Quote Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito
InsaneApache, I believe the motto applies to all my brothers & cousins in the Marine Corps., no matter the nationality.

Maybe so, BDC, and knowing how they train, I bet the real McCoy was easier. The more one sweats in training the less one bleeds in combat.
Actually the motto applies to a foot regiment in Britain, not the Marines. That regiment is, or rather was, the 11th/39th/54th (Devon & Dorset Light Infantry)

My local outfit.

Still a nice sentiment, not sure how a Marine would feel about the association with a motly group of soldiers.