- Nov 07, 2020
Marines Quotes
On enlisting, readiness, and the cost of service.
These Marines quotes follow the path from enlisting thirty days after high school graduation to concerns about unit readiness staying high under pressure. Duty here carries a clear sense of Discipline and consequence.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Frame
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- Nov 07, 2020
The United States should not frame its policy options in terms of doing nothing or unilaterally sending in the Marines.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a public affairs officer. I worked with the media, but I didn't just stay at my desk. I assisted in military duties, travelled around Anbar province, hung out with a wide variety of Marines.
- Soldiers
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marines and soldiers don't issue themselves orders; they don't send themselves overseas. United States citizens elect the leaders who send us overseas.
- Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went straight from the Marine Corps to the MFA. The way that you would express things among Marines is somewhat different than the way you're supposed to express things in a creative-writing workshop.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marines are very good at fighting... And if Gen. Franks wants fighters on the ground and he puts Marines in, he'll have what he wants.
- Kids
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century.
- Graduation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thirty days after high-school graduation, I went straight into the Marines.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before leaving the Marines, I was the Training Non-Commission Officer, where it was my job to set up all training scenarios each week that my unit would partake in.
- Join
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- Nov 07, 2020
Get off your butt and join the Marines!
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The death rate among Marines in Iraq has been more than double that of the other services.
- Follow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew early I wanted to follow my father into the military. He did a full 30-year career and retired as a full colonel in the Marines after graduating from Allentown H.S. and later from Cornell University.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
All Marines, sailors and civilian Marines, regardless of sexual orientation, are Marines first. Every Marine is a valued member of our war-fighting team.
- Over
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- Nov 07, 2020