[Rummyfan]

After the Pacific fighting, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson wanted to disband the Marines Corps. What good were amphibious landings in the nuclear age? Johnson asked. His boss, President Harry Truman, agreed and didn't like the cocky Marines either.

Johnson was just about the worst SecDef post-WWII. A pure political appointee by Truman, and he was out shortly after the Korean War started.

[Rummyfan]

One unnamed Obama administration official was quoted by the Washington Post as saying, "We have better operational coherence with virtually all of our NATO allies than we have with the U.S. Marine Corps."

Hey, the source is an Obama Admin official. What else would we expect from such a weasel?

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"That story of island-hopping was mostly about how the old breed of U.S. Marines fought diehard Japanese infantrymen face-to-face in places like Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, Guam and Okinawa."

Methinks this guy did not watch Pacific and does not know a lot about the Marine Corps. In Pacific, they did not show the battles of Tarawa, Saipan or Guam. They did show the battle for Cape Gloucestor on the island of New Britian. Also, "The Old Breed" was not a generic name given to Marines. "The Old Breed" represents a nickname given to the 1st Marine Division which was the unit mainly shown throughout the series.

"The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, retired three-star Army General Karl W. Eikenberry, reportedly made a comment about there being 41 nations serving in Afghanistan -- and a 42nd composed of the Marine Corps."

I liked that line. How true, how true. Ooh Rah boys!

[Keith Brown]

“One unnamed Obama administration official was quoted by the Washington Post as saying, “We have better operational coherence with virtually all of our NATO allies than we have with the U.S. Marine Corps.”

That’s because the US Marines fight FOR America not against it!

OOOH RAH!

[lakeman]

When a Marine kills the only thing he feels is the recoil of his rifle.

Uh Rah

[RJS1950]

The current fascist regime doesn’t like the Corps because they can’t control them to the point that they will do their bidding. They take the oath to protect and defend the Constitution seriously and that is something the democrat party cannot abide in their program to set up a socialist dictatorship. Semper Fi!

FUBO

[2nd Bn, 11th Mar]

This quote kind of gets to the heart of the issue:

“We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down in the southwestern corner, doing nothing. What the hell is going on?”

- Gen. John W. Vessey Jr., USA, Chairman of the the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the assault on Grenada, 1983

[Charlespg]

I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world. Prime Minister of Britain, Sir Winston Churchill

[SolidRedState]

Basic Military Rules

Marine Corps Rules:

01. Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one.
02. Decide to be aggressive enough, quickly enough.
03. Have a plan.
04. Have a back-up plan, because the first one probably won’t work.
05. Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
06. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun whose caliber does not start
with a ‘4.’
07. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Life is
expensive.
08. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend (Lateral &
diagonal preferred.)
09. Use cover or concealment as much as possible.
10. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.
11. Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.
12. In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance, or
tactics. They will only remember who lived.
13. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating your intention to
shoot.

Navy SEAL’s Rules:

1. Look very cool in sunglasses.
2. Kill every living thing within view.
3. Adjust Speedo.
4. Check hair in mirror.

US Army Rangers Rules:

1. Walk in 50 miles wearing 75 pound rucksack while starving.
2. Locate individuals requiring killing.
3. Request permission via radio from ‘Higher’ to perform killing.
4. Curse bitterly when mission is aborted.
5. Walk out 50 miles wearing a 75 pound rucksack while starving.

US Army Rules:

1. Curse bitterly when receiving operational order.
2. Make sure there is extra ammo and extra coffee.
3. Curse bitterly.
4. Curse bitterly.
5. Do not listen to 2nd LTs; it can get you killed.
6. Curse bitterly.

US Air Force Rules:

1. Have a cocktail.
2. Adjust temperature on air-conditioner.
3. See what’s on HBO.
4. Ask ‘What is a gunfight?’
5. Request more funding from Congress with a ‘killer’ Power Point
presentation.
6. Wine & dine ‘’key’ Congressmen, invite DOD & defense industry executives.
7. Receive funding, set up new command and assemble assets.
8. Declare the assets ‘strategic’ and never deploy them operationally.
9. Hurry to make 13:45 tee-time.
10. Make sure the base is as far as possible from the conflict but close
enough to have tax exemption.

US Navy Rules:

1. Go to Sea.
2. Drink Coffee.
3. Deploy Marines

[MinorityRepublican]

Bttt