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Jarhead
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Straight from the big dog...
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(uc)
TO AL ALMAR(uc)
ALMAR
BT
UNCLASSIFIED
ALMAR 040/03
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CMC//
SUBJ/228TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. ARMY//
RMKS/1. ON BEHALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE
CORPS, IT IS MY HONOR TO EXTEND HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AS YOU CELEBRATE YOUR 228TH
ANNIVERSARY.
2. MARINES ARE PROUD TO SERVE ALONGSIDE OUR ARMY BRETHREN. SINCE
JUNE 14, 1775, THE UNITED STATES ARMY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE
SECURITY AND PROSPERITY OF OUR GREAT NATION WHILE ESTABLISHING A
WELL-EARNED REPUTATION AS THE WORLD'S FINEST ARMY. TODAY, IN IRAQ,
AFGHANISTAN, AND THROUGHOUT THE GLOBE, THE BATTLEFIELD SUCCESS AND
SELFLESS SERVICE OF A NEW GENERATION OF SOLDIERS ARE ADDING ANOTHER
GLORIOUS CHAPTER TO THE ARMY'S RICH HISTORY. INDEED, THE MEN AND
WOMEN OF THE U.S. ARMY ARE A SOURCE OF PRIDE AND INSPIRATION FOR ALL
AMERICANS.
3. MARINES ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE ARMY'S MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND WE
EXTEND SINCERE RESPECT AND THANKS FOR YOUR STEADFAST DEVOTION TO
DUTY AND COUNTRY.
4. SEMPER FIDELIS, M. W. HAGEE, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//
 "Your Marines having been under my command for nearly six months, I feel that I can give you a discriminating report as to their excellent standing with their brothers of the Army and their general good conduct."-General John J. Pershing, U.S. Army
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Hard Charger
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Now that shows some class. I trust GEN Schoomaker will reciprocate on 10 November.
"EBO isn't a strategy. It's a sales pitch." - Ralph Peters
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Masters of Hard Knocks from the University of Gravity
 
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Belated Tom, but thanks for the reminder to the oldest service in the US Military.
"Si Vis Pacum Para Bellum"
If you want peace prepare for war!
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Seasoned Vet
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Oh did he mean the National Guard? Technically it is the "oldest" of the services or componant of a service at least ]I do like the class that the Marines exhibit it becomes them.
[82nd][E7][E6][uswingm]
Stand in the door!
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FOG Paratrooper
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Oustanding Compliment from an Outstanding Elite Class of Warriors.
Semper Fi !
I thought the Minutemen were the oldest, or were they the fastest?
That's all it takes me sometimes. [ashamed]
RJ [thup]
RJ - SCOUTS OUT! 
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Seasoned Vet
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I wonder what the wives thought of the name? One of them probably thought of it and the dense hubby didn't realize what she meant.
Go with God, but make Him walk the point.
If you load a mudfoot down with a lot of gadgets he has to watch somebody a lot more simply equipped - say with a stone axe - will sneak up and bash his head in while he is trying to read a Vernier. - Robert Heinlein
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Bright as a chemlight after 20 hours
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Pure class.
I was still half-way waiting for a punch-line. Of all the other services, I don't mind a little yap from the Marines, though.
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Bright as a chemlight after 20 hours
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quote:
Originally posted by Sh0t
Probably something to do with those F/A-18s flying over your head?
Almost as good as hot chow...
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