HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BELOVED MARINE CORPS!,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Posted on 11/10/2014 6:44:21 AM PST by Red Badger
More than 200 years ago, those ready to sign up and lend their lives to increase naval forces in the Revolutionary War stopped by a local tavern in Philadelphia. And so the Marine Corps was born.
The Department of Defense recognizes the 239th birth of the Marine Corps on November 10th this year.
According to Marine Corps tradition and Philadelphia history, the USMC was unofficially founded at Tuns Tavern on Water Street as men signed up under Captain Samuel Nicholas.
Congress ordered the recreation of the Corp on July 11th, 1798, according to the DoD, and by 1921 the Corps date in inception was officially changed back to the November 19th date to commemorate when the force was initially established.
On Wednesday, Camp Lejeune celebrated the occasion with a long standing tradition: a cake was presented to the oldest and youngest Marine in attendance.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BELOVED MARINE CORPS!,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
This soldier salutes the Marine Corps.
OOO-RAH !!!!
Fighting Moslem terrorists since Thomas Jefferson sent them to Africa ..
the First Barbary War. The war, which lasted from 1801 to 1805, was the first of two wars fought between the United States and the Northwest African Berber Muslim states known collectively as the Barbary States..
President Thomas Jefferson refused to pay the high tributes demanded by the Barbary states and because they were seizing American merchant ships and enslaving their crew for high ransoms
Ooo-rah baby.
To the shores of Tripoli.............................
Any idea when the “Oohrah” thingie came about? It wasn’t in our lingo during my latter 1960’s tour.
Joint Public Affairrs Office, HqCo, HqBn, 1stMarDiv, CamPen, CA 1977-1981. I was editor of the Camp Pendleton SCOUT for a couple of years.
Happy birthday and 500 more!
OOORah!
Semper Fi Brothers and Sisters!
Happy Birthday Chesty Puller, where ever you are!
Semper Fi brothers. I think you guys will like this. I know she makes my heart go pitter patter. A maiden solo, lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwZpaoUVuAA
If it wasn’t in the late 60’s, It must have started in the early 70’s sometime. I served 73-77 and it was definitely there then. Must have come from the Vietnam era’s drill instructors....................
S E M P E R F I
Semper Fi.
I was at the PAO, MCSC Barstow 70-73 and I was editor of the Prospector.
Setting aside how hot the young girl was, I love to see young girls out taking on a life and death challenge like this instead of spending all their time trying to get a rich guy snared and to the altar!
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