Anonymous
11-08-1999, 05:03 PM
Holly You're dropping the bal here girl! Let's see, we left off at #30? Yipes!
My list is slightly different but here goes:
30) Best nicknames I: Jarhead 31) Best nicknames II: Leatherneck 32) Best nicknames III: Devil Dog. Trivia question: Where did this term come from? Answer: The German Army in World War I, whose soldiers' greatest fear was running up against the toughest American fighting men, the Marines. They called them ``teufelhunden,'' or Devil Dog. 33) Most remarkable airplane: The Harrier. No other service's jets can take off and land on a dime. 34) Most dangerous airplane: The Harrier. Not a simple science, but luckily more of a danger to the enemy than to Marine fliers. 35) You're a Marine. Not a soldier or a troop. 36) That's Marines, with a capital M. 37) Tradition! The Corps is older than the republic itself! 38) Marines symbolize: Discipline, courage, honor, commitment, valor, patriotism, military virtue. 39) Best recruiting gimmick I: Those darn Knights-in-Shining-Armor commercials. 40) Best recruiting gimmick II: ``We're looking for a few good men.'' OK, they left out women. The Corps is looking for a few good women, too. 41) Best recruiting gimmick III: ``If you have the mettle to be a Marine.'' 42) The Commandant's House. It's the oldest occupied residence in Washington, D.C. 43) Chesty Puller. You gotta love a service that has heroes with names like that. 44) Former Commandant and Mud Marine Al Gray (Anecdote I): His official portrait, in cammies. 45) Former Commandant and Mud Marine Al Gray (Anecdote II): He drank from a four-star canteen cup. 46) Former Commandant and Mud Marine Al Gray (Anecdote III): Business leaders are so impressed with his ethic and style, they're using his Fleet Marine Force Manual 1, ``Warfighting,'' to hone their skills for boardroom battles. 47) Unity. Every Marine is a rifleman. 48) The Marine Air-Ground Task Force. Marines attack by land, by air and from sea -- simultaneously. 49) The ``docs,'' -- Marines' corpsmen-in-arms. They're sailors, but they're as tough as Marines. 50) Mud. You wanna see pure joy? Look at a group of Marines after a mud fight. 51) Starch. Clean 'em up, put 'em in starched cammies, and they look sharp. 52) Poetry in motion. They're weapons, not g-u-n-s. And if you don't know the pithy verse that explains that, don't ask us. We blush to tell. 53) Point of the spear, out in front, kicking down the door. What the Marines do best. 54) Marine spouses. God love 'em. They have it then worst of any of the service spouses. They endure six-month deployments and one- and two-year unaccompanied tours. The ones who survive a career are as tough as the Marines they married. 55) Marine kids. God loves them more. They know the meaning of duty, honor and country at too young an age. 56) The Air Force. Aren't you glad you're not an airman? They're pampered, yet they still find time to whine. 57) The Army. They get all the best equipment first and Marines still do it better. 58) The Navy. Give them credit. They have it almost as tough as Marines. But who wants to be a limo service? 59) The Coast Guard. Tell the truth: If you couldn't be a Marine, would you be a Coastie? In those powder blue uniforms? Not on your life! 60) CH-46. Say a Hail Mary and climb aboard. Nobody makes 'em anymore, but Marine ingenuity keeps 'em flying. And with a safety record that's nothing short of a miracle. 61) The Close Combat Manual. 62) Leadership I. In the Corps, E-3s and E-4s get to do more than most E-6s in other branches. 63) Leadership II. Every Marine above the rank of corporal can tell you what it takes to be a leader. It's spelled out clearly and drilled in relentlessly. And it pays off under fire. 64) Leadership III. Corporate America could -- and does -- learn from the Corps' leadership curriculum. All Marines who enter the private sector take those lessons with them. 65) Combat correspondents. They're journalists in the Navy, but in the Corps, the job is combat correspondent, thank you very much. 66) Marines do more with less, and they like it that way. 67) Amphibians one and all. Like the Army, Marines have tanks and armored vehicles. But theirs not only fight . . . they swim. 68) Air power. When the grunts look to the sky for support, they see Marine pilots, not zoomies. 69) Style. Nothing beats the canopy of sabres during a full dress Marine wedding.
zuma50@hotmail.com
My list is slightly different but here goes:
30) Best nicknames I: Jarhead 31) Best nicknames II: Leatherneck 32) Best nicknames III: Devil Dog. Trivia question: Where did this term come from? Answer: The German Army in World War I, whose soldiers' greatest fear was running up against the toughest American fighting men, the Marines. They called them ``teufelhunden,'' or Devil Dog. 33) Most remarkable airplane: The Harrier. No other service's jets can take off and land on a dime. 34) Most dangerous airplane: The Harrier. Not a simple science, but luckily more of a danger to the enemy than to Marine fliers. 35) You're a Marine. Not a soldier or a troop. 36) That's Marines, with a capital M. 37) Tradition! The Corps is older than the republic itself! 38) Marines symbolize: Discipline, courage, honor, commitment, valor, patriotism, military virtue. 39) Best recruiting gimmick I: Those darn Knights-in-Shining-Armor commercials. 40) Best recruiting gimmick II: ``We're looking for a few good men.'' OK, they left out women. The Corps is looking for a few good women, too. 41) Best recruiting gimmick III: ``If you have the mettle to be a Marine.'' 42) The Commandant's House. It's the oldest occupied residence in Washington, D.C. 43) Chesty Puller. You gotta love a service that has heroes with names like that. 44) Former Commandant and Mud Marine Al Gray (Anecdote I): His official portrait, in cammies. 45) Former Commandant and Mud Marine Al Gray (Anecdote II): He drank from a four-star canteen cup. 46) Former Commandant and Mud Marine Al Gray (Anecdote III): Business leaders are so impressed with his ethic and style, they're using his Fleet Marine Force Manual 1, ``Warfighting,'' to hone their skills for boardroom battles. 47) Unity. Every Marine is a rifleman. 48) The Marine Air-Ground Task Force. Marines attack by land, by air and from sea -- simultaneously. 49) The ``docs,'' -- Marines' corpsmen-in-arms. They're sailors, but they're as tough as Marines. 50) Mud. You wanna see pure joy? Look at a group of Marines after a mud fight. 51) Starch. Clean 'em up, put 'em in starched cammies, and they look sharp. 52) Poetry in motion. They're weapons, not g-u-n-s. And if you don't know the pithy verse that explains that, don't ask us. We blush to tell. 53) Point of the spear, out in front, kicking down the door. What the Marines do best. 54) Marine spouses. God love 'em. They have it then worst of any of the service spouses. They endure six-month deployments and one- and two-year unaccompanied tours. The ones who survive a career are as tough as the Marines they married. 55) Marine kids. God loves them more. They know the meaning of duty, honor and country at too young an age. 56) The Air Force. Aren't you glad you're not an airman? They're pampered, yet they still find time to whine. 57) The Army. They get all the best equipment first and Marines still do it better. 58) The Navy. Give them credit. They have it almost as tough as Marines. But who wants to be a limo service? 59) The Coast Guard. Tell the truth: If you couldn't be a Marine, would you be a Coastie? In those powder blue uniforms? Not on your life! 60) CH-46. Say a Hail Mary and climb aboard. Nobody makes 'em anymore, but Marine ingenuity keeps 'em flying. And with a safety record that's nothing short of a miracle. 61) The Close Combat Manual. 62) Leadership I. In the Corps, E-3s and E-4s get to do more than most E-6s in other branches. 63) Leadership II. Every Marine above the rank of corporal can tell you what it takes to be a leader. It's spelled out clearly and drilled in relentlessly. And it pays off under fire. 64) Leadership III. Corporate America could -- and does -- learn from the Corps' leadership curriculum. All Marines who enter the private sector take those lessons with them. 65) Combat correspondents. They're journalists in the Navy, but in the Corps, the job is combat correspondent, thank you very much. 66) Marines do more with less, and they like it that way. 67) Amphibians one and all. Like the Army, Marines have tanks and armored vehicles. But theirs not only fight . . . they swim. 68) Air power. When the grunts look to the sky for support, they see Marine pilots, not zoomies. 69) Style. Nothing beats the canopy of sabres during a full dress Marine wedding.
zuma50@hotmail.com