SgtDBrownRet
05-17-06, 10:35 AM
Strong and True
We can pick her out anywhere,
even in a crowded mall;
She's the one with shoulders back,
chin up and standing tall.
Nothing out of place, no loose buttons or
irish pennants to be seen.
She would not stand for it; after all
She's a Marine.
She has earned her right,
suffering with bruises and pain;
the training is not easy;
She made it and has the right to remain.
Though brusied and battered and
at times her body bent,
she pushed herself forward, her own pain
forgotten, as she stops to help a friend.
No matter what they pushed her way,
she didn't relent.
Because she was bound and determined
to make it to the end.
Pushing forward, at times against
all odds, doing it all and more.
What's inside that drives her is
"Esprit de Corps".
So when you see her standing in her
uniform of blue or green,
keep in mind she belongs to an elite sisterhood
that accepts only the Few and the Proud.
Always standing strong and true,
For she is a United States Woman Marine.
- R.E. Mike Patterson -
We can pick her out anywhere,
even in a crowded mall;
She's the one with shoulders back,
chin up and standing tall.
Nothing out of place, no loose buttons or
irish pennants to be seen.
She would not stand for it; after all
She's a Marine.
She has earned her right,
suffering with bruises and pain;
the training is not easy;
She made it and has the right to remain.
Though brusied and battered and
at times her body bent,
she pushed herself forward, her own pain
forgotten, as she stops to help a friend.
No matter what they pushed her way,
she didn't relent.
Because she was bound and determined
to make it to the end.
Pushing forward, at times against
all odds, doing it all and more.
What's inside that drives her is
"Esprit de Corps".
So when you see her standing in her
uniform of blue or green,
keep in mind she belongs to an elite sisterhood
that accepts only the Few and the Proud.
Always standing strong and true,
For she is a United States Woman Marine.
- R.E. Mike Patterson -