Marines do it their own way

MSNBC ^ | 9/30/01 | Sue Lackey

[COB1]

"Are you, like, gone over the edge like the grunt in "Full Metal Jacket"? "

No, LIKE, I'm not, LIKE, gone over the edge, dude.
I'm, LIKE, telling it, LIKE, like it is.
Go play with your Nintendo game, kid.
The Marines will take care of the real thing.

[usmcobra]

I joined the Corps in 1975, spent my time in hell errr Parris Island,
and loved it so much that in 1986 when I was to be kicked out because of budget cuts,
went kicking and screaming all the way to HQMC in a futile effort to re-enlist.
I Tell you what Illbay if tomorrow they said we need more Marines, I would kick ass to be at the head of the line
Something that most americans just don't understand is How a Marine's service to his country affects him.
Not to take away from any of the other services but Marines are different,
and those that get it enjoy the very presence of Marines,
all those that don't well they look at Marines as just another service man,
and perhaps that is why Marines get a tad upset at the very suggestion!

[Kowdawg]

Illbay served bravely in Viet Nam as a journalist. He was later elected Vice Perpetrator. He narrowly lost the presidential election after 50000 supporters could not properly punch a ballot.

[bazbo]

Thanks for the post! To all those that have served our country and are represented here this evening I say thank you. For those of you that support those of us that have served our country I thank you as well. For those that cannot understand the psyche of the Marine....well, the truth is unless you have been a Marine you will never understand the closeness of that brotherhood. Of those of you that have not had the opportunity to put on the uniform of our country you may wish to show a portion of respect for those that have. May God be with us....

[bazbo]

...and SEMPER FI!!

[sneakypete]

The army has soliders, the air force has airmen, the navy has sailors, and the Marines have Marines. Please get it right!

Nope,the NAVY has SOLDIERS,and they call them "Marines". Marines are "Naval Infantry". I guess you guys could say you are the "Navy's army".(G)

[bazbo]

Man are YOU messed up! Navy's soldiers?

[sneakypete]

The Apache is so overated, and expensive!

Yup,and who can begin to guess what they will cost if they can ever get them to fly? Infantry lost the A1 Skyraider and the A-10 Warthog for tac air support because the Apache was supposed to do it better. Did they ever even get any to fly in Bosnia?

[LadyX]

....:)))
Probably the correct answers!
He seems to have 'missed' the quiz since Helen Thomas did not ask them..

[csmusaret]

Despite the foaming at the mouth responses you have receieved, I know what you mean. I was in the US Army from 64-87. When I retired the US Army was the best fighting force in the entire world.

[usmcobra]

You are a troll and not a very good one Sneakypete!

The Image I posted was of two USMC Cobras
The same type as went in to Bosnia to rescue Capt. O'Grady
along with a CH-53 Sea Stallion
and two squads of your average Marine Corps Grunts!
Ever time some one says we don't need Marines
Someone ought to stick a Microphone in front of O'Grady and ask him!

[grunt03]

Did you fly cobras?

Me, I was a combat boot driver with a 19 pound M60 appendage on my back.

Semper Fi

[labusiness]

"I say "is", because he always tells me that there are no former Marines-- once a Marine, always a Marine."

Understood, my husband has such reverance for the Corps. that he is sensitive to those who are "retired-Marines," "active Marines" and "lifers." He humbley regards his service of 6 years as a Marine and takes the time very seriously - so I am also careful of how I regard him in juxtaposition to other Marines.

[slym]

<A HREF="http://www.zolatimes.com/V5.40/afghan_invasion.htm> LINK TO EHRLICH ARTICLE</A><b> <p> A veteran correspondant predicts that US forces will take Shindand airport in Afghanistan... <p> Good article for analysis of challenging situation in Afghaistan and Russian mistakes, etc. <p>

[slym]

Oops... Help with the above link, please... (Sorry!)

[grunt03]

Nope,the NAVY has SOLDIERS,and they call them "Marines". Marines are "Naval Infantry". I guess you guys could say you are the "Navy's army".(G)

I started reading this thread and KNEW you'd be along here soon slingin' that Naval Infantry shit. Pops is retired Navy and says the only good marine is a submarine.... wonder what the zoomies call us when we're out of earshot. Where can a lean green fighting machine get any respect around here huh?

[Fester Chugabrew]

"Go back to your comic books. The adults have work to do."

Gawd, you do know how to make an ass of yourself.

[bazbo]

You've got mine....and Chesty Puller is lookin' down on ya:+)

[grunt03]

I've duckwalked up that hill with a full pack and rifle.

That's not the base of Mt. MF is it? Looks too shallow of an ascent for MF. That young jarhead talking about 5 mile runs in gear before lights out missed the fun at the old ITS. Sheeeit, once we ran up MF in full gear, turned left at the firebreak and double timed 11 miles along firebreaks across the top of those frigging hills.

[VietVet]

I don't know if any of you have looked at a map, lately, but Afganistan is completely land-locked, and quite a ways inland. It would be a foolish waste of their specialized training, equipment, and organization to employ a MEU in Afganistan. Not that the Department of Defense is incapable of such a waste; I well remember how 30 years ago, the Marines were sent to occupy a hill-top fifty miles inland near the DMZ in Vietnam, while the Army provided a Brigade of Amphibious Infantry on the Navy ships in the Mekong Delta. (I remember it well because I was one of the Army 'Riverines'.)

No-one, or at least no-one with any familiarity with history, can deny that the Marine Corps is an elite unit of very tough, superbly trained fighting men. They know it, too. Their pride in themselves is what sustains them in combat assaults in which they can expect to take 10% or more casualties *before* they get a chance to engage the enemy. Sometimes their high morale tends to become an 'attitude problem,' especially in peacetime. But it is America's enemies who find they have a problem with that attitude when war comes.