[armymarinemom]

I think they should have just used "American Military". We got a big kick out of calling our Marine and asking him how it felt to have his brothers as Person of the Year.

[Polybius]

We got a big kick out of calling our Marine and asking him how it felt to have his brothers as Person of the Year.

Not so fast, Mom.

Your Marine son is one of the "Soldiers of the Sea".

SOLDIERS OF THE SEA: ARE MARINES SOLDIERS?

SOLDIERS OF THE SEA: The U.S. Marine Corps 1775~1962, LtCol Robert D. Heinl, Jr. USMC, United States Naval Press Institute