[GeorgiaDawg]

Thanks for posting. My deceased father was a Marine (was in Cuban Missle Crisis). I made the mistake of referring to him as an "ex-Marine" one time - he quickly corrected me and said "Son, you're never an EX Marine..."

Dan Rather couldn't carry his dog tags.

[jpsb]

'Son, you're never an EX Marine"

I reffer to myself as an inactive Marine", long time inactive LOL.