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hrscowboy
10-18-04, 01:24 PM
Who held the position of commandant of the marine the longest anyone Know????




sound off jarheads lets see if you know...
Toby M
10-18-04, 02:24 PM
Archibald Henderson-Fifth Commandant from October 17, 1820 to January 6, 1859. This is according to my book "The Marines"!
jinelson
10-18-04, 03:20 PM
I believe that it was Col. Archabald Henderson also at 38 years.
hrscowboy
10-18-04, 05:25 PM
outstanding gentlemen your right he served all the way up till his death for a total of 38 years..
hrscowboy
10-18-04, 05:33 PM
Here is another one for you jarheads.. What is a blood chit and its purpose????
hrscowboy
10-18-04, 07:21 PM
what no takers on this one???
HardJedi
10-18-04, 07:25 PM
well, I have NO idea what it is. If I ever knew what it was, I have forgotten.
yellowwing
10-18-04, 07:30 PM
I think it came from the Pacific Campaigns. Marines were allocated so many units of whole blood in case they were wounded, because of the war rationing.

So each Marine had a fixed number of blood chits attached to their ID tags. The Corpman would remove one for each unit of blood. If you ran out, you had to wheel and deal for more.
mrbsox
10-18-04, 07:57 PM
Blood Chits;

Given to pilots in WW II, flying over China. If shot down, they were to be given to ANY Chinese person, offering reward for medical attention, the safe return of the pilot.

I don't recall the reasoning for the phrase 'blood chit', but think it had something to do with the personal HONOR, of seeing the pilot safely home.

Terry
yellowwing
10-18-04, 09:18 PM
That could be it, I was taking a SWAG, Scientific Wild Azz Guess!
hrscowboy
10-18-04, 11:14 PM
outstanding terry youre right.....
hrscowboy
10-18-04, 11:16 PM
ok Marines heres another one... What is the ball on top of a flag pole called and what is suppose to be in that ball.....






come on marines you can get this....
yellowwing
10-18-04, 11:37 PM
It's called a Truck. It contains the scrotum of the last goat-roper that let his post fall into enemy hands.
hrscowboy
10-18-04, 11:38 PM
hahahahah geeze yellowwing
yellowwing
10-18-04, 11:59 PM
You mean that's not right?
LivinSoFree
10-19-04, 12:16 AM
Yellowing was right as far as it being called a Truck (Favorite Meritiorious Board Question: "How many trucks are on any Marine Corps base?" Answer: "One"). It contains a Map (of the base), a match (to burn the map with), and a cartridge (historically .45 caliber, for the CO to off himself with, rather than be captured with the base, in case it was overrun).
hrscowboy
10-19-04, 12:27 AM
Outstanding livin so free outstanding...
yellowwing
10-19-04, 12:28 AM
Well I was close enough for Government work!
hrscowboy
10-19-04, 12:33 AM
hahahahaha
hrscowboy
10-19-04, 12:35 AM
ok heres another devil dogs ... How many assaults have been on foreign shores from the artic to the tropics since the marine corp was founded where marines where first to fight....
hrscowboy
10-19-04, 08:13 AM
come on jarheads you can do this one...
mrbsox
10-19-04, 08:16 AM
Not a clue,

But since we are 229 years old next month, I'll say 229. :marine:
hrscowboy
10-19-04, 05:07 PM
hahahahaha