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THE 11 GENERAL ORDERS MARINES
GENERAL ORDER 1: To take charge of this post and all government property in view.

GENERAL ORDER 2: To walk my post in a military manner, keeping always on the alert and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing.

GENERAL ORDER 3: To report all violations of orders I am instructed to enforce.

GENERAL ORDER 4: To repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guardhouse than my own.

GENERAL ORDER 5: To quit my post only when properly relieved.

GENERAL ORDER 6: To receive, obey, and pass on to the sentry who relieves me all orders from the Commanding Officer, Officer of the Day, and Officers and Noncommissioned Officers of the Guard only.

GENERAL ORDER 7: To talk to no one except in the line of duty.

GENERAL ORDER 8: To give the alarm in case of fire or disorder.

GENERAL ORDER 9: To call the Corporal of the Guard in any case not covered by instructions.

GENERAL ORDER 10: To salute all officers and all colors and standards not cased.

GENERAL ORDER 11: To be especially watchful at night and during the time for challenging, to challenge all persons on or near my post, and to allow no one to pass without proper authority.

MY KIND OF MARINE

Marines are about the most peculiar breed of human beings I have ever witnessed. They treat their service as if it was some kind of cult, plastering their emblem on almost everything they own, making themselves up to look like insane fanatics with haircuts to ungentlemanly lengths, worshipping their Commandant almost as if he was a god, and making weird animal noises like a band of savages. They’ll fight like rabid dogs at the drop of a hat just for the sake of a little action, and are the cockiest SOB’s I have ever known. Most have the foulest mouths and drink well beyond man’s normal limits, but their high spirits and sense of brotherhood set them apart and , generally speaking, of the United States Marines I’ve come in contact with, are the most professional soldiers and the finest men I have had the pleasure to meet.

- An Anonymous Canadian Citizen

(Some of us don't drink at all.)DUB

I seem to remember a 12th general order but it kept changing and getting better so i forgot most of 'em!! :-)

(you remember stuff like "Walk this post from flank to flank, and take no shit from any rank!")

YeeeHHHaaaaaaaaa!! :-)

Semper Fi