Foo - Happy Birthday Marines

Whenever you served, and where ever you are. Whether you sit and eat with fellow Marines at the closest birthday ball, or you just take a moment out to reflect on the service of Marines around the world.

This year take a few moments out to reflect on the service of our fallen brothers and sisters and the illustrious history of our beloved Corps.

2007 Commandant's Birthday Message (http://marines.feedroom.com/?&fr_story=41572ffae83e4e6c74f36168e7f9a6416818792e&autoplay=true&skin=oneclip&rf=ev)

232 Reason to Love the Marine Corps (http://usmcforum.com/cgi-bin/forum/index.cgi?noframes;read=32716)

Happy Birthday and Semper Fidelis,
NomadVW
GySgt/USMC

Not a Marine, but a hearty Happy Birthday anyway.

:beer::bday::beer:

Whenever you served, and where ever you are. Whether you sit and eat with fellow Marines at the closest birthday ball, or you just take a moment out to reflect on the service of Marines around the world.

This year take a few moments out to reflect on the service of our fallen brothers and sisters and the illustrious history of our beloved Corps.

2007 Commandant's Birthday Message (http://marines.feedroom.com/?&fr_story=41572ffae83e4e6c74f36168e7f9a6416818792e&autoplay=true&skin=oneclip&rf=ev)

232 Reason to Love the Marine Corps (http://usmcforum.com/cgi-bin/forum/index.cgi?noframes;read=32716)

Happy Birthday and Semper Fidelis,
NomadVW

GySgt/USMC


:)
SEMPER FI GUNNY AND ALL MARINES!!!!!

A Semper Fi High Five.

I'll write this slow so the Marines won't have touble reading it.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! And thanks for 232 years of service.

No greater friend, no worse enemy.
Count me among the former please.
Happy birthday!

Happy Birthday Marines, including my best riding buddy - SVO.

^^^ oh boy here we go

Semper FI from a USA warrior who understands what it takes to be a Marine.

Hear hear. Thanks especially to the Corps for leading the charge onto the beaches of the threatening evil Hawaiian Empire in 1893 and supporting the annexation of the islands so we can all have pineapple and a great place to surf on vacation.

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/dat...y.cfm?HHID=189

Yeah, the USMC decided to annex Hawaii. What universe do you live in?

why isn't this in Foo?

just sayin'

hoo raaa... or however you write it.

Although I was in the Navy for 20 years, I worked with the Marines in Pensacola (actually they worked on me there :D), Denver CO, USS Franklin D Roosevelt, HQ United Nations Command Korea, USS Coronado and USS Cleveland, Fleet Intelligence Center Pacific, Naval Liaison Unit Munich Germany and NORAD. The Marines I worked with were great folks (well, all but one piss-ant Colonel up at PacFlt HQ and one retired E-9 in Germany).
Happy Birthday!

Yeah, the USMC decided to annex Hawaii. What universe do you live in?

I didn't say they made the decision, I said they lead the charge. Try reading before writing.

Happy birthday, and thank you for your service and sacrifice.

I didn't say they made the decision, I said they lead the charge. Try reading before writing.

Try deleting before posting.

Try deleting before posting.

I apologize for tempering the celebration with inconvenient facts.

Here is a short (mostly) accurate history of the annexation http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/gp/17661.htm
Now, lets get on with the MC birthday party!

why isn't this in Foo?

just sayin'

hoo raaa... or however you write it.

why do you hate the marines?

Its a tough job, but someone has to do it. This was yesterday.

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20071109/capt.baa3dbd0d9df44d7b69098b1b3ee462a.bush_txgh111.jpg?x=380&y=258&sig=Afvql02FT0n_1exr4xWWiA--

President Bush, right, greets wounded Marine Corps Capt. Ryan Voltin, as he visits a physical therapy lab for wounded soldiers at the Center For The Intrepid at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007.

Its a tough job, but someone has to do it. This was yesterday.

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20071109/capt.baa3dbd0d9df44d7b69098b1b3ee462a.bush_txgh111.jpg?x=380&y=258&sig=Afvql02FT0n_1exr4xWWiA--



Well. no. Someone doesn't have to do it. Is GWB explaining where the WMD's were to that soldier?
I have no problem with the military, I have problem with corrupt politicians that misuse them.

Well. no. Someone doesn't have to do it. Is GWB explaining where the WMD's were to that soldier?
I have no problem with the military, I have problem with corrupt politicians that misuse them.



BullSh#$ reply to the orginal post, if you have nothing nice to say with concerns to
this:

Whenever you served, and where ever you are. Whether you sit and eat with fellow Marines at the closest birthday ball, or you just take a moment out to reflect on the service of Marines around the world.

This year take a few moments out to reflect on the service of our fallen brothers and sisters and the illustrious history of our beloved Corps.

2007 Commandant's Birthday Message

232 Reason to Love the Marine Corps

Happy Birthday and Semper Fidelis,
NomadVW

GySgt/USMC



then STFU

BullSh#$ reply to the orginal post, if you have nothing nice to say with concerns to
this:

Whenever you served, and where ever you are. Whether you sit and eat with fellow Marines at the closest birthday ball, or you just take a moment out to reflect on the service of Marines around the world.

This year take a few moments out to reflect on the service of our fallen brothers and sisters and the illustrious history of our beloved Corps.

2007 Commandant's Birthday Message

232 Reason to Love the Marine Corps

Happy Birthday and Semper Fidelis,
NomadVW

GySgt/USMC



then STFU

and who said debate was dead.

"Our" Marines? What do you mean by "our"?

And what does this have to do with road biking?

I spent this morning with Gunny Lewis, one of my fellow Legionairres, as invited guests to a mass and POW/MIA ceremony at our local Catholic School. I didn't wish him a happy Marine Corps Birthday...because it's tomorrow, right?

In any case, Semper Fi Marines. Even an Air Force vet appreciates all that you do.

and who said debate was dead.

the o/p was to signify the USMC birthday not for a political agenda of right or wrong

Well. no. Someone doesn't have to do it. Is GWB explaining where the WMD's were to that soldier?
I have no problem with the military, I have problem with corrupt politicians that misuse them.

+1

Kill bodies!

Happy Birthday Marines! Thanks for my freedom.

Semper FOO

the o/p was to signify the USMC birthday not for a political agenda of right or wrong

Are posts critical to the political use of the military, be it in Hawaii or Iraq, intentended to be hostile to those serving in uniform? Because when posted in a thread like this they certainly seem that way.

Are posts critical to the political use of the military, be it in Hawaii or Iraq, intentended to be hostile to those serving in uniform? Because when posted in a thread like this they certainly seem that way.

I understood it as simply happy birthday USMC.....nothing more,nothing less.

I understood it as simply happy birthday USMC.....nothing more,nothing less.

I'm speaking of those posts critical of the annexation of Hawaii or the US's current involvment in Iraq. In a "happy birthday marines" thread they come off as hostile to men and women in uniform.

"Our" Marines? What do you mean by "our"?

And what does this have to do with road biking?


Nothing.

Semper Fi and Happy Birthday to the Worlds Finest Fighting Force.

I'm speaking of those posts critical of the annexation of Hawaii or the US's current involvment in Iraq. In a "happy birthday marines" thread they come off as hostile to men and women in uniform.
I served for 20 years back in the day. I say if people want to be hostile, let them. I could take it then and I can take it now. It is their opinion and they have a right to it. Maybe they should express it elsewhere but they didn't. So let's move on. Just sayin'.

Well. no. Someone doesn't have to do it. Is GWB explaining where the WMD's were to that soldier?
I have no problem with the military, I have problem with corrupt politicians that misuse them.

My post wasn't about Bush or the politics of the war. It was about a wounded soldier standing tall...that is all...

I served for 20 years back in the day. I say if people want to be hostile, let them. I could take it then and I can take it now. It is their opinion and they have a right to it. Maybe they should express it elsewhere but they didn't. So let's move on. Just sayin'.

+10000

I only gave 8 years of my life to Uncle Sam's Misguided Children ;) but I feel the same way.

My neighbor is a former jarhead as well, and we are having a "steak and cake" celebration tomorrow night along with some of our other friends that wore the uniform.

So Happy Birthday to all current and former Leathernecks around the world. Stay Safe!

well let's at least make this semi bike-related:

http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/bushbeat/archive/images/bush-biking-july-2004-crawf.jpg

not that GWB would ever be a marine but.. he's the cmdr in chief right?

(i'll hold my anti-war politics aside for now, as hard as that is..)

Are posts critical to the political use of the military, be it in Hawaii or Iraq, intentended to be hostile to those serving in uniform?

No - not mine. My step father was a WWII marine who served in the South Pacific and spent the last 30+ years of his life without the use of his legs as a result and was proud to have done it.

My post re Hawaii was in response to the OP's use of the term "illustrious history" of the Corps and was meant to balance that view. No marine involved in that campaign is alive today.

As a bumper sticker I jave on my cubicle wall says:

Not as Mean
Not as Lean
But still a Marine!

It just made me feel a little old to recall that I was serving back during the 200th birthday!

:)

Happy birthday to my fellow leathernecks!

It has as much to do with road biking as:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=360753
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=360690
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=360395
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=360469
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=360274

not that GWB would ever be a marine but.. he's the cmdr in chief right?
Jesus...he may be your "commander-in-chief," but he's certainly (and thankfully) not mine. Isn't there an American subforum for all this tripe about "our" Marines and the like? Isn't this supposed to be an international forum?

Ex Bootneck wishes its younger brother a happy Birthday

Per Mare-Per Terram

Jesus...he may be your "commander-in-chief," but he's certainly (and thankfully) not mine. Isn't there an American subforum for all this tripe about "our" Marines and the like? Isn't this supposed to be an international forum?

in theory.

regardless, the question, that has to to be answered: why is this in road cycling?

Ex Bootneck wishes its younger brother a happy Birthday

Per Mare-Per Terram

Having served with a couple just a little over 4 years ago, I can certainly say thanks for the model. But for the accent (and the fact that your folks had more liquor!), it would have been hard to tell the difference between us and them. (of course - in true Marine style, each thought they had the better Corps!)

in theory.

regardless, the question, that has to to be answered: why is this in road cycling?


How about plenty of Marines and ex marines cycle so the Birthday of the USMC will be of interest a lot of the forum?

I just finished reading Bing West's No True Glory. Jesus, you Jarheads are some tough b*stards - my hat is off to you. From what I hear, God has a hard on for Marines...because you kill everything you see.

I spent this morning with Gunny Lewis, one of my fellow Legionairres, as invited guests to a mass and POW/MIA ceremony at our local Catholic School. I didn't wish him a happy Marine Corps Birthday...because it's tomorrow, right?

Hey, it's close enough -- we've had a few cake cutting ceremonies around here already, and we'll have some more until the end of next week.


In any case, Semper Fi Marines. Even an Air Force vet appreciates all that you do.

My grandpa, who started as a bomber pilot in WWII and eventually was a tanker squadron commander over Vietnam, told me about the Marines he worked with after I told him I was enlisting. He said that he respected them greatly, knowing that, no matter what he asked of them, they would accomplish the mission and do it well.

Semper Fi, OOH RAH, "No better friend, no worse enemy" -- show 'em how it's done, devil dogs!

BarracksSi
SSgt USMC D&B

"I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country with his heart, and not merely with his lips, FOLLOW ME."

Happy Birthday! Semper.

On a side note -- how many of you have USMC decals on your bike(s)?

why is this in road cycling?

Maybe because you and the 'cad set a bad example with the 3 other birthday threads that should be in foo?