It's good to see you're up to date on the USMC, BB.
Ooooraaaah, indeed, for the Men's Division of The U.S. Navy.
Right bad bobby. If you such a bad ass why did you enlist in the Navy. If you wanted to fight you would have been a Marine. And by the way, and you know this; The Marine Corps is a Department of the Navy. Yup....The Men's Department.
Yeah? Well, who stuck an anchor through the whole world?
lpnmajor wrote:
Yeah? Well, who stuck an anchor through the whole world?
Doc, that is generally attributed to Robert Mullan & Samuel Nicholas.
http://www.usmarinesbirthplace.com/Tun-Tavern.htmlOn November 10, 1775, Robert Mullan, the proprietor of the Tavern and son of Peggy Mullan, was commissioned by an act of Congress to raise the first two battalions of Marines, under the leadership of Samuel Nicholas, the first appointed Commandant of the Continental Marines. Nicholas's grandfather was also a member of the Tun Tavern Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons and it is this relationship between Mullan, Nicholas and the Tavern which has resulted in Tun Tavern being acknowledged as the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps. There are an estimated three million active and retired U.S. Marines worldwide who have been exposed in their military training to the historical significance of Tun Tavern. Each year on November 10th, around the world Marines toast the Marine's birthplace on the most significant date in the history of the Corps.
For more details on the origin of the USMC Globe & Anchor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle,_Globe,_and_Anchor
slatten49 wrote:
Doc, that is generally attributed to Robert Mullan & Samuel Nicholas.
http://www.usmarinesbirthplace.com/Tun-Tavern.htmlOn November 10, 1775, Robert Mullan, the proprietor of the Tavern and son of Peggy Mullan, was commissioned by an act of Congress to raise the first two battalions of Marines, under the leadership of Samuel Nicholas, the first appointed Commandant of the Continental Marines. Nicholas's grandfather was also a member of the Tun Tavern Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons and it is this relationship between Mullan, Nicholas and the Tavern which has resulted in Tun Tavern being acknowledged as the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps. There are an estimated three million active and retired U.S. Marines worldwide who have been exposed in their military training to the historical significance of Tun Tavern. Each year on November 10th, around the world Marines toast the Marine's birthplace on the most significant date in the history of the Corps.
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I always figured it happened because Sailors were in such a hurry to deliver their cargo of Marines, so they could go on liberty, they forgot to haul the anchor up and drug the world along with them. I still don't know why they have to weigh the damn thing every time they haul it up. Are they afraid someone is going to sneak in and replace it with a cheap Chinese knockoff anchor?
lpnmajor wrote:
I always figured it happened because Sailors were in such a hurry to deliver their cargo of Marines, so they could go on liberty, they forgot to haul the anchor up and drug the world along with them. I still don't know why they have to weigh the damn thing every time they haul it up. Are they afraid someone is going to sneak in and replace it with a cheap Chinese knockoff anchor?
I added a link that more clearly defines the origins of the USMC Globe & Anchor, Doc.
I know how important it is for you to know.
Cadillac wrote:
Right bad bobby. If you such a bad ass why did you enlist in the Navy. If you wanted to fight you would have been a Marine. And by the way, and you know this; The Marine Corps is a Department of the Navy. Yup....The Men's Department.
Lupus non timet canem latran tem
google it
Cadillac wrote:
Right bad bobby. If you such a bad ass why did you enlist in the Navy. If you wanted to fight you would have been a Marine. And by the way, and you know this; The Marine Corps is a Department of the Navy. Yup....The Men's Department.
Doesn’t dismiss the Marines are part of the Department of the Navy, right???
So when bobby enlisted he was then enlisting for both~~
Love the banter back and forth in here, makes for some pretty good laughs...
slatten49 wrote:
Doc, that is generally attributed to Robert Mullan & Samuel Nicholas.
http://www.usmarinesbirthplace.com/Tun-Tavern.htmlOn November 10, 1775, Robert Mullan, the proprietor of the Tavern and son of Peggy Mullan, was commissioned by an act of Congress to raise the first two battalions of Marines, under the leadership of Samuel Nicholas, the first appointed Commandant of the Continental Marines. Nicholas's grandfather was also a member of the Tun Tavern Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons and it is this relationship between Mullan, Nicholas and the Tavern which has resulted in Tun Tavern being acknowledged as the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps. There are an estimated three million active and retired U.S. Marines worldwide who have been exposed in their military training to the historical significance of Tun Tavern. Each year on November 10th, around the world Marines toast the Marine's birthplace on the most significant date in the history of the Corps.
For more details on the origin of the USMC Globe & Anchor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle,_Globe,_and_Anchor
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Outstanding !!! Thank You for sharing this with us.. Always love learning new things.
A FEW FAMOUS U.S. MARINE QUOTES
"There is no better friend...and no worse enemy than a United States Marine."
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"I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world."
- General Douglas MacArthur, US Army, outskirts of Seoul, 21 September 1950.
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"Come on, you sons of bitches-do you want to live forever?"
- Gunnery Sergeant Daniel Daly, USMC, near Lucy-`le-Bocage as he led the 5th Marines' attack into Belleau Wood, 6 June 1918.
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"Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue."
- Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, US Navy, 16 March 1945.
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"Retreat Hell! We're just attacking in another direction."
- Attributed to Major General Oliver P. Smith, USMC, Korea, December 1950.
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"Don't you forget that you're First Marines! Not all the communists in Hell can overrun you!"
-Colonel Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC rallying his First Marine Regiment near the Chosin Reservoir, Korea, December 1950.
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"The safest place in Korea was right behind a platoon of Marines. Lord, how they could fight!"
-Major General. Frank E. Lowe, US Army; Korea, 26 January 1952.
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"A ship without Marines is like a coat without buttons".
- Admiral David G. Farragut.
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"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."
- President Ronald Reagan.
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"Marines I see as two breeds, Rottweilers or Dobermans, because Marines come in two varieties, big and mean, or skinny and mean. They're aggressive on the attack and tenacious on defense. They've got really short hair and they always go for the throat."
-Rear Admiral "Jay" R. Stark, US Navy; 10 November 1995.
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"For over 221 years our Corps has done two things for this great Nation. We make Marines, and we win battles."
-General Charles C. Krulak, USMC (CMC); 5 May 1997
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