Where are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who have deserted their troops, and there is no more serious crime in the law of war. The Army says they never leave their wounded. The Marines say they never leave even their dead. These men have left all the casualties and retreated behind a pious shield of public rectitude. They have left the real stuff of their reputation bleaching behind them in the sun in this country.
reputation leadership management crime men war real army sun law leaders public leave dead country left troops marines
Some spend their entire lives wondering if they have made a difference in this world. The Marines don't have that problem.
world problem wondering difference lives made marines
I was not persuasive enough to persuade the president that the Marines were there on an impossible mission.
president impossible mission marines
All of the 29 Marines that I went in [with], we got together and made a code in our own language. There were over 400 or 500 words that we made up at that time. We memorized them and everything was up here
time language words code made marines
I asked the Marines when they were defending our country if they think about sports,.. They said they love sports. When you hear guys say sports doesn't provide an escape, well that's not according to guys on the front lines. [Football] isn't life or death but it's part of our society, and I don't think we should apologize for it.
life death society guys escape hear country part love sports marines
If events go well, that's what you report. If things are going poorly, that's the reality. If bombs blow up and bombs kill Marines and kill soldiers, that's an important story, and covering that is not bias.
reality story events things soldiers important bias kill marines bombs
He would always talk about the beach raids in the Philippines and the Solomons. He'd tell how they would drop off the Marines, then go back later to pick them up. Sometimes the Marines would be there, and other times they would be met by the Japanese.
times japanese talk beach marines
[Another 400 Marines will return to Britain from the training exercises,] but will be held at a high readiness,.. This arrangement will permit us to rotate companies aboard ship and so guarantee the whole Commando remains fresh and fully prepared for operations.
ship training britain return fresh marines
Coming about this time tomorrow that force will number about 7,200-7,500 army and marines assisting the national guard with search and rescue and humanitarian assistance.
force humanitarian time army tomorrow search assistance rescue marines
My guess is that somebody decided they'd play a trick on the Marines
play marines
The fact is, these Marines have probably prevented another war with the mission they've accomplished.
war fact mission marines
They told us to charge up a hill and take an enemy position and we just did it. I did crazy things that you do when you are 17 and don't know any better. The Marines just love 17- and 18-year old guys for that reason.
reason crazy enemy guys things love marines
War is always seductive,.. 'Full Metal Jacket' didn't make me want to join the Marines. I already had fallen in love with the idea of combat. I think whether somebody feels that about our movie is subjective. It depends on the viewer. I got letters from people who said 'I was thinking about joining up and I read your book and now I can't wait' and I got letters from people who said 'I was thinking about joining up and I read your book and now I'm going to go to college.'
idea college people war book letters thinking movie metal read fallen love combat marines
In the past, we've done things with Miramar Marine Corps base. For their birthday, we delivered a cake to them and then we did a letter-writing campaign for returning Marines and Navy personnel.
birthday past cake things navy marines
We have a wretched motley Crew, in the Fleet; the Marines the Refuse of every Regiment, and the Seamen, few of them, ever wet with salt Water.
water marines wet
In retrospect, it is clear that fallout from the oil well fires could affect detection equipment and could have caused many of the chemical alerts recorded by the 11th Marines.
oil detection marines
He was so proud to be there doing what he was doing. Not just the war part.. But the Marines and all the military people that are there have restored power, built schools, built hospitals and they have running water. Those are the things that nobody talks about and that nobody hears about.
people power war running military water things proud part schools hospitals marines
That's why the Marines got him _ because they came to get him.
marines
The job fair will assist returning Arizona National Guard soldiers, marines and airmen from Iraq and Afghanistan. In addition, we'll sponsor workshops to assist in networking strategies, resume writing, interviewing skills, and the like.
writing fair afghanistan iraq job soldiers skills marines
I don't think either team should have lost. The Hawks are a great team and the Marines are a great team and I congratulate everyone in the organization.
organization lost team great marines
I can remember some pictures that he brought back of children having the freedom you know, that we don't see here. My nephew and all the other Marines and contractors, did not give their life just for us to pull out of Iraq.
life children remember iraq pictures freedom give marines
We're a family, the Marine Corps. We take care of each other, and that includes supporting the spouses and families of Marines who are left behind during a deployment. We all take care of one another.
family care left families spouses marines
When I first volunteered to do this, I knew there was the possibility to go to Iraq. I knew I wanted to work with the Marines. It was just kind of a fluke accident. I really didn't feel like I was in danger out there.
accident danger work kind possibility iraq feel marines
A lot of my experience in climbing, not to mention carrying a heavy pack uphill long distances, comes from my service in the Marines [during Operation Desert Storm].
experience desert climbing heavy marines
These Marines are serving their country. They have had a tremendous loss. Every time a homecoming happens it is significant and special, but with these guys having the vice president coming makes it all the more exciting.
time loss president serving special homecoming guys vice country exciting marines
Showing 1 to 25 of 73 results
You must log in to post a comment.
There are no comments yet.