Happy 229th Birthday, USMC
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"The young Marines today ... are emulating the warrior ethic that the Marines who went before established," Marine Commandant Gen. Michael W. Hagee said Nov. 5 in an interview with the Pentagon Channel and American Forces Press Service.
Hagee, the Corps' 33rd commandant, explained that "Marines that have gone before us really set the standard" in famous battles such as Belleau Wood, in France in World War I; Iwo Jima, in Japan in World War II; and the Chosin Reservoir, in the Korean War.
As the Corps celebrates its 229th birthday today, modern Marines have much in common with those long-ago warriors, Hagee said. "We are a force in readiness, and we've always been a force in readiness," he said. "We're an expeditionary force, and by expeditionary I mean expeditionary in the fullest sense. In other words, when we arrive, we can sustain ourselves. And finally, we are a combined-arms team. That has remained the same for years and years."
"The young Marines today ... are emulating the warrior ethic that the Marines who went before established," Marine Commandant Gen. Michael W. Hagee said Nov. 5 in an interview with the Pentagon Channel and American Forces Press Service.
Hagee, the Corps' 33rd commandant, explained that "Marines that have gone before us really set the standard" in famous battles such as Belleau Wood, in France in World War I; Iwo Jima, in Japan in World War II; and the Chosin Reservoir, in the Korean War.
As the Corps celebrates its 229th birthday today, modern Marines have much in common with those long-ago warriors, Hagee said. "We are a force in readiness, and we've always been a force in readiness," he said. "We're an expeditionary force, and by expeditionary I mean expeditionary in the fullest sense. In other words, when we arrive, we can sustain ourselves. And finally, we are a combined-arms team. That has remained the same for years and years."
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