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Thread: How do I respond to Semper Fi?
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03-12-12, 10:06 AM #16
Simper Fi,, Always Faithful,, you don't have to be a Marine to be "Always faithful" or to hold that concept at heart,..so i would always tell my kids who were not Marines, at the time, or the ones that aren't now, to respond back Simper Fi,,
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06-10-12, 07:07 AM #17
... Reply with any of the following;
"Errrr"
"Tun Tavern"
"Yut"
"Smedley Butler"
"BAMCIS" (pronounced BAM-SISS)
You'll get a few laughs.
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06-10-12, 01:00 PM #18
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07-15-12, 02:30 PM #19
As far as I am concerned, given the nature of the service, my mother and father rate a Semper Fi as much as I do. Though they didn't have to go through the physical beast that is Boot Camp, they did go through 3 months of the mental part with me, and they were a major part of getting me through it and continue to keep me going.
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07-15-12, 04:52 PM #20
I have been told in the past that a return "Semper Fi" was ok. I was not able to inlist in 1981 when I tried, and have spent the rest of my life regretting it.
I was born at Camp LeJuene, and was a staff member/ instructor in my son's Young Marines unit, and yet I still am uncomfortable when returning the Semper Fi. I like the idea of saying, Oohrah! I'll try that next time. Cant wait until my son's graduation. MCRD in September! Going to be a great trip.
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07-16-12, 10:11 AM #21
My son graduated in September 2011. Was the most amazing thing I have ever witnessed. It was truely an awesome experience. No way to describe the first time of seeing him after 3 months of not talking, just letters. Congratulations, end savor every minute, it goes by so quick
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07-16-12, 06:13 PM #22
A very interesting topic. I have the habit of saying semper Fi! to anyone wearing U.S.M.C. identifiable gear. Last week I did an S.F to a guy my age in the local Nice n Easy. He took the time to explain, that he wore it for his son, Cpl. Eli Parker, KIA Iraq. It set me back a little as I was at the air base for the arrival of his son with my MCL Det. I had no FN idea how to respnd to his response!
SEMPER FI!
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07-17-12, 08:19 AM #23
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10-15-12, 09:53 PM #24
My son isn't there yet but he's working hard to signing up- school, falling off the outside of a building he was climbing etc, etc.... He's fired up to become a Marine. I wasn't sure how to deal with the future Semper Fi that will come my way but now I see good suggestions. Having been a CAP Commander, I would get "Thank you for your service" comments and learned to just say "Thank you". I wasn't active military but was in fact part of the USAF (aux) and CAP did and does important work within the US. I just held the "Thank you for your service." in my heart for those men and women who will no longer hear the voices of their loved ones and their countrymen.
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05-15-14, 05:25 PM #25
I have a deep bass voice, so I give a doberman growly Ooh Rah!
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05-16-14, 10:27 AM #26
Marine parents are in the family and you cannot get away from this. You wear hat, shirt from your son or daughter being a proud parent and you get a Semper fi from another Marine tell them your son is one and you will still get a Semper Fi .....
Semper Fi
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05-16-14, 02:03 PM #27
So, for those of us that served in the Corps, and have a son who's leaving in September, do I get a double Semper Fi? Semper Semper Fi?
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05-16-14, 05:17 PM #28
Congrats Brother !!!
Semper, Semper Fi
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05-18-14, 12:06 AM #29
As a Former Corpsman /Doc I say Semper Fi and ooooorrrrrraaaaaaah.
Stephen Doc Hansen HM3 FMF
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05-18-14, 03:51 PM #30
Semper Fi Mac! I ain't a Marine but dey' got my back!
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