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Marine Corps
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I found myself surrounded by really old veterans wearing hats that said, "Retired Marine - SEMPER FI." These hats didn't appear to fit on their heads, but instead seemed to hover over them.
At one point, I mistakenly tried to take the last box of crackers that a veteran also wanted. He started yelling, "I ran away from home at seventeen, lied about my age, and joined the Corps! I fought in World War II, Korea, and NAM! I have no cartilage in my right knee! It's bone-on-bone, but every morning I
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― Confessions of a Military Wife
― Confessions of a Military Wife
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True Marine, I thought. I wasn't sure what that meant. From what I could tell, to be considered a True Marine, you had to be tough. And toughness in the Marine Corps, it seemed to me, was determined by how much abuse you could endure with a smile on your face.
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― Alive Day: A Memoir
― Alive Day: A Memoir
In 2014, Lt. Col. Kate Germano headed up the Marine Corps' all-women boot camp battalion--the on…more
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We will be discussing Ed Brodow's novel FIXER...January 06, 2012 to February 05, 2012...…more
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THE COMMANDANT'S PROFESSIONAL READING LIST (CPRL) AS PROMULGATED IN REFERENCE A REPRESENTS AN U…more
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