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Veterans and friends:
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Marine Arrogance
A Marine Sergeant wrote this in response to an army guy who posted a comment on a Marine Corps site that he was sick and tired of "Marine Arrogance."
The Sergeant said...
"I think that's what makes Marines special, if only in our own minds, is that elusive Quality of Esprit de Corps. It's the fact that we, as individual Marines, don't feel that we are individual Marines. When we wear our uniform, when we hear our Hymn, when we go into battle, we are going with every other Marine who ever wore the uniform.
Standing behind us are the Marines who fought during the birth of our nation. We're standing with the Marines who fought in WWI and gave birth to the legend of the "Teuful Hunden," or "Devil Dogs." We are standing with the Marines who took Iwo and Tarawa and countless other blood soaked islands throughout the Pacific.
We are standing with the "Frozen Chosin" and our beloved Chesty Puller. We are standing with the Marines who battled at Hue City and Khe Sanh and the muddy rice paddies of South East Asia. We are standing with the Marines who fought in Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom and now are fighting in Afghanistan.
Like real brothers, their blood courses through our veins, and when we go into battle, we would rather lay down our lives than be a disappointment to them. We carry on our backs their legacy, their deaths, and their honor. We carry that for the rest of our lives.
The Marine Corps uniform doesn't come off when our active duty is over. We wear it daily in our attitude and our love of Corps and country. We wear it on our tattoos and our bumper stickers. We wear it on our hearts.
It's why, no matter where we are in the world, on November 10th, every Marine celebrates the Marine Corps birthday. It's why we'll never be an army of 1. It's why we never stop being Marines. It's why, for most of us, being a Marine isn't something we were. It's something we are.
It's the most important part of who and what we are. Some say we're arrogant. We say we're proud. We have a right to be proud. We are the United States Marines, the most feared and ferocious group of warriors to walk the face of this earth.
When America's enemies formulate their battle plans, they plan on going around Marine units because they know Damn well that they can't go through them. We are what other branches wish they were.
We are the modern day Spartans. This isn't bragging. It's written in the battle history of our country. When there's a parade and the Marines march by, everyone pays a little more attention. Some say, "arrogance." We call it "pride." It's why, in a crowd of servicemen, you can always spot the Marine. Why are Marines special? I don't know. We just are.
Saepius Exertus, Semper Fidelis, Frater Infinitas, Often Tested, Always Faithful, Brothers Forever,
-Semper Fidelis!
โI picked that beautiful flag up off that ground.โ
Marine veteran and double amputee Tony Mullis stopped on a Georgia highway after spotting a U.S. flag on the ground beside the busy interstate.
Mullis, who lost both legs after an explosion during his second tour in Afghanistan, got out of his SUV to retrieve the flag.
He said seeing the flag on the ground โbroke my heartโ because it reminded him of those who sacrificed for the country.
Steven Kertesz retweeted
๐บ๐ธMaybe itโs time. This is exactly what weโre built for. Iโm tired of talks.๐บ๐ธ
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Goosebumps every single time! ๐ฆ
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The U.S. Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon just put on a flawless performance in the shadow of the Marine Corps War Memorial.
Marines demonstrating the professionalism and excellence that define our Corps.
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Dear Sane America,
We are fucking done. Weโre sick and damn tired of being force-fed this suicidal lie that every backwards, violent, or incompatible culture on the planet must be imported, celebrated, and protected....while our own is shit on, dismantled, and erased in real time. Our cities are turned into third-world shitholes by millions of unvetted invaders who bring their tribal hatreds, gang violence, welfare dependency, and medieval attitudes with them. Our schools brainwash our kids to despise their own heritage while waving rainbow flags for every exotic import. Our borders were wide open sewers. Our founding stock is told to shut up and die off quietly so the globalist parasites and their imported voting blocs can finish looting whatโs left. They mock our flag, burn our history, tear down our monuments, and call our grandparents โoppressors.โ
Meanwhile, weโre expected to genuflect to cultures that still practice female genital mutilation, honor killings, arranged cousin marriages, and religious supremacy that treats women and outsiders like cattle. But heaven forbid we prefer the culture that actually built hospitals, invented the modern world, and gave more freedom and opportunity to more people than any other in history. Call us racists. Call us bigots. We donโt give a shit anymore.
The experiment in โdiversity is our strengthโ has been a catastrophic failure, written in blood, crime stats, collapsing social trust, and trillions wasted. Every honest study, every honest neighborhood thatโs been transformed, every honest person whoโs watched their town turn unrecognizable proves it. Multiculturalism isnโt enrichment, itโs replacement. And the people pushing it hardest live in gated communities far from the consequences. This is our country. Europeans, foundersโ descendants, and assimilated Americans built it. We donโt owe the rest of the planet a damn thing except what we voluntarily choose to give. We will not apologize for wanting our children to inherit the civilization their ancestors created instead of some diluted, chaotic, low-trust slum. America First. America Always.
No more apologies. No more guilt. No more tolerance for intolerance aimed at us. If you hate this country and its native culture so much, there are 195 other nations. Get the fuck out. Weโre staying, weโre waking up, and weโre taking it back...raw, unapologetic, and by any political means necessary. The sane are no longer asking nicely. A furious, wide-awake American whoโs had enough of the bullshit.
Barbara Walters writes:
Unfortunately, many have forgotten and still countless others have never known how Ms. Fonda betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War.
The first part of this is from an F-4E pilot. The pilot's name is Jerry Driscoll, a River Rat. In 1968, the former Commandant of the USAF Survival School was a POW in Ho LoPrison, the "Hanoi Hilton."
Dragged from a stinking cesspit of a cell, cleaned, fed, and dressed in clean PJ's, he was ordered to describe for a visiting American "peace activist" the "lenient and humane treatment" he'd received.
He spat at Ms. Fonda, was clubbed, and was dragged away. During the subsequent beating, he fell forward onto the camp commandant 's feet, which sent that officer berserk.
In 1978, the Air Force Colonel still suffered from double vision (which permanently ended his flying career) from the Commandant's frenzied application of a wooden baton.
From 1963-65, Col. Larry Carrigan was in the 47FW/DO (F-4E's). He spent 6 years in the "Hanoi Hilton". . . The first three of which his family only knew he was "missing in action." His wife lived on faith that he was still alive. His group, too, got the cleaned-up, fed and clothed routine in preparation for a "peace delegation" visit.
They, however, had time and devised a plan to get word to the world that they were alive and still survived. Each man secreted a tiny piece of paper, with his Social Security Number on it, in the palm of his hand. When paraded before Ms. Fonda and a cameraman, she walked the line, shaking each man's hand and asking little encouraging snippets like: "Aren't you sorry you bombed babies?" and "Are you grateful for the humane treatment from your benevolent captors?" Believing this HAD to be an act, they each palmed her their sliver of paper.
She took them all without missing a beat. . . At the end of the line and once the camera stopped rolling, to the shocked disbelief of the POWs, she turned to the officer in charge and handed him all the little pieces of paper...
Three men died from the subsequent beatings. Colonel Carrigan was almost number four but he survived, which is the only reason we know of her actions that day.
I was a civilian economic development adviser in Vietnam, and was captured by the North Vietnamese communists in South Vietnam in 1968, and held prisoner for over 5 years.
I spent 27 months in solitary confinement; one year in a cage in Cambodia; and one year in a 'black box' in Hanoi. My North Vietnamese captors deliberately poisoned and murdered a female missionary, a nurse in a leprosarium in Banme Thuot, South Vietnam, whom I buried in the jungle near the Cambodian border. At one time, I weighed only about 90 lbs. (My normal weight is 170 lbs.)
We were Jane Fonda's "war criminals."
When Jane Fonda was in Hanoi, I was asked by the camp communist political officer if I would be willing to meet with her. I said yes, for I wanted to tell her about the real treatment we POWs received. . . and how different it was from the treatment purported by the North Vietnamese, and parroted by her as "humane and lenient."
Because of this, I spent three days on a rocky floor on my knees, with my arms outstretched with a large steel weight placed on my hands, and beaten with a bamboo cane.
I had the opportunity to meet with Jane Fonda soon after I was released. I asked her if she would be willing to debate me on TV. She never did answer me.
These first-hand experiences do not exemplify someone who should be honored as part of "100 Years of Great Women." Lest we forget. . . "100 Years of Great Women" should never include a traitor whose hands are covered with the blood of so many patriots.
There are few things I have strong visceral reactions to, but Hanoi Jane's participation in blatant treason, is one of them. Please take the time to forward to as many people as you possibly can. It will eventually end up on her computer, and she needs to know that we will never forget. See less
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โThere is no greater love than this: that a person would lay down his life for the sake of his friends.โ
HONORโข RESPECTโข GRATITUDE โฅ๏ธ๐บ๐ธ๐ฆ
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You may not see my scars, but they are there.
I know trauma. I know pain. I also know that seeking help is a sign of strength. I did, and you can too.
This Mental Health Awareness Month, I remain committed to breaking down barriers to care for our Sailors and Marines.
You are always worth fighting for.


























