1 Semper Fi, Marines!

2 God bless you.  May you have a worthy CIC.

3 America's enemies mourn this anniversary.

4 That reminds me, I need to email (and call) my dad...

5

Happy 235th Birthday to,

Uncle Sam's Misguided Children

From the Arizona Stronghold of my Apache brothers.

6 One of my favorite Marine Corps quotes, even though it's from Eleanor Roosevelt:

The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!

7 Hoo Rah !

8 Hoo-ah from an Army brat

9

"If the Army and the Navy
Ever look on Heaven's scenes;
They will find the
streets are guarded
By United States Marines."

This ex-sailor is honored that it is so.

Happy B-Day Marines

10 While in the ministry, they brought in Chesty Puller to give a speech.
This was mid 80's and the one line I remember was: 
"We face an enemy willing to die for their God.  ---WELL SO ARE WE"

11

The Marine Corps is the only true combined arms force. They have all the cool toys, and know how to use them. Too bad they have to fall under the Navy.

Go Army! Beat Navy!

December 11th @ Lincoln Finacial in Philly (and usually on ABC).

12 Served with Marines in Beirut, Bosnia, South Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya....and dozens of other places.  None better.  Semper Fi.

13 RIP Dad, USMC 1943-1945

14

"Some people work an entire lifetime and wonder if they ever made a difference to the world. But the Marines don't have that problem"

Ronald Reagan

15 The toughest man I know, my father in law.. is a marine who served in Vietnam.. Semper Fi.

16 Even a devout Lefty when trapped in a foreign hotel surrounded by terrorists will gasp, "Oh, thank God!" when he hears the Marines are approaching.

17 Now push, aye sir!

18 No better friend no worse enemy

Semper Fi and happy birthday Marines

19 Happy birthday and God bless to Uncle Sam's Misguided Children.

20 Happy Birthday, Marines and God Bless and Keep you All!

21

"Some people work an entire lifetime and wonder if they ever made a difference to the world. But the Marines don't have that problem"

Ronald Reagan

Posted by: Cu'Chulainn at November 10, 2010 10:51 AM

After that, all anyone can say is: "Happy birthday, Marines!"

22 Thank God for the Marines.
No better fighting force in the world.

Happy Birthday to the Corp!

23 Happy Birthday USMC and thanks to all the Marines who have served and are serving their country honorably and faithfully.

Especially my Uncle John, who served at Okinawa and many other little islands in the South Pacific during WWII.

24 Moronettes  Don't forget to get your 2011 Marine Beefcake calender over at Freedom is not Free.

25 Happy B'day from a squid who spent a lot of time with Jarheads...

26 My heros have always been Marines.  Happy Birthday!

27 Happy Birthday to our gallant Marines!

28 Happy Birthday, Marines!  It was great seeing some of you at the Marine Corp 10k Marathon.  Semper Fi,  and God bless you all!

29 Great pic for this post! Happy Bday, Marines!

30 Happy Birthday, Devil Dogs!  And especially Lance Cpl. D'oh Boy!  OORAH!

31

I'm taking my son, Sgt. Matt the Marine, down to Cookie's Tavern in South Philadelphia today to knock back a couple beers in celebration.

 

32 I have a tremendous amount of respect for Marine corpse-men.

33 runningrn, thank you and hugs!

34 The smartest, toughest, most dedicated, driven and determined people I have ever known have nearly all been Marines.
Semper Fi, Dad.

35

Semper Fi to all Marines.

One Shot, One Kill

Scout/Sniper 1987-1996

Honduras/Nicaragua, Southwest Asia x3, Somalia

36 I've always stood in awe of the Marines. Happy Birthday!

37 Semper Fi!

38 God bless the United States Marine Corps.
Happy Birthday Marines!
Semper Fidelis

39 Happy Birthday Marines, especially my Corporal and PFC.  God bless you for what you do and have done.

40 Three of my favorite Marine quotes.

I come in peace. I didnÂ’t bring artillery. But IÂ’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, IÂ’ll kill you all. -General James Mattis, USMC, to various Iraqi leaders

C'mon you sons-of-bitches, do you want to live forever!-Gunnery Sergeant Dan Daly, USMC at Belleau Wood

"Do not attack the First Marine Division. Leave the yellowlegs alone. Strike the American Army."-Orders given to ChiCom forces in the Korean War.

41 I have nothing but the utmost respect for the USMC.   The men and women of the Corps are some of the finest people the USA has ever produced, and my hat's off to all of them.

A very happy birthday to the USMC! 

Semper Fi

42 Semper Fi.

USMC 1963-1967

43 Here's a little birthday present for the Marines.  Probably NSFW.

http://tinyurl.com/happyusmc

44 Thanx, Mikey.

45 Ahhh Tennn HUT!

The Commandant has something to say so LISTEN UP!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzhAN3RkEuc

At ease.
Now it's party time!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sam4lq2WHos

Anyone still sober by 2200 has the 00-0400 firewatch, so get busy getting blasted!

Keep the Faith
Ad Triarios Redisse!
Semper Fi.

46 A joke for current and former members of the USMC.

  "Legend has it that the United States Marine Corps was born on 10 November, 1775, at Tun Tavern, in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania. On that day, the Continental Congress passed a resolution authorizing two battalions of Continental Marines. The resolution was sponsored by John Adams. Since 1921, the Corps has celebrated its birthday as 10 November.

  Tun Tavern was a popular meeting place of 18th century Philadelphians. The tavern was frequented by sailors and other seafaring men, so it was a logical place to conduct the business of recruiting."

  What follows was related to me by a Master Gunnery Sergeant:

  When the Navy officers set up a table in the Tun Tavern and started interviewing prospects, they were a bit relieved to finally find a young man who fit their requirements. They had him sign the book, paid him his dollar, and bought a round of rum to toast the enlistment. They were so happy to finally get the whole process underway, they even had a second round. They then send him off to a table in the corner to wait.

  After a few more interviews, they found a second recruit, who soon joined the first.

  "This is great," the second recruit said. "They paid me right away, and even bought me a tot of rum!"

  "Hunh," sneered the first. "In the Old Corps they bought us two."

47 Just got back from one HELL of a Birthday Ball in Las Vegas for my son's battalion. What an ABSOLUTE HONOR it was for me to be at Ceasar's Palace Ballroom and party with 1000 or so of America's finest in those EFFIN MAGNIFICENT. Dress Blues with all that REAL WORLD hard earned BLING hanging on their chests. It was one of the best times I've had in decades and those boys along with their wives and parents truly EARNED the good times having just returned from Afghanistan's Helmand district just a couple of weeks ago after a 7 month deployment. HAPPY BIRTHDAY U S M C!!!!!

48 The Marines have landed and the situation is well in hand.
<sub>Attributed to Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916)

Happy Birthday, Marines!</sub>

49 The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States, 1945

50 In the book," Guadalcanal" by Richard Frank, he wrote about an incident where a marine sergeant was berating a private for some misdeed when acouple of Japanese soldiers blundered out of the underbrush.  The sergeant pulled out his .45, shot the two Japanese and then went back to berating the private.  Now, that is staying on task.

51 Happy birthday to the USMC, and many more to come!

And a shout-out to my niece, stationed in Japan.

52 Some more quoty goodness:
(sorry about the large font on the quotes. I'm copy and pasting from a quote page and am too lazy or too drunk to go figuring out how to change the font size.)
Marines I see as two breeds, Rottweilers or Dobermans, because Marines come in two varieties, big and mean, or skinny and mean. They're aggressive on the attack and tenacious on defense. They've got really short hair and they always go for the throat.
RAdm. "Jay" R. Stark, USN; 10 November 1995

There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and the enemy. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion.
Gen. William Thornson, U.S. Army

I have only two men out of my company and 20 out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I will hold.
1stLt. Clifton B. Cates, USMC
in Belleau Wood, 19 July 1918

The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps.
General Alexander A. Vandergrift, USMC
to the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, 5 May 1946

The man who will go where his colors will go, without asking, who will fight a phantom foe in a jungle and mountain range, without counting, and who will suffer and die in the midst of incredible hardship, without complaint, is still what he has always been, from Imperial Rome to sceptered Britain to Democratic America. He is the stuff of which legions are made. His pride is his colors and his regiment, his training hard and thorough and coldly realistic, to fit him for what he must face, and his obedience is to his orders. As a legionary, he held the gates of civilization for the classical world...he has been called United States Marine.

Lieutenant Colonel T.R. Fehrenbach, US Army in "This Kind of War"

Marines are about the most peculiar breed of human beings I have ever witnessed. They treat their service as if it was some kind of cult, plastering their emblem on almost everything they own, making themselves up to look like insane fanatics with haircuts to ungentlemanly lengths, worshipping their Commandant almost as if he was a god, and making weird animal noises like a band of savages. They'll fight like rabid dogs at the drop of a hat just for the sake of a little action, and are the cockiest SOB's I have ever known. Most have the foulest mouths and drink well beyond man's normal limits, but their high spirits and sense of brotherhood set them apart and , generally speaking, of the United States Marines I've come in contact with, are the most professional soldiers and the finest men I have had the pleasure to meet.

An Anonymous Canadian Citizen

To ERR is human, to FORGIVE divine. HOWEVER, neither is Marine Corps Policy.

Unknown

Victory was never in doubt. Its cost was...What was in doubt, in all our minds, was whether there would be any of us left to dedicate our cemetery at the end, or whether the last Marine would die knocking out the last Japanese gun and gunner. (In reference to the Battle of Iwo Jima)

Major General Graves B. Erskine, USMC

Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency: we are winning!

Colonel David M. Shoup, USMC
(Radio report from the beach at Tarawa)

Panic sweeps my men when they are facing the American Marines.

A captured North Korean Major

53

The wonderful love of a beautiful maid,
The love of a staunch true man,
The love of a baby, unafraid,
Have existed since time began.

But the greatest of loves, The quintessence of loves.
even greater than that of a mother,
Is the tender, passionate, infinite love,
of one drunken Marine for another. 
"Semper   Fidelis" 

General Louis H.   Wilson, USMC (CMC)
Toast given at 203rd Marine Corps Birthday Ball Camp LeJeune, N.C. 1978  

54

If you can read, Thank a Teacher.

If you can read in English, Thank a MARINE!

Happy Birthday, and Semper Fi!

55

Another Marine Story:

 

In addition to communicating with the local Air Traffic Control facility, all aircraft in the Persian Gulf AOR are required to give the Iranian Air Defense Radar (military) a ten minute 'heads up' if they will be transiting Iranian airspace. This is a common procedure for commercial aircraft and involves giving them your call sign, transponder code, type aircraft, and points of origin and destination.

 

I just flew with a guy who overheard this conversation on the VHF Guard (emergency) frequency 121.5 MHz while flying from Europe to Dubai. It's too good not to pass along. The conversation went something like this ...

 

Air Defense Radar: “Unknown aircraft at (location unknown), you are in Iranian airspace. Identify yourself.”

 

Aircraft: “This is a United States aircraft. I am in Iraqi airspace.”

 

Air Defense Radar: “You are in Iranian airspace. If you do not depart our airspace we will launch interceptor aircraft!”

 

Aircraft: “This is a United States Marine Corps FA-18 fighter. Send 'em up, I'll wait!”

 

Air Defense Radar: (no response ... total silence)

 

Semper Fi

56 Happy Birthday USMC!
I have fond memories of the two marines in my AIT group at Ft. Sill back in 1987. Excellent students, and good fellers to hang around with. So, happy birthday to Marines everywhere, keeping our country safe. May God bless you and your families. This old army vet thanks you.

57 A Marine Corp song to get you fired up for their 235th birthday: The Warrior Song - Hard Corps.

58

To the bravest of them all, the USMC - Happy Birthday.  My old man was a fearless f'in bastard, and a fearless f'in Marine.  He and my mom were married on Nov. 10, 1962.  Semper Fi, your family and your country miss you!

59
Best quote ever:

I come in peace. I didnÂ’t bring artillery. But IÂ’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, IÂ’ll kill you all.

-- Gen. James N. Mattis, USMC

60 Tell you what. You don't mention Smedley Butler, and I won't either.

61

Happy Birthday, Devil Dogs.

Semper Fi

62

USMC (Reserves)

1986-1995

63 I disagree  with everything بنات said.

64

Happy Birthday to all Marines but especially;

Gunery Seargent Brown Marine Barracks Bermuda 84-86.

Gunny you made me a better sailor and dare I say a better man Thank you.

Lcpl. Carl J N. 6/8/56-4/7/07

I miss ya bro. Semper Fi

 

65 I am a lurker on Ace of Spades

I am also a combat USMC vet of OIF and OEF

I love this place

and to 64 - no disrespect, but after 2 Congressional Medals of Honor - I think you are entitled to go as crazy as you want

66 Welcome, seaniep.  We love lurkers who come aboard.  Semper Fi!  Join the crazy party here!

67   "Hunh," sneered the first. "In the Old Corps they bought us two."

Posted by: Looking Glass at November 10, 2010 12:50 PM (KR44t)

That was very funny.

Semper Fi

68

Hey Morons, one last thing... don't forget the Marine Corps. Scholarship Foundation this holiday season.  These kids deserve every bit of our help given that their parents made the ultimate sacrifice.  Show your respect and appreciation for the greatest hero of them all - the fallen Marine.

 

69 SEMPER FI jar heads from a ol lcpl who sometimes lusts for the action he don't see anylonger.

inative: LCpl Bean

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