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ON 10 NOVEMBER 1775,
CONGRESS PASSED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION:
RESOLVED:
THAT TWO BATTALIONS OF MARINES BE RAISED, CONSISTING OF ONE COLONEL, TWO LIEUTENANT COLONELS, TWO MAJORS AND OTHER OFFICERS AS USUAL IN OTHER REGIMENTS, AND THAT THEY CONSIST OF AN EQUAL NUMBER OF PRIVATES WITH OTHER BATTALIONS;
THAT PARTICULAR CARE BE TAKEN THAT NO PERSONS BE APPOINTED TO OFFICE, OR INLISTED INTO SAID BATTALIONS, BUT SUCH AS ARE GOOD SEAMEN, OR SO ACQUAINTED WITH MARITIME AFFAIRS AS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE TO ADVANTAGE BY SEA WHEN REQUIRED;
THAT THEY BE INLISTED AND COMMISSIONED FOR AND DURING THE PRESENT WAR BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE COLONIES, UNLESS DISMISSED BY ORDER OF CONGRESS;
THAT THEY BE DISTINGUISHED BY THE NAMES OF THE FIRST AND SECOND BATTALIONS OF AMERICAN MARINES, AND THAT THEY BE CONSIDERED A PART OF THE NUMBER WHICH THE CONTINENTAL ARMY BEFORE BOSTON IS ORDERED TO CONSIST OF.
I am the SISTER of a US Marine. Anyone who is in the Marine Corps, you have earned my respect. I don't care what anyone says, you are the finest group of men and women in the entire world. OORAH!
"Semper Fidelis" (Always Faithful)
The official motto of the Marine Corps,
adopted around 1883. The motto
has proven true, as there has never
been a mutiny among U.S. Marines.
"First to Fight"
Refers to the fact that Marines have been
at the forefront of every American war
since the founding of the Corps.
-The Marine Corps Seal-
Designed by Gen. Lemuel C.
Shepherd, Jr., the 20th Commandant
of the Marine Corps. On the official
seal, the field behind the EGA is
scarlet, and the outer ring (containing
"Dept. of the Navy - USMC") is blue.
-The Eagle, Globe and Anchor (EGA)-
The globe was borrowed from the
British Marines (their globe shows the
Eastern Hemisphere, ours shows the
Western). The eagle and anchor were
added to show that the Marine Corps
is both American and maritime.
The brave have always defined what the rest of us wish to be. But bravery is misunderstood. It is not the absence of fear, but the will to overcome it.
~USMC
We Stole The Eagle From The Air Force,
The Anchor From The Navy,
The Rope From The Army,
And On The Seventh Day When GOD Rested,
We Overran His Perimeter And Stole The Globe,
And Have Been Protecting Our Shores Ever Since.
~Yeah, the Corps
If Freedom wasn't costly, everyone would have it.
~USMC
If you can't stand behind the troops, stand in front of them PLEASE!
~OORAH
Except for ending slavery, Fascism, Nazism, and communism, WAR has never solved anything.
~Marines
It's Gods job to forgive bin Laden. It's our job to arrange the meeting.
~USMC
Some people go an entire lifetime wondering if they have made a difference in the world. The Marines don't have that problem.
~President Ronald Regan
A quote from LtGen. Lewis "Chesty" Puller
He is also well known for saying,
"We're surrounded...that simplifies our problem."
" We didn't promise you a rose garden."
"Superior thinking has always overwhelmed superior force."
"We'd promise you sleep deprivation, mental torment, and muscles so sore
you'll puke, but we don't like to sugar-coat things."
"Nobody likes to fight. But somebody has to know how."
"If you want to fight, join the Marines."
"Devil Dogs"
The popular translation of "Teufelhunden",
used by Germans to describe the persistent
and corageoous attacks of the 4th Marine
Brigade at Belleau Wood in World War I.
"Devil Dogs"
The popular translation of "Teufelhunden", used by Germans to describe the persistent and corageoous attacks of the 4th Marine Brigade at Belleau Wood in World War I.
*http://jade.theostrohafamily.com/usmc.htm
© 1999-2008 by Jade Ostroha
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Never leave a man behind
Rescuers find seven American POWs as captors flee in troop advance
MARINE COMBAT HEADQUARTERS, Iraq—U.S. Marines were about to call off their search for seven American POWs, unable to find house No. 13 and edgy about the growing knots of civilians watching them from surrounding rooftops when one of the scouts heard a shout.
Hey, were Americans! Were over here! It was Chief Warrant Officer David Williams, one of seven missing soldiers.
I said, Lets get them the hell out of here before we start taking fire, said Cpl. Christopher Castro, 21, of San Antonio, head of one of the eight-man units rushed into the Iraqi town of Samarra on Sunday to hunt for the POWs.
Castro recalled the events Tuesday after he and Cpl. Curney Russell returned from escorting the former POWs to a U.S. military hospital in Kuwait.
We thought it could be a Black Hawk Down situation, said Russell, 18, of Manchester, N.H., referring to the movie and book recounting American soldiers surrounded in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Castros unit, Delta Company of the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, was supporting the Marine assault on Saddam Husseins northern redoubt of Tikrit when company commander Capt. Gordon Miller summoned his officers to an emergency meeting.
Word had reached the Marines—exactly how remains unclear—that the Iraqi men guarding the Americans wanted to surrender their prisoners in house No. 13 of one neighborhood.
The Marines should knock three times on the door, and the guards would surrender, Delta Company was told.
Miller ordered two of his platoons to secure the area while Castros platoon with five armored vehicles plus an Arabic translator and an intelligence officer looked for the house.
One platoon reported receiving sniper fire, but the order was to be careful.
They didnt want any firing, Castro said.
Castros platoon reached the right area, with the help of the translator and a map sketched by Miller. But 30 to 45 minutes into the search they could not find the house.
We were going building to building. We found 11 and we found 12, he recalled, describing a warren of alleys off the empty lot.
Then civilians started to appear.
I was thinking it was maybe a setup, said Castro, whose four-year enlistment runs out this summer.
Miller was about to order his men to withdraw when Lance Cpl. Aaron Greenleaf heard Williams, an Apache helicopter pilot, shout from behind a window of a two-story house, Castro said.
Russell said he entered the houses front yard and knocked three times but got no answer. So I kicked it in, and shouted Everyone on the ground!
Three guards stood inside the house, no weapons near them, in civilian clothes, he said. The Americans were in two rooms to the right of a hallway. Russell gave another shout. If youre American, get up and get out.
Out came Williams, his gunner, Chief Warrant Officer Ronald Young, and five members of the 507th Maintenance Battalion: Sgt. James Riley, Pfc. Patrick Miller and Spcs. Joseph Hudson, Edgar Hernandez and Shoshana Johnson.
Castro quoted one of the POWs as urging him to protect the guards. Dont hurt them. These are our friends. They helped us out. The Marines offered to take the guards with them for their own protection.
They were scared for their lives and scared for their families lives, Castro said, but they decided to remain in Samarra, telling the Marines, This is our house, and we want to stay.
The Americans were packed into one of the Marine vehicles and driven three miles out of town, where a team of POW specialists debriefed them for about one hour, they said.
Ordered to protect the POWs until they were turned over to a colonel or higher, Castro and Russell joined them in the two Marine CH-46 helicopters that flew them to the Numaniyah airfield southeast of Baghdad.
They stuck with the POWs until they were flown to a U.S. military hospital in Germany on Monday morning.
Castro said one of the POWS told him that he had always made fun of his ex-Marine father. He said hes never making fun of the Marines ever again, Castro said.
The POWs are currently in Kuwait, and the military has not said when they will be flying home.
Josephs wife, Natalie, said military officials gave her information about what Hudson will undergo as a returning prisoner of war. That Each will undergo a military debriefing and the mental and emotion process of reintegration after the trauma of being held prisoner, she said. When Chief Warrant Officer David Williams gets home, his wife will be waiting to listen. Michelle Williams finally heard her husbands voice Sunday on the phone at her home in Killeen, Texas.
I was so teary, he probably didnt understand anything I said, Michelle said. And I said, Sweetie, you dont have to tell me anything. When youre really ready to talk, when we can be together, you can talk. Im here to listen.
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