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I too am part of a group ... I have my PHD ... have been shot at ... Once.
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I too am part of a group ... I have my PHD ... have been shot at ... Once.
OneMarineE5
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Surgeon? I'm impressed! Both my sister and mother-in-law are RN's. My sister has commented regarding the extensive education and training required by such a goal.
I think this is a very neat thead! I commented once that I hope the originator of this thread, westbrooklawn from NC, doesn't feel this has been hi-jacked or something. If he's still reading, I hope he recognizes the vast array of even careers that is represented here and greatly responsible to some degree for TBN personalities.
westbrooklawn....if you are seeing this. Thanks:drink:
OneMarineE5
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As I said, awesome!
Care to explain being shot at? Military/Security, perhaps something ominous?
Or tell me to shut up if I'm being nosey....I promise it will not initiate you being shot at again.
dmccarty
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I ran across the following link this morning on a defense related web page. The link is to an article written by SLA Marshal who was a US Army historian and well regarded. The article was published in 1960 and somehow has been posted on the web. It is about the first wave who landed at Omaha beach. If the other landings on D Day had been like what happened at Omaha I do not know if the D Day invasion would have been a success.
First Wave at Omaha Beach - 60.11.
Later,
Dan
It is about the first wave who landed at Omaha beach. If the other landings on D Day had been like what happened at Omaha I do not know if the D Day invasion would have been a success.First Wave at Omaha Beach - 60.11.
Later,
Dan
jcliburn
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OneMarineE5 said:I too have known my share of.. well, less than honorable people, having had affiliation with a group that is typically regarded by a much higher standing of character.
I can not help but hold the US Marine Corps with high regard, and yet personally know some people who were once part of the Marine Corps who sound just like who you've described. And I know you and many other Soldiers hold the US Army in high regard, as you better....or why bother. I also know we absolutely need all the branches!
Am I proud to be a Marine?
"The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!"
-- Eleanor Roosevelt
There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and the enemy. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion.
--Gen. William Thornson, U.S. Army
The safest place in Korea was right behind a platoon of Marines. Lord, how they could fight!
--MGen. Frank E. Lowe, U.S. Army; Korea, 26 January 1952
Why in lleh can't the Army do it if the Marines can. They are the same kind of men; why can't they be like Marines.
--Gen. John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, USA; 12 February 1918
I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!
--General of the Armies Douglas MacArthur; Korea, 21 September 1950
We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down in the southwestern corner, doing nothing. What the **** is going on?
--Gen. John W. Vessey Jr., USA, Chairman of the the Joint Chiefs of Staff
during the assault on Grenada, 1983
You left one out...
The only good Marine is a submarine.
--Jay Cliburn, US submarine veteran; 31 December 2010
Just kidding, of course!
OneMarineE5
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You left one out...
The only good Marine is a submarine.
--Jay Cliburn, US submarine veteran; 31 December 2010
Just kidding, of course!
Now that's awesome! Just when I thought I've heard all the good ones...there's another one to show up! :thumbsup:
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As I said, awesome!
Care to explain being shot at? Military/Security, perhaps something ominous?
Or tell me to shut up if I'm being nosey....I promise it will not initiate you being shot at again.
Well I was young and she was not ...... Thats all I got to say about that.
OneMarineE5
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RadarTech
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Impolite army sgt. and clueless squad ! Based on the Sgt. and squad leaders conduct it should not surprise you that his squad probably felt he got what he deserved. It would be a dangerous mistake to assume all Army Squads or Squad leaders would react the same way...
By the way as a side note you posted > " A marine can do wrong, but a marine will correct." I am keeping in mind the saying that there are no former Marines...once a Marine, always a Marine..With that in mind I have a tool box in my shop right now with the US Marine decal on it loaded with a set of sockets and other tools left behind by a Marine tenant of mine that was also a local police officer ..he beat his wife, trashed the house I rented to him and left a total mess..He never corrected and I had to sue him to recover damages..he left the state to avoid coming to court...I'm just saying....
Like any group, there are bad apples..
We had a wife beater in one of my units...
he moved into the barracks and fell down the stairs a few times....
I'm sorry you got such a bad apple....
J
