Re: Happy Birthday U.S.M.C.
To Marines everywhere, be you current, former or future, Happy 230th Birthday. Ooorah Simper Fi.<br /><br />MCRD San Diego 1978<br />1121 School Courthouse Bay Camp Lejeune 1978<br />2nd LAAM Engineers Yuma 1978-1981<br />1st. MAW S-1 Office Okinawa Japan 1981-1982 <br /><br />1. This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine.<br />2. My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.<br />3. My rifle, without me, is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will
<br />4. My rifle and myself know that what counts in this war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit
.<br />5. My rifle is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will ever guard it against the ravages of weather and damage as I will ever guard my legs, my arms, my eyes and my heart against damage. I will keep my rifle clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will
.<br />6. Before God, I swear this creed. My rifle and myself are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.<br />7. So be it, until victory is Americas and there is no enemy, but peace!!<br /><br />Marine Corps Quotes<br />"That two battalions of Marines be raised consisting of one colonel, two lieutenant colonels, two majors and officers as usual in other regiments, that they consist of an equal number of privates with other battalions; that particular care be taken that no person be appointed to office or enlisted into said battalions, but such as are good seamen, or so acquainted with maritime affairs as to be able to serve to advantage by sea." <br />(Resolution of the Continental Congress, 10 November 1775.) <br /><br />"Once a Marine, always a Marine!"<br />(MSgt Paul Woyshner, a 40-year Marine, is credited with originating this expression during a taproom argument with a discharged Marine.)<br /> <br />"Retreat He!! We're just attacking in another direction." <br />(Attributed to Major General Oliver P. Smith, USMC, Korea, December 1950.)
Where did that time go? To all you fellow jar-heads , Semper Fidelis.
