Comments on: Happy 234th Birthday, Marines!

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By: tbear44

tbear44 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:27:45 +0000

God Bless The United States Marine Corps!

By: Popeye3

Popeye3 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:05:42 +0000

Happy Birthday and Semper Fi Devil Dogs, from an old Devil Doc.

By: Leatherneck

Leatherneck — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:02:37 +0000

I got a haircut, and worked out in the gym today, but I did not see the enemy in person. Perhaps, on Veteran’s Day.

G-d’s speed to our active duty men, and women in the field.

Death to the enemy!

By: ITookTheRedPill

ITookTheRedPill — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:01:53 +0000

On November 10th, 2009 at 10:22 am, dave_r said:

Happy Birthday Marines!

It is odd, though, that a country 220 years old would have a military parts of which are fourteen years older. Absolutely no disrespect, but it’s curious.

By your math, you think the country was born in 1789?
Absolutely no disrespect, but that’s sad.

I presume that you’re referring to the year that the first ten amendments were introduced by James Madison to the First United States Congress as a series of articles.

Our country wasn’t born in 1789, nor in 1788 when the Constitution was ratified, nor in 1787 when the Constitution was written.

Our country was born July 4th, 1776. Our country was born when the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress.

The fact that it was the Second Continental Congress should also tell you something. The events of the American revolution did not begin with the Declaration of Independence. Americans had already died in armed conflict with the British military before that, including at Lexington and Concord in April 1775.

Captain Samuel Nicholas formed two battalions of Continental Marines on November 10, 1775 in Philadelphia as naval infantry.

So yes, the USMC is slightly older (< 1 year older) than our country itself.

I return to your quote

Happy Birthday Marines!

It is odd, though, that a country 220 years old would have a military parts of which are fourteen years older. Absolutely no disrespect, but it’s curious.

Absolutely no disrespect, but it’s curious that you don’t know the birthdate of our country. Have they stopped teaching that in schools?

By: ITookTheRedPill

ITookTheRedPill — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:45:15 +0000

As some others have already noted, "the shores of Tripoli" refers to our military's first battles with Muslim terrorists.

The Barbary Powers conflict began during the American Revolution when Muslim terrorists from four different Islamic nations (Tunis, Morocco, Algiers, and Tripoli) began making indiscriminate attacks against the property and interests of what they claimed to be “Christian” nations (America, England, France, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, etc.). The Barbary Powers (called Barbary “pirates” by most Americans) attacked American civilian and commercial merchant ships (but not military ships) wherever they found them. Prior to the Revolution, American shipping had been protected by the British navy, and during the Revolution by the French navy. After the Revolution, however, America lacked a navy of her own and was therefore left without protection for her shipping. The vulnerable American merchant ships, built for carrying cargoes rather than fighting, were therefore easy prey for the warships of the Barbary Powers, which seized the cargo of the ships as loot and took their seamen (of whom all were considered Christians by the attacking Muslims) and enslaved them. [17] In 1784, Congress authorized American diplomats John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson to negotiate with the Muslim terrorists. [18] Negotiations proceeded, and in 1786, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson candidly asked the Ambassador from Tripoli the motivation behind their unprovoked attacks against Americans. What was the response?
The Ambassador answered us that it was founded on the laws of their Prophet [Mohammed] – that it was written in their Koran that all nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners; that is was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found and to make slaves of all they could take as prisoners; and that every Musselman [Muslim] who should be slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise. [19]
- Source

By: JusDreamin

JusDreamin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:07:54 +0000

I attended my Son’s MCT graduation at Camp Pendleton today. What a wonderful day to celebrate!

Happy Birthday Marines!

One proud Father right here…

By: mattm

mattm — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:51:49 +0000

Happy Birthday and a HUGE Thank You!

By: DesertLover

DesertLover — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:21:25 +0000

A Double Happy Birthday to Sea_Dog

By: Wizbang

Wizbang — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:07:47 +0000

Happy Birthday to the Marine Corps…

Today is the 234th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps. My husband is a Marine Corps vet so I have a special place in my heart for Marines. Take a……

By: marsouin

marsouin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:54:27 +0000

Hoorah!

By: Cameron

Cameron — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:28:31 +0000

Happy Birthday to my brothers and sisters. The Corps took me in at 27, gave me some great opportunities and some fond memories.

By: Sea_Dog

Sea_Dog — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:04:22 +0000

I joined the Corps in June of ‘68. It wasn’t until my second day of boot camp that I was apprised (as only a DI Gunnery Sgt can do) about the coincidence of my date of birth – 11/10/1947. As you can imagine, I had mortal hell through boot camp because I always had to do it better, faster and more of it, it wasn’t just “one more for the Corp” – but I don’t regret a single minute. The Corp gave me the knowledge of myself and what I could do that saw me through the rest of my life. Semper Fi my brothers

By: rocketman

rocketman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:01:59 +0000

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Long ago the Selective Service Draft assigned draftees to any of the military services–not just to the U.S. Army. One of the problems then was WHICH SERVICE SHOULD AN INDUCTEE BE ASSIGNED TO? Fortunately a wise sergeant came up with a hypothetical situation to make great assignments.
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The Scenario: You are sitting on top of a 300 yard high hill in Korea. All the rest of your 300 man company has been killed. You have 1 round left in your rifle. As you look from your foxhole you see 1000 North Korean soldiers 500 yards away led by a General–and they are getting ready to storm the hill and kill you. What will you do?
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The first inductee asked the sergeant, ” What’s a rifle? I’m a Massachusetts fisherman.” Easy choice–the sarge sent him to the Navy.
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The second inductee said, “This looks real bad. I’m going to throw this rifle away and run down the back side of the hill. Maybe I can find a phone or radio and have the Air Force fly over and bomb the enemy.” The sarge said, “Good plan!” and assigned him to the U.S. Air Force.
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The third inductee said, “I think I can hit the General from 500 years away. I’m going to shoot at him, throw my rifle away, and run down the backside of the hill. Maybe I can find a phone or radio and call in artillery fire on the 1000 soldiers”. The sarge assigned him to the U.S. Army.
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The last inductee said, “I might miss the General from 500 yards away. I’ll wait until they start coming up the hill. When they are 100 yards away I can’t miss when I shoot the General dead. Then I will FIX BAYONET AND GIVE THEM THEIR LAST CHANCE TO SURRENDER before I jump out of the foxhole and charge them–and I will try to kill them all!” No doubt that the sarge found his U.S. Marine!
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And they have done it a lot–and succeeded a lot of these desperate times. Marines have a barbarian mindset when you tick them off. They are your best friend and are your worst enemy.
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John Bibb
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By: PatriotRider

PatriotRider — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:03:49 +0000

Semper Fi, my brothers!