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To: Nonsense Unlimited
"Inactive Marine. No such thing as ex or former Marine. ;)"

How about "post-graduate Marine"?

42 posted on 07/24/2011 1:10:15 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing an idiot)
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To: muir_redwoods

ONCE A MARINE, ALWAYS A MARINE:
Once a Marine, Always a Marine: This truism was adopted as the official motto of the Marine Corps League. The origin of the statement is credited to a gung-ho Marine Corps Master Sergeant, Paul Woyshner. During a barroom argument he shouted, “Once a Marine, always a Marine!” MSgt. Woyshner was right. Once the title “U.S. Marine” has been earned, it is retained. There are no ex-Marines or former-Marines. There are (1) active duty Marines, (2) retired Marines, (3) reserve Marines, and (4) Marine veterans. Nonetheless, once one has earned the title, he remains a Marine for life.

http://www.usmarinesbirthplace.com/United-States-Marines-facts.html


43 posted on 07/24/2011 1:18:31 PM PDT by OwenKellogg (Defund Elmo, TOTUS, and GOTUS)
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