Monday, December 5, 2011

To Be a US Marine


The United States Marine Corps is actually older than the nation it ferociously defends. Neither soldier nor sailor, Marines (and thats with a capital "M" they remind you) are sea-based, combat-ready warriors who attack the enemy by land, by air, and from the sea—simultaneously. As a result, the Marine Corps is Americas only elite fighting force in and of itself. Certainly the Navy has its SEALs, and the Army has its Green Berets, but both are highly trained specialty units within their own branches. In the Marine Corps on the other hand, all 177,000 are trained as elite fighters who routinely go where others fear to tread. Over the past two centuries, Marines have participated in every major and minor engagement that the United States has been involved in, fighting battles aboard ships, on distant shores, and in steamy jungles and hot deserts to defend our nations interests and to preserve our democratic way of life.

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