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From: "Marci" <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] OFF SUBJECT...Our Marines going to War.
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 19:47:02 -0600
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HOOOOO-Rah!
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael W. Condardo
To:
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 1:19 PM
Subject: [ARIZARD-L] OFF SUBJECT...Our Marines going to War.


Look's like we are going to War. Marines...

AHHH....Tennn...UGHH! Hand SAAALUTE!

-------- Original Message --------

After you read this, please observe a moment of silence for those Americans
who have died and those who are ready to give their lives to protect all
that you hold dear.

>
> USMC PRIDE...Semper Fi
>
> The average age of the Infantryman is 19 years.
> He is a short haired, tight-muscled kid who,
> under normal circumstances is considered by society as half man,
> half boy. Not yet dry behind the ears, not old enough to buy a beer,
> but old enough to die for his country. He
> never really cared much for work and he would rather
> wax his own car than wash his father's; but he has
> never collected unemployment either.
>
> He's a recent High School graduate; he was probably an average student,
> pursued some form of sport activities, drives a ten year old jalopy,
> and has a steady girlfriend that either broke up with him when he left,
> or swears to be waiting when he returns from half a world away.
> He listens to rock and roll or hip hop or rap or jazz or swing and 155mm
> Howitzers.
> He is 10 or 15 pounds lighter now than when he was at home because
> he is working or fighting from before dawn to well after dusk.
>
> He has trouble spelling, thus letter writing is a pain for him,
> but he can field strip a rifle in 30 seconds and reassemble
> it in less-in the dark. He can recite to you the nomenclature
> of a machine gun or grenade
> launcher and use either one effectively if he must.
> He digs foxholes and latrines and can apply first aid like a
> professional.
> He can march until he is told to stop or stop until he is told to march.
> He obeys orders instantly and without hesitation,
> but he is not without spirit or individual dignity.
>
> He is self-sufficient. He has two sets of fatigues:
> he washes one and wears the other. He keeps his canteens
> full and his feet dry. He sometimes forgets to brush his teeth,
> but never to clean his rifle. He can cook his own meals, mend his own
> clothes,
> and fix his own hurts. If you're thirsty, he'll share his water with
> you;
> if you are hungry, his food. He'll even split his ammunition with you
> in the midst of battle when you run low. He has learned to use his hands
> like weapons and
> weapons like they were his hands. He can save your life -
> or take it, because that is his job.
>
> He will often do twice the work of a civilian, draw half the
> pay and still find ironic humor in it all. He has seen more
> suffering and death then he should have in his short lifetime.
> He has stood atop mountains of dead bodies, and helped to create them.
> He has wept in public and in
> private, for friends who have fallen in combat and is unashamed.
> He feels every note of the National Anthem vibrate through
> his body while at rigid attention, while tempering the burning
> desire to 'square-away' those around him who haven't bothered
> to stand, remove their hat, or
> even stop talking. In an odd twist, day in and day out,
> far from home, he defends their right to be disrespectful.
>
> Just as did his Father, Grandfather, and Great-grandfather,
> he is paying the price for our freedom.
> Beardless or not, he is not a boy.
> He is the American Fighting Man that has kept this country free
> for over 200 years. He has asked nothing in return,
> except our friendship and understanding.
> Remember him, always, for he has earned our respect
> and admiration with his blood.
>
>
> REEADYYYY....to. As you were.
>
Da Bro (Mike C.)

Once a Marine, Always a Marine.


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