Happy Birthday Marines! What makes the Corps great — in 10 awesome images
November 9, 2016
(Photo Credit: Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad Runge.)
Nov. 10, 1775, marks the beginning of
the greatest fighting force the world has ever seen. To celebrate the
Marine Corps' 241st Birthday, we looked at the top 10 things that make
the Corps awesome.
1. “Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.” — One of retired Gen. James Mattis' rules to live by.
Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis addresses the audience during
the U.S. Central Command change of command ceremony, MacDill Air Force
Base Fla., March 22, 2013.
Photo Credit: Airman 1st Class David Tracy.
2. Knife hands. These are so sharp they could slice birthday cake.
Photo Credit: Marine Corps.
3. Guns, shouting, battle rattle. Just another day at the office.
A Marine with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit conducts gun
drills aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island on
Nov. 3.
Photo Credit: Cpl. Chris Garcia.
4. All Marines remember that day when they finished the Crucible and earned the honor to wear the eagle, globe and anchor.
Recruits received their Eagle, Globe and Anchors during a
ceremony that marked the end of the Crucible May 25, 2013, on Parris
Island.
Photo Credit: Lance Cpl. David Bessey.
5.
“We’re surrounded. That simplifies things.” Marines are the heirs to
the relentless grit and courage of Lewis “Chesty” Puller, who as a
colonel led his forces in inflicting huge casualties against the
encircling Chinese forces in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, for which
he received his fifth Navy Cross. He retired as a lieutenant general and
the most decorated Marine in history.
Col. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, commanding the 1st Marine Division in the Korean War, is photographed on Nov. 22, 1950.
Photo Credit: AP Photo/U.S. Marine Corps.
6. The Ka-Bar is part Marine Corps, part Klingon, all bad-ass.
Ka-Bar USMC Knife.
Photo Credit: Rob Curtis/Staff.
7.
On Nov. 13, 2004, then 1st Sgt. Bradley Kasal fought to clear
Fallujah's infamous “House of Hell” and rescue Marines trapped inside.
He was shot seven times by insurgents and took shrapnel when he used his
body to protect a wounded Marine from a grenade blast.
A picture of him with two Marines helping to carry him out of the
house became one of the most iconic pictures from the Iraq war.
Now a sergeant major, Kasal received the Navy Cross in 2006.
Navy Cross recipient Sgt. Maj. Bradley A. Kasal talks about leadership to hundreds of Marines on Camp Pendleton.
Photo Credit: Marine Corps.
8. Chuck Norris approves of the
Marine Corps Martial Arts Program.
Recruits of Papa Company practice sweeping their opponent to the
ground July 1, 2015, on Parris Island as part of the Marine Corps
Martial-Arts Program.
Photo Credit: Pfc. Vanessa Austin.
9. The Marine Corps offers even the most junior person frequent opportunities for face-time with senior leaders.
Drill instructors from Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training
Battalion, instruct a recruit to move faster at Marine Corps Recruit
Depot San Diego, Oct. 25.
Photo Credit: Lance Cpl. Anthony Leite.
10. “Are you allowed to eat jelly doughnuts, Pvt. Pyle?”
When retired Gunnery Sgt. R. Lee Ermey played the drill instructor in
“Full Metal Jacket,” he inspired countless Marines to see if they are
tough enough to make it through recruit training. The movie and his
performance are indelible parts of Corps lore.
Retired Marine Gunnery Sgt. R. Lee Ermey takes a break for a
smoke outside New River Air Station's Staff NCO club, in this May 15,
2006 file photo taken in Jacksonville,
Photo Credit: AP Photo/The Daily News, Randy Davey, File.
1. “Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.” — One of retired Gen. James Mattis' rules to live by.




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Thank you, https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/author/jeff-schogol, for this outstanding article.
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