WAR ON

TERRORISM. ON THAT SUNDAY MORNING, A SUICIDE BOMBER DROVE AN

EXPLOSIVE-LADEN TRUCK INTO THE HEADQUARTERS OF BATTALION LANDING

TEAM 1/8, DESTROYING THE BUILDING AND KILLING 241 MARINES AND

CORPSMEN.

2. EXTREMISTS HAVE ATTACKED OUR NATION, AT HOME AND ABROAD,

NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE THAT FATEFUL DAY IN BEIRUT. THEIR AIM HAS

ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME - TO KILL AS MANY INNOCENT AMERICANS AS

POSSIBLE. THE ATTACKS OF 11 SEPTEMBER 2001 CHANGED OUR NATION

FOREVER, AND OUR PRESIDENT HAS RESOLVED THAT THIS NATION WILL NOT

STAND IDLE WHILE MURDEROUS TERRORISTS PLOT THEIR NEXT STRIKE.

MARINES WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE THE FIGHT TO THE ENEMY - HITTING THEM

ON THEIR OWN TURF, CRUSHING THEM WHEN THEY SHOW THEMSELVES, AND

FINDING THEM WHERE THEY HIDE.

3. ONLY A FEW AMERICANS CHOOSE THE DANGEROUS, BUT NECESSARY, WORK

OF FIGHTING OUR NATION'S ENEMIES. WHEN OUR CHAPTER OF HISTORY IS

WRITTEN, IT WILL BE A SAGA OF A SELFLESS GENERATION OF MARINES WHO

WERE WILLING TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR OUR NATION; TO DEFEND THOSE

WHO COULD NOT DEFEND THEMSELVES; TO THRIVE ON THE HARDSHIP AND

SACRIFICE EXPECTED OF AN ELITE WARRIOR CLASS; TO MARCH TO THE SOUND

OF THE GUNS; AND TO ABLY SHOULDER THE LEGACY OF THOSE MARINES WHO

HAVE GONE BEFORE.

4. ON OUR 233RD BIRTHDAY, FIRST REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED AND

THOSE "ANGELS" WHO HAVE FALLEN - OUR REPUTATION WAS BUILT ON THEIR

SACRIFICES. REMEMBER OUR FAMILIES; THEY ARE THE UNSUNG HEROES WHOSE

SUPPORT AND DEDICATION ALLOW US TO ANSWER OUR NATION'S CALL.

FINALLY, TO ALL MARINES AND SAILORS, KNOW THAT I AM PROUD OF YOU AND

WHAT YOU DO. YOUR SUCCESSES ON THE BATTLEFIELD HAVE ONLY ADDED TO

OUR ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY. GENERAL VICTOR H. "BRUTE" KRULAK SAID IT

BEST WHEN HE WROTE, "... THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT NEED A MARINE

CORPS ... THE UNITED STATES WANTS A MARINE CORPS." YOUR ACTIONS, IN

IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, AND ACROSS THE GLOBE, ARE AT THE CORE OF WHY

AMERICA LOVES HER MARINES.

5. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARINES AND SEMPER FIDELIS! JAMES T. CONWAY,

GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS//

[Punisher84]

From an ex-Army guy who is proud to call some of his best friend's "Marine"...

SEMPER FI!

[Guest Navydave70]

Happy Birthday USMC! I was always glad to give you guys a ride.

[Guest RISC777]

Belated.

Happy Birthday!

USMC

History

Edited November 11, 2008 by RISC777

[towerclimber37]

Happy birthday Marines. I wish you all many more years of service and protection.