#marines

There was nothing green left; artillery had denuded and scarred every inch of ground. Tiny flares glowed and disappeared. Shrapnel burst with bluish white puffs. Jets of flamethrowers flickered and here and there new explosions stirred up the rubble. While I watched, an American observation plane droned over the Japanese lines, spotting targets for the U.S. warships lying offshore. Suddenly the little plane was hit by flak and disintegrated. The carnage below continued without pause. Here I was safe, but tomorrow I would be there. In that instant I realized that the worst thing that could happen to me was about to happen to me. ↗

— William Raymond Manchester

#fear #marines #war #courage

In the simple moral maxim the Marine Corps teaches — do the right thing, for the right reason — no exception exists that says: unless there's criticism or risk. Damn the consequences. ↗

— Josh Rushing

#marine-corps #marines #maxim #right-and-wrong #usmc

If I charge, follow me. If I retreat, kill me. If I die, revenge me. ↗

— United States Marine Corps

#courage #inspirational #marines #courage

Here they go cruising for a fortnight up in parts where everyone is dead of radiation, and all that they can catch is measles! ↗

— Nevil Shute

#disease #humor #illness #measles #radioactivity

We are acknowledging the close personal nature of our 10 years at war and the strong bonds of fidelity that Marines have for one another, especially for those fellow Marines who we have lost. ↗

— James F. Amos

#another #bonds #close #especially #fellow

...It is a proud privilege to be a soldier – a good soldier … [with] discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and his country, a high sense of duty and obligation to comrades and to his superiors, and a self confidence born of demonstrated ability. ↗

— George S. Patton Jr.

#army #country #marines #military #navy

The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country ↗

— George S. Patton Jr.

#army #country #marines #military #navy

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. ↗

— R. Adm. Jay Stark

#military #usmc #military

The new Congress needs to move quickly to strengthen the Army and Marines - not to send more troops to Iraq - but to rebuild our capacity to meet national security threats globally. ↗

— Mark Udall

#capacity #congress #globally #iraq #marines

The Marines gave me a really strong sense of discipline and a work ethic that kicks in at my job. ↗

— Drew Carey

#ethic #gave #job #kicks #marines