[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

Nope. I did not forget. I just don’t care. In my experience over 25 years, the USMC was at the bottom of the heap for honesty.

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I’ve worked around every brand of US Serviceman except Coast Guard. I’ve even worked around a whole lot of foreign military.

I’ve found that overall, our service members are decent and honorable. Of course there are dirt bags in every profession; but in the US Armed forces they are the exception, not the rule.

[Mr Rogers]

As I wrote in post 35: “And frankly, the vast majority of military officers were more open and honest than what I’ve encountered in the civilian world.”

[Chainmail]

That has been my experience too. Most of the service members of all ranks that I served with were excellent people and I was proud to be with all of them except a small handful. For those few who I wasn't proud of, I usually was the one testifying at their court-martial.

People like Mr Rogers who served a full career in a service and then spend the days of their retirement running down another service based on an isolated incident or two tend to have other issues at work. Generally, people who are satisfied with their own service don't waste their time or embarrass themselves running down other good people. Maybe they knew that they didn't put everything they had into it and calumny is their way of deflecting attention away from their history.

All I know is that the Marine Corps was, imperfections and all, the finest, bravest bunch of men I had ever known and I would return to combat anytime with them if I was called.