Happy Birthday Marines!

[MGySgt]

Tomorrow is our 232nd Birthday.

Semper Fi!

[madcaster]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY,and THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE,
From,
A GRATEFUL AND PROUND NATION!

[sundog]

Hooah!

[waksupi]

Happy B-day, and THANKS!

[Topper]

Happy birthday Marines. God bless an keep each one of you.

[oksmle]

Thank you. And tomorrow evening I'll raise a glass to your health.

MGySgt R.H. Simmons, aka oksmle....

[NVcurmudgeon]

Happy Birthday, Marines! Thanks for keeping assorted foreigners off my back unto this day. I've been a member of your fan club since Tarawa. (Before that I couldn't read well enough to keep up with your travels.)

[Nazgul]

Thanks,

Don

SGT USMC

[Nueces]

Happy Birthday, Leathernecks!

Mark, LTC, USAFR, Retired

[danski26]

Back in 1775, my Marine Corp came alive. Happy Birthday gentlemen!

[Ricochet]

Happy Birthday, USMC!

[Vegas Vince]

Happy Birthday to our beloved "U S MARINE CORP"!!
232 years & still going strong. :drinks:

[Buckshot]

................I heard it said recently:

"America is at war!"

"Naw America isn't at war, the Marines are at war."

"America's at the Mall"

..................Buckshot

[0802]

Semper Fi.

[twotrees]

I am going to the 88Th Birthday party for a Real Iwo Jima Marine. He was assigned to light tanks, but spent his whole time there on 105 duty.

If any of you Marines have a Birthday wish for him, I'll print them and take them to him.

Bob M. is from Alabama and his health isn't to good these days.

Happy Birthday Marines and Happy Birthday Bob.

Semper Fi Y'All

TwoTrees

[45nut]

Happy Birthday Marines.
Bob M, thank you for sure.

[MGySgt]

I am going to the 88Th Birthday party for a Real Iwo Jima Marine. He was assigned to light tanks, but spent his whole time there on 105 duty.

If any of you Marines have a Birthday wish for him, I'll print them and take them to him.

TwoTrees

Please pass to our brother he might get a kick out of this:

10 November 1775 the United States Marine Corps was established.

In the beginning was the word, and the word was God.

In the beginning was God, and all else was darkness and void, and without
form. So God created the heavens and the Earth. He created the sun, and the
moon, and the stars, so that light might pierce the darkness. The Earth,
God divided between the land and the sea, and these he filled with many
assorted creatures.

And the dark, salty, slimy creatures that inhabited the murky depths of the
oceans, God called sailors. And He dressed them accordingly. They had
little trousers that looked like bells at the bottom. And their shirts had
cute little flaps on them to hide the hickeys on their necks. He also gave
them long sideburns and shabby looking beards. God nicknamed them "squids"
and banished them to a lifetime at sea, so that normal folks would not have
to associate with them. To further identify these unloved creatures, He
called them "petty" and "commodore" instead of titles worthy of red-blooded
men.

And the flaky creatures of the land, God called soldiers. And with a
twinkle in His eye, and a sense of humor that only He could have, God made
their trousers too short and their covers too large. He also made their
pockets oversized, so that they may warm their hands. And to adorn their
uniforms, God gave them badges in quantities that only a dime store owner
could appreciate. And He gave them emblems and crests... and all sorts of
shiny things that glittered...and devices that dangled. (When you are God
you tend to get carried away.)

On the 6th day, He thought about creating some air creatures for which he
designed a Greyhound bus driver's uniform, especially for Air Force
flyboys. But He discarded the idea during the first week, and it was not
until years later that some apostles resurrected this theme and established
what we now know as the "Wild-Blue-Yonder Wonders."

And on the 7th day, as you know, God rested.

But on the 8th day, at 0730, God looked down upon the earth and was not
happy. No, God was not happy! So He thought about His labors, and in His
divine wisdom God created a divine creature. And this He called Marine. And
these Marines, who God had created in His own image, were to be of the air,
and of the land, and of the sea. And these He gave many wonderful uniforms.
Some were green; some were blue with red trim. And in the early days, some
were even a beautiful tan. He gave them practical fighting uniforms, so
that they could wage war against the forces of Satan and evil. He gave them
service uniforms for their daily work and training. And He gave them
evening and dress uniforms... sharp and stylish, handsome things... so that
they might promenade with their ladies on Saturday night and impress the
hell out of everybody! He even gave them swords, so that people who were
not impressed could be dealt with accordingly. And at the end of the 8th
day, God looked down upon the earth and saw that it was good. But was God
happy? No! God was still not happy! Because in the course of His labors, He
had forgotten one thing: He did not have a Marine uniform for himself. He
thought about it, and thought about it, and finally God satisfied Himself
in knowing that, well... not everybody can be a Marine!

Happy Birthday, Marines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OOOHRAH!!!!

[HollandNut]

Jus Remember Who Owns Ya :Fire:

Jack

GMCS USN Retired

Semper Fi :drinks:

[danski26]

Hollandnut is right. The Marine Corp is a department of the Navy......................the mens department! ;-)

[MGySgt]

Hollandnut is right. The Marine Corp is a department of the Navy......................the mens department! ;-)

You beat me to it! :)

[Bret4207]

A belated Happy B-day to us. Cpl Bret USMC 79-83