Reasons to Love the Corps IV!!!

[Anonymous]

Holly You're dropping the ball 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

[Anonymous]

: Holly You're dropping the ball 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.


All good but can anyone tell me what the inscription is on the Marine Memorial that was very awe inspiring looking at those guys raising the flag and reading that to even this Army dude? Also while Marines may fly the President, guess which service does the flight physicals that allows the pilots to fly him and it is not the Navy :-)

ronald45@dtx.net

[Anonymous]

"Among the Americans who served on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue. --Admiral Nimitz"

Hmmm...the Air Force?

M.A.


:
: All good but can anyone tell me what the inscription is on the Marine
: Memorial that was very awe inspiring looking at those guys raising the
: flag and reading that to even this Army dude? Also while Marines may fly
: the President, guess which service does the flight physicals that allows
: the pilots to fly him and it is not the Navy :-)


zuma50@hotmail.com

[Anonymous]

: My list is slightly different but here goes: 30) Best nicknames I: Jarhead


Well are they?

frenchiestm@clds.net

[Anonymous]

LOL!

An old Navy friend of mine calls me that, but tells me it stands for "Beautiful American Marine"

K

kathyw46@hotmail.com

[Anonymous]

: LOL!
:
: An old Navy friend of mine calls me that, but tells me it stands for
: "Beautiful American Marine"
:
: K


Which reminds me of my first tour in D.C. I had gone from the office I worked in to another office to use there copy machine. A bunch of male marines saw me walk in and like the 'pigs men are' starting throwing whistles and smart remarks. Once I got to the machine I overhear one of them tell a couple others look at that BAM over there boy wouldn't I like to.......... so I turned around being THE IGNORANT PERSON I WAS BACK THAN and asked him what a BAM was and they started laughing and one blurted out, broad ass marine, PVT. Out of no where this female Gunny stuck her head out of her cubicle and said, ' and you boys have it all wrong, and she looked at me and stated, 'honey it means beautiful american marine'.

What was funny about that was that she was the ugliest women or person I ever had laid eyes on. It not only shocked me but also those male marines cause they didn't know she was there and that anyone could look that ugly.

Fact was she was really a beautiful person inside and she didn't let those guys bother her with the BAM stuff. I always wondered what happened to her because I never saw her anymore after that and never saw her around the barracks or doing duty with other WM's anywhere.

Which reminds me of another time where male marines thought to challenge a friend and I stating remarks which were sexist and also prejudical and my remark to them was ' honey I'm more women than you'll ever be able to handle, and I'm more man than you ever hope to be'. Really teed one of that he came at me and called me the b word and stated he was gonna teach me what a real man was and put me in my place. The other female wanted us to leave and run. She really got scared. Yes I was scared like hell to but I stood my ground and he stood in front of me and dared me to repeat what I had just said. I told him I didn't repeat myself a second time and it was his lost if he didn't pay attention but if it was that he needed clarification I'd be happy to demonstrate to him what I said rather than repeat it. He slapped me and called me the b word again and blurting that females didn't belong in his Marine Corps. Another male grabbed him and asked him was he stupid or what. He told him to apoligize and that I could have him court martialed for what he did. He refused to apologize and I told the other Marine to stand down and he did. I than told the PVT he didn't have to worry about his being court-martialed and that I was about to teach him I was more women than he could ever hope to have and I was more man (meaning had more guts than he'd ever have). I pulled him by his tie, gave him a great big kiss (to which everyone was shocked but not as shocked as to what I did next). I kneed him where the light don't shine. NOPE never heard remarks from any of them anymore after that. About the time he was on his knees and crying a MSGT walked in and wanted to know what was going on. I waited for someone to say something. A couple of the male marines blurted out, 'nothing TOP, the private tripped and hit his knee against the machine here'; to which the MSGT replied, 'must have been a pretty big bang if he's crying like that' and he directed them to take him to the infirmary. LOL I KNOW! I KNOW! That wasn't very nice. I always felt TOP knew what had happened, for all I know he probably watched it all happen from the doorway.

frenchiestm@clds.net

[Anonymous]

: Which reminds me of my first tour in D.C. I had gone from the office I worked
: in to another office to use there copy machine. A bunch of male marines
: saw me walk in and like the 'pigs men are' starting throwing whistles and
: smart remarks. Once I got to the machine I overhear one of them tell a
: couple others look at that BAM over there boy wouldn't I like to..........
: so I turned around being THE IGNORANT PERSON I WAS BACK THAN and asked him
: what a BAM was and they started laughing and one blurted out, broad ass
: marine, PVT. Out of no where this female Gunny stuck her head out of her
: cubicle and said, ' and you boys have it all wrong, and she looked at me
: and stated, 'honey it means beautiful american marine'.
:
: What was funny about that was that she was the ugliest women or person I ever
: had laid eyes on. It not only shocked me but also those male marines cause
: they didn't know she was there and that anyone could look that ugly.
:
: Fact was she was really a beautiful person inside and she didn't let those
: guys bother her with the BAM stuff. I always wondered what happened to her
: because I never saw her anymore after that and never saw her around the
: barracks or doing duty with other WM's anywhere.
:
: Which reminds me of another time where male marines thought to challenge a
: friend and I stating remarks which were sexist and also prejudical and my
: remark to them was ' honey I'm more women than you'll ever be able to
: handle, and I'm more man than you ever hope to be'. Really teed one of
: that he came at me and called me the b word and stated he was gonna teach
: me what a real man was and put me in my place. The other female wanted us
: to leave and run. She really got scared. Yes I was scared like hell to but
: I stood my ground and he stood in front of me and dared me to repeat what
: I had just said. I told him I didn't repeat myself a second time and it
: was his lost if he didn't pay attention but if it was that he needed
: clarification I'd be happy to demonstrate to him what I said rather than
: repeat it. He slapped me and called me the b word again and blurting that
: females didn't belong in his Marine Corps. Another male grabbed him and
: asked him was he stupid or what. He told him to apoligize and that I could
: have him court martialed for what he did. He refused to apologize and I
: told the other Marine to stand down and he did. I than told the PVT he
: didn't have to worry about his being court-martialed and that I was about
: to teach him I was more women than he could ever hope to have and I was
: more man (meaning had more guts than he'd ever have). I pulled him by his
: tie, gave him a great big kiss (to which everyone was shocked but not as
: shocked as to what I did next). I kneed him where the light don't shine.
: NOPE never heard remarks from any of them anymore after that. About the
: time he was on his knees and crying a MSGT walked in and wanted to know
: what was going on. I waited for someone to say something. A couple of the
: male marines blurted out, 'nothing TOP, the private tripped and hit his
: knee against the machine here'; to which the MSGT replied, 'must have been
: a pretty big bang if he's crying like that' and he directed them to take
: him to the infirmary. LOL I KNOW! I KNOW! That wasn't very nice. I always
: felt TOP knew what had happened, for all I know he probably watched it all
: happen from the doorway.


Sounds like he was a very cool MSgt to work for. If he was anything like a Captain I knew, he saw the whole thing. Would have paid money to have seen it though.

lilmerc@yahoo.com

[Anonymous]

: Sounds like he was a very cool MSgt to work for. If he was anything like a
: Captain I knew, he saw the whole thing. Would have paid money to have seen
: it though. -------------------------


Yeah...helluva story there Carol! I'll remember that one;)

-nat

nataliet@ccess.net