Happy 231st to all you Marines.
The Marine Corps > the wheelhouse of our fighting force.
Thank you for your service!
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"The Marine Corps is the only branch of the U. S. Armed Forces that recruits people specifically to fight.
You join the Marine Corps to go to war!
Ask a Marine what’s so special about the Marines and the answer would be, 'Esprit de Corps', an unhelpful French phrase that means exactly what it looks like, the Spirit of the Corps.
All Marines die; some in the red flash of battle, some in the white cold of the nursing home, in the vigor of youth or the infirmity of age, all will eventually die. But the Marine Corps lives on. Every Marine who ever lived is living still in the Marines who claim the title today. It is that sense of belonging to something that will outlive your own mortality, which gives people a light to live by and a flame to mark their passing."