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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Happy Birthday

For the fellow Jarheads on this site , I bid you a happy 235th. I had planned to write some long heartfelt thing about Marines, bit this guy says it well enough. Enjoy your cake.

During the 1983 invasion of Grenada, Army Gen. John W. Vessey Jr., then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, picked up a telephone and demanded to know why “two companies of Marines [are] running all over the island and thousands of Army troops [are] doing nothing. What the hell is going on?”

And during the 2004 U.S. assault on the Iraqi city of Fallujah, an intercepted radio transmission revealed the enemy’s utter fear of America’s few good men.

“We are fighting, but the Marines keep coming,” shouted a panic-stricken Al Qaeda insurgent to his commander. “We are shooting, but the Marines won’t stop.”

posted by davis14633 at 06:28

1 Comments:

Blogger Jar(egg)head said...

OOORAH!

Since happiness for a Marine is defined by the size of the pile of dead enemies he creates, I wish a very happy Birthday to all those jarheads still carrying a pack.

This marks the fifth Birthday from which Captain John Maloney is regrettably absent. You are still missed, John. Keep guarding those gates. We'll relieve you eventually -- but I'm sure you'll understand if we're in no great hurry.

Semper Fidelis

13:44  

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