thedrifter
06-24-02, 12:37 PM
1.Best haircut. Hands down. You can't have a bad hair day with a high and tight.
And you spend less on shampoo.
2.Dress blues. They're the coolest uniforms in any military worldwide.
3.Bloused trousers. Another distinctive Marine look that sets the proudest service
members apart.
4.The rest of the Marine sea bag. From the Alphas to the camouflage utilities, uniforms
just look better on a Marine than any other service member.
5.Marines don't wear dungarees.
6.Most respect I. When the Marines pulled out of Haiti and Somalia, the media reported the U.S. military was pulling out -- as if tens of thousands of Army troops weren't still in the country. Now that's respect.
7.Most respect II. When the Corps came back to Haiti after 60 years, an old man on the Cap-Haitien beach said ``Welcome back!''
8.Toughest mascot. The Marine Corps' is a bull dog. The Navy's: a goat.
9.Esprit de Corps. Even if you can't spell it or pronounce it, the Marine Corps has it in
spades. One example: When sailors get tattoos, they do it to express their
individuality, and their choices range from Betty Boop and Mickey Mouse to raging sea
serpents. When Marines get tattoos, they do it to express their solidarity, and choose
bull dogs, "death before dishonor,'' and "USMC.''
10.Best war monument: Iwo Jima
11.The Marines invade, then go home. The Army has to do the occupying.
12.The silent drill platoon. Just watching them ply their trade makes you want to wear dress blues.
13.Status. Sailors live and work on ships. Marines go for cruises -- then hit the shore.
14.Best fast attack vehicles: LAVs.
15.Best fighting knife: Ka-Bar.
16.Best duty assignments: Okinawa, Kaneohe Bay, Camp Pendleton, Diego Garcia, Moscow, North Carolina. Plus any ship at sea.
17.Worst duty assignments: Okinawa, Kaneohe Bay, Camp Pendleton, Diego Garcia, Moscow, North Carolina. Plus any ship at sea.
18.Most exotic duty assignments: Kuala Lumpur, The White House.
19.Best phone number. Call 1-800-MARINES and you've got the Corps. And if you're a civilian with the mettle to be a Marine, a recruiter there will be happy to sign you up.
20.Toughest DIs. They're so tough that when the Navy wants to train its officers, who do they call? 1-800-MARINES.
21.Toughest boot camp. When San Diego was still training Navy recruits, legend has it that recruits occasionally would jump the fence and accidentally land in Marine boot camp. The Marines would keep them a couple of days, and when the recruits were sent back, they were ready to be sailors!
22.Best motivational cry: Ooh-rah!
23.Best emblem: Eagle, globe and anchor.
24.Best campaign covers: The Smokey Bear hat.
25.Separate heads for enlisted and officers. Everywhere else, officers and enlisted use the same pot.
26.The only official, congressionally sanctioned hymn for any of the services: ``The Marines' Hymn.''
27.Best slogan I: ``Once a Marine, always a Marine''
28.Best slogan II: ``Tell that to the Marines''
29.Best slogan III: ``Send in the Marines.''
30.Best nicknames I: Jarhead
31.Best nicknames II: Leatherneck
32.Best nicknames III: Devil Dog. Trivia question: Where did this term come from? Answer: The German Army in World War I, whose soldiers' greatest fear was running up against the toughest American fighting men, the Marines. They called them "teufelhunden,'' or Devil Dog.
33.Most remarkable airplane: The Harrier. No other service's jets can take off and land on a dime.
34.Most dangerous airplane: The Harrier. Not a simple science, but luckily more of a danger to the enemy than to Marine fliers.
35.You're a Marine. Not a soldier or a troop.
36.That's Marines, with a capital M.
37.Tradition! The Corps is older than the republic itself!
38.Marines symbolize: Discipline, courage, honor, commitment, valor, patriotism, military virtue.
39.Best recruiting gimmick I: Those darn Knights-in-Shining-Armor commercials.
40.Best recruiting gimmick II: ``We're looking for a few good men.'' OK, they left out women. The Corps is looking for a few good women, too.
41.Best recruiting gimmick III: ``If you have the mettle to be a Marine.''
42.The Commandant's House. It's the oldest occupied residence in Washington, D.C.
43.Chesty Puller. You gotta love a service that has heroes with names like that.
44.Former Commandant and Mud Marine Al Gray (Anecdote I): His official portrait, in cammies.
45.Former Commandant and Mud Marine Al Gray (Anecdote II): He drank from a four-star canteen cup.
46.Former Commandant and Mud Marine Al Gray (Anecdote III): Business leaders are so impressed with his ethic and style, they're using his Fleet Marine Force Manual 1, "Warfighting,'' to hone their skills for boardroom battles.
47.Unity. Every Marine is a rifleman.
48.The Marine Air-Ground Task Force. Marines attack by land, by air and from sea -- simultaneously.
49.The ``docs,'' -- Marines' corpsmen-in-arms. They're sailors, but they're as tough as Marines.
50.Mud. You wanna see pure joy? Look at a group of Marines after a mud fight.
51.Starch. Clean 'em up, put 'em in starched cammies, and they look sharp.
52.Poetry in motion. They're weapons, not g-u-n-s. And if you don't know the pithy verse that explains that, don't ask us. We blush to tell.
53.Point of the spear, out in front, kicking down the door. What the Marines do best.
54.Marine spouses. God love 'em. They have it then worst of any of the service spouses. They endure six-month deployments and one- and two-year unaccompanied tours. The ones who survive a career are as tough as the Marines they married.
55.Marine kids. God loves them more. They know the meaning of duty, honor and country at too young an age.
56.The Air Force. Aren't you glad you're not an airman? They're pampered, yet they still find time to whine.
57.The Army. They get all the best equipment first and Marines still do it better.
58.The Navy. Give them credit. They have it almost as tough as Marines. But who wants to be a limo service?
59.The Coast Guard. Tell the truth: If you couldn't be a Marine, would you be a Coastie? In those powder blue uniforms? Not on your life!
60.CH-46. Say a Hail Mary and climb aboard. Nobody makes 'em anymore, but Marine ingenuity keeps 'em flying. And with a safety record that's nothing short of a miracle.
61.The Close Combat Manual.
62.Leadership I. In the Corps, E-3s and E-4s get to do more than most E-6s in other branches.
63.Leadership II. Every Marine above the rank of corporal can tell you what it takes to be a leader. It's spelled out clearly and drilled in relentlessly. And it pays off under fire.
64.Leadership III. Corporate America could -- and does -- learn from the Corps' leadership curriculum. All Marines who enter the private sector take those lessons with them.
65.Combat correspondents. They're journalists in the Navy, but in the Corps, the job is combat correspondent, thank you very much.
66.Marines do more with less, and they like it that way.
67.Amphibians one and all. Like the Army, Marines have tanks and armored vehicles. But theirs not only fight... they swim.
68.Air power. When the grunts look to the sky for support, they see Marine pilots, not zoomies.
69.Style. Nothing beats the canopy of sabres during a full dress Marine wedding.
70.Wetting-down parties. No one celebrates promotions with more flair and admiration.
71.Mess etiquette. Enter covered and drinks are on you.
72.Mess night I. Those who make the most pay the most.
73.Mess night II. ``1775 Rum Punch'' -- four parts dark rum, two parts lime juice, one part pure maple syrup. Grenadine to taste.
74.Non-Comms rate their own ceremonial sword!
75.Fighting style I. When the U.S. went into Haiti, Army soldiers sought cover behind their rucksacks. Marines DUG IN!
Con't......................
And you spend less on shampoo.
2.Dress blues. They're the coolest uniforms in any military worldwide.
3.Bloused trousers. Another distinctive Marine look that sets the proudest service
members apart.
4.The rest of the Marine sea bag. From the Alphas to the camouflage utilities, uniforms
just look better on a Marine than any other service member.
5.Marines don't wear dungarees.
6.Most respect I. When the Marines pulled out of Haiti and Somalia, the media reported the U.S. military was pulling out -- as if tens of thousands of Army troops weren't still in the country. Now that's respect.
7.Most respect II. When the Corps came back to Haiti after 60 years, an old man on the Cap-Haitien beach said ``Welcome back!''
8.Toughest mascot. The Marine Corps' is a bull dog. The Navy's: a goat.
9.Esprit de Corps. Even if you can't spell it or pronounce it, the Marine Corps has it in
spades. One example: When sailors get tattoos, they do it to express their
individuality, and their choices range from Betty Boop and Mickey Mouse to raging sea
serpents. When Marines get tattoos, they do it to express their solidarity, and choose
bull dogs, "death before dishonor,'' and "USMC.''
10.Best war monument: Iwo Jima
11.The Marines invade, then go home. The Army has to do the occupying.
12.The silent drill platoon. Just watching them ply their trade makes you want to wear dress blues.
13.Status. Sailors live and work on ships. Marines go for cruises -- then hit the shore.
14.Best fast attack vehicles: LAVs.
15.Best fighting knife: Ka-Bar.
16.Best duty assignments: Okinawa, Kaneohe Bay, Camp Pendleton, Diego Garcia, Moscow, North Carolina. Plus any ship at sea.
17.Worst duty assignments: Okinawa, Kaneohe Bay, Camp Pendleton, Diego Garcia, Moscow, North Carolina. Plus any ship at sea.
18.Most exotic duty assignments: Kuala Lumpur, The White House.
19.Best phone number. Call 1-800-MARINES and you've got the Corps. And if you're a civilian with the mettle to be a Marine, a recruiter there will be happy to sign you up.
20.Toughest DIs. They're so tough that when the Navy wants to train its officers, who do they call? 1-800-MARINES.
21.Toughest boot camp. When San Diego was still training Navy recruits, legend has it that recruits occasionally would jump the fence and accidentally land in Marine boot camp. The Marines would keep them a couple of days, and when the recruits were sent back, they were ready to be sailors!
22.Best motivational cry: Ooh-rah!
23.Best emblem: Eagle, globe and anchor.
24.Best campaign covers: The Smokey Bear hat.
25.Separate heads for enlisted and officers. Everywhere else, officers and enlisted use the same pot.
26.The only official, congressionally sanctioned hymn for any of the services: ``The Marines' Hymn.''
27.Best slogan I: ``Once a Marine, always a Marine''
28.Best slogan II: ``Tell that to the Marines''
29.Best slogan III: ``Send in the Marines.''
30.Best nicknames I: Jarhead
31.Best nicknames II: Leatherneck
32.Best nicknames III: Devil Dog. Trivia question: Where did this term come from? Answer: The German Army in World War I, whose soldiers' greatest fear was running up against the toughest American fighting men, the Marines. They called them "teufelhunden,'' or Devil Dog.
33.Most remarkable airplane: The Harrier. No other service's jets can take off and land on a dime.
34.Most dangerous airplane: The Harrier. Not a simple science, but luckily more of a danger to the enemy than to Marine fliers.
35.You're a Marine. Not a soldier or a troop.
36.That's Marines, with a capital M.
37.Tradition! The Corps is older than the republic itself!
38.Marines symbolize: Discipline, courage, honor, commitment, valor, patriotism, military virtue.
39.Best recruiting gimmick I: Those darn Knights-in-Shining-Armor commercials.
40.Best recruiting gimmick II: ``We're looking for a few good men.'' OK, they left out women. The Corps is looking for a few good women, too.
41.Best recruiting gimmick III: ``If you have the mettle to be a Marine.''
42.The Commandant's House. It's the oldest occupied residence in Washington, D.C.
43.Chesty Puller. You gotta love a service that has heroes with names like that.
44.Former Commandant and Mud Marine Al Gray (Anecdote I): His official portrait, in cammies.
45.Former Commandant and Mud Marine Al Gray (Anecdote II): He drank from a four-star canteen cup.
46.Former Commandant and Mud Marine Al Gray (Anecdote III): Business leaders are so impressed with his ethic and style, they're using his Fleet Marine Force Manual 1, "Warfighting,'' to hone their skills for boardroom battles.
47.Unity. Every Marine is a rifleman.
48.The Marine Air-Ground Task Force. Marines attack by land, by air and from sea -- simultaneously.
49.The ``docs,'' -- Marines' corpsmen-in-arms. They're sailors, but they're as tough as Marines.
50.Mud. You wanna see pure joy? Look at a group of Marines after a mud fight.
51.Starch. Clean 'em up, put 'em in starched cammies, and they look sharp.
52.Poetry in motion. They're weapons, not g-u-n-s. And if you don't know the pithy verse that explains that, don't ask us. We blush to tell.
53.Point of the spear, out in front, kicking down the door. What the Marines do best.
54.Marine spouses. God love 'em. They have it then worst of any of the service spouses. They endure six-month deployments and one- and two-year unaccompanied tours. The ones who survive a career are as tough as the Marines they married.
55.Marine kids. God loves them more. They know the meaning of duty, honor and country at too young an age.
56.The Air Force. Aren't you glad you're not an airman? They're pampered, yet they still find time to whine.
57.The Army. They get all the best equipment first and Marines still do it better.
58.The Navy. Give them credit. They have it almost as tough as Marines. But who wants to be a limo service?
59.The Coast Guard. Tell the truth: If you couldn't be a Marine, would you be a Coastie? In those powder blue uniforms? Not on your life!
60.CH-46. Say a Hail Mary and climb aboard. Nobody makes 'em anymore, but Marine ingenuity keeps 'em flying. And with a safety record that's nothing short of a miracle.
61.The Close Combat Manual.
62.Leadership I. In the Corps, E-3s and E-4s get to do more than most E-6s in other branches.
63.Leadership II. Every Marine above the rank of corporal can tell you what it takes to be a leader. It's spelled out clearly and drilled in relentlessly. And it pays off under fire.
64.Leadership III. Corporate America could -- and does -- learn from the Corps' leadership curriculum. All Marines who enter the private sector take those lessons with them.
65.Combat correspondents. They're journalists in the Navy, but in the Corps, the job is combat correspondent, thank you very much.
66.Marines do more with less, and they like it that way.
67.Amphibians one and all. Like the Army, Marines have tanks and armored vehicles. But theirs not only fight... they swim.
68.Air power. When the grunts look to the sky for support, they see Marine pilots, not zoomies.
69.Style. Nothing beats the canopy of sabres during a full dress Marine wedding.
70.Wetting-down parties. No one celebrates promotions with more flair and admiration.
71.Mess etiquette. Enter covered and drinks are on you.
72.Mess night I. Those who make the most pay the most.
73.Mess night II. ``1775 Rum Punch'' -- four parts dark rum, two parts lime juice, one part pure maple syrup. Grenadine to taste.
74.Non-Comms rate their own ceremonial sword!
75.Fighting style I. When the U.S. went into Haiti, Army soldiers sought cover behind their rucksacks. Marines DUG IN!
Con't......................