What is a Marine?       

The United States Marine Corps is over two hundred and twenty years of death and destruction. We are
the finest fighting force this world has ever known. I was born in a foxhole. My mother is Anger and my
father is Pain. Each moment that I live is an additional threat upon your life.

I'm a rough-looking, tough-talking soldier of the sea. I'm cocky, self-centered, overbearing, and I do not
know the meaning of fear, for I am fear itself. I am a green amphibious monster made of blood and guts,
who arose from the sea to prey upon enemies around the globe. I feed upon anti-Americanism whenever it
may arise - my hate makes me grow stronger. And when my time comes, I will die a glorious death on the
battlefield, giving my life to Mom, the Corps, and the American flag.

We live like soldiers, talk like sailors, and slap the shit out of both. We stole the eagle from the Air Force,
the anchor from the Navy, and the rope from the Army. On the seventh day, while God rested, we overran
His perimeter, "borrowed" the globe, and we've been running the show ever since. Killer by day, lover by
night, drunkard by choice . . .

Marine By God!
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