Many thanks.
"A Marine is a Marine. I set that policy two weeks ago - there's no such thing as a former Marine. You're a Marine, just in a different uniform and you're in a different phase of your life. But you'll always be a Marine because you went to Parris Island, San Diego or the hills of Quantico. There's no such thing as a former Marine."
General James F. Amos, 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps, oldcorps.org
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem."
Ronald Reagan, President of the United States; 1985
"They're on our right, they're on our left, they're in front of us, they're behind us; they can't get away from us this time.”
Chesty Puller, USMC, Chosin Reservoir, Korean War
"There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and the enemy. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion."
Gen. William Thornson, U.S. Army
"Freedom is not free, but the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share."
Ned Dolan
"I come in peace, I didn't bring artillery. But I am pleading with you with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I'll kill you all."
Marine General James Mattis, to Iraqi tribal leaders
The Marine Corps motto is Semper Fidelis, which means always faithful … to God and Corps and Country . Marines have another tradition know as Death Before Dishonor. In all the world, there is no code of conduct superior to that of the United States Marine Corps.
The Professor - USMC radio-telegraph operator assigned to Second ANGLICO (Air and Naval Gunfire Liaison Company), Camp Lejeune, NC. I became a Marine two days past my 17th birthday in 1956.