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My husband is working out of town today or I'd be planning a birthday cake! Happy 229th to Marines everywhere...........Hoorah!
We don't care how you do it in the Army
Heroes Get Remembered, Legends Live Forever
Heaven Won't Take Us and Hell's Afraid We'll Take Over
When It Absolutely, Positively, Must Be Destroyed Overnight, Call The USMC!
Vietnam, I Don't know what Happened, When I Left We Were Winning
When In Doubt, EMPTY THE MAGAZINE
Forget SMITH & WESSON, This Property Protected By A US Marine
For Those Who Fought For It, Freedom Has A flavor The Protected Will Never Know
To Err is Human, To Forgive is Divine, HOWEVER, NEITHER IS A MARINE CORPS POLICY
Do DRAFT DODGERS Have Reunions? If so, what do they talk about?
Mess With One Marine, You mess with them all.
Marine Sniper... One Shot....One Kill...No Exceptions
One Shot..One Kill...One Thousand Yards...MARINE SNIPER
If you run, you'll just die tired...USMC Sniper
Happiness is a Belt-Fed Weapon
More Sweat in Peace...Less Blood in War
Nobody Ever Drowned In Sweat
"The Impossible" is done with the Good Lord's help and A FEW GOOD MEN
The U.S. Marine Corps is a department of the Navy.....THE MEN'S DEPARTMENT
University of Parris Island.....Nov. 10, 1775
Marine Aviation...I Love the smell of Jet Fuel in the morning
You can take the Marine out of the Corps..BUT, you can't take the Corps out of the Marine!
USMC......America's 911
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Old Corps...New Corps....HARD CORPS
Pain is weakness leaving the body...USMC
We don't promise you a Rose Garden...USMC
Pain is Temporary...Pride is Forever
WARNING...US MARINE ARMED AND DANGEROUS
That sucking chest wound is nature's way of telling you to slow down.
email from Jim -
Hey, fresh update from Josh!!! He called us this morning, around 6:15am. Plus this email! Some of his answers are in response to my original email. His battalion just recently moved to the west side of Ramadi, onto an Army base called Junction City. He said it is a LOT nicer than their old firm base. But it comes with different kinds of danger. He indicated on the phone this morning that snipers are a real threat here. A Marine was shot in the jaw just a few days ago. He'll live but with severe complications. He also told us about this RPG incident this morning. His Squad took their first hit. Again, this guy's still alive but sustained severe enough injuries to get shipped stateside. The details are in his note. What's really amazing; no, what's really a MIRACLE, is that Josh wasn't hurt. Well, enough from me, here's Josh!
God Bless and Semper Fi,
Jim
email from Josh - Marine PFC, stationed in Ramadi:
Hey Dad, yeah this firm base is ten times bigger and better, and alot safer. Our baracks' are tin roof, so it won't stop a mortar, but they are surrounded by hesko barriers, so as long as it doesn't land directly on top of us (which is a slim chance), then we'll be ok. Plus, this place gets mortared maybe once a week, the outpost was every other day or so. The thing about Fallujah and Ramadi is this, Ramadi has us, 2/5 and a few Army units, like Brigades, and we are already inside the city, Fallujah has like 4 Marine battalions and a few Army brigades as well, and they are all on the outskirts, so they are still waiting to push in and reoccupy. Alot of action the other day, two snipers were killed, they dismounted from their vehicle right on top of an IED, and two more were severely wounded. Plus, my squad was patrolling down an alley and no kidding, an RPG hit 15 ft from me, and shrapnel hit one of the Fire Team leaders, a Corporal. We dragged him to safety and he will be alright, shrapnel wounds to his face, back, thighs and arm, plus he'll probably lose a finger. The shrapnel to his back was a cm from his spine, but he'll get a purple heart and go home to his family, so he won't have to pay for any of his kids' college, and he sustained minor injuries compared to what could have happened. My squad leader said the only thing that saved the rest of us was our dispersion (and God of course). God is still protecting us day after day. Thanks for the prayers. Love you guys.
end of email
My friend told me that Josh's platoon seargent asks Josh to pray for the mission every time they go out. You don't hear many stories like this from the MSM, but our guys are winning and we have truly great people over there.