Hup, 2, 3, 4. Happy 234

**KukriKhan** · 11-10-2009, 14:20

Happy two hundred and thirty-fourth Birthday US Marine Corps, and to all my favorite Jarheads!

**Fisherking** · 11-10-2009, 14:24

Chesty Puller, huh!

Well, off to the tavern...

**Hooahguy** · 11-10-2009, 16:07

love that pic!
Oorah!

**Gregoshi** · 11-10-2009, 16:07

Happy Birthday! Thanks to all who served and serve.

**Hosakawa Tito** · 11-10-2009, 17:04

Happy Birthday to all of Uncle Sam's Misguided Children. Celebration commences at 0 beer 30.

**Fisherking** · 11-10-2009, 17:06

Since the picture is of Chesty Puller, here are some of his quotes.

http://www.military-quotes.com/chesty-puller.htm

He was the most ever decorated Marine with 5 Navy Crosses.

Unbelievable!!!

**Martok** · 11-10-2009, 19:07

Happy Birthday, USMC! Semper Fi!

**Csargo** · 11-10-2009, 19:46

Happy Birthday USMC!

**Samurai Waki** · 11-10-2009, 21:03

Semper fi marines! You are dismissed

**InsaneApache** · 11-11-2009, 00:37

If US Marines drink beer, have one on me. Must just about the oldest regular force in the US.

I wonder where they got the idea from?

**Snite** · 11-17-2009, 03:21

234? The Navy didn't even exist at the time, how could the Marines? In fact, IIRC, most officers aboard ships and boats during the revolution were Army officers filling in the gap which is why the Navy's official birthday is somewhat later than the Revolution.

Just curious.

**Azathoth** · 11-17-2009, 05:35

Ah, the United Space Marine Corps! They are the Emperor's finest.

**Centurion1** · 11-17-2009, 15:18

OOOORAH

**Reverend Joe** · 11-18-2009, 06:09

Originally Posted by InsaneApache

If US Marines drink beer, have one on me. Must just about the oldest regular force in the US.

I wonder where they got the idea from?

No idea, but you Englishmen sure had a hell of a job trying to copy them.

**tibilicus** · 11-18-2009, 20:03

Originally Posted by Reverend Joe

No idea, but you Englishmen sure had a hell of a job trying to copy them.

You mean our Royal Marines? possibly the most lethal force to step of a boat since the dawn of man kind.

Believe me, you don't want to be the enemy when the commandos are coming up the beach, or from the air, or one of the many other combat insertions they're trained in.

**Snite** · 11-18-2009, 20:43

Originally Posted by InsaneApache

If US Marines drink beer, have one on me. Must just about the oldest regular force in the US.

I wonder where they got the idea from?

US Army Infantry is the oldest regular force in the US.

Resolution of the Continental Congress: 14 June 1775

RESOLVED, that six companies of expert riflemen be immediately raised in Pennsylvania, two in Maryland, and two in Virginia; that each company consist of a captain, three lieutenants, four sergeants, four corporals, a drummer or trumpeter and sixty-eight privates.

**Pannonian** · 11-19-2009, 03:45

Originally Posted by tibilicus

You mean our Royal Marines? possibly the most lethal force to step of a boat since the dawn of man kind.

Believe me, you don't want to be the enemy when the commandos are coming up the beach, or from the air, or one of the many other combat insertions they're trained in.

Absolutely.