The Few, The Proud

The Few, The Proud, The Marines. This is one of the quotes used to describe the USMC. The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States. In the civilian leadership structure of the United States military, the Marine Corps is a component of the United States Department of the Navy, often working closely with U.S. naval forces for training, transportation, and logistic purposes; however, in the military leadership structure the Marine Corps is a separate branch.

The USMC participated in several wars. One of the most important wars that included the Marines was World War II. They might not have been in the front lines in Europe but they were in the Pacific theatre of War. They battled the Japanese long and hard almost each day during World War II. Perhaps without their help, the war in the Pacific may have turned out differently and the Japanese may be a big empire if it weren't for  the Marines intervening.

Today, they are fighting in the urban cities of Iraq and other countries where terrorism exists. They are "THE FIRST TO FIGHT" as many people consider them. They encounter insurgents and terrorists in some of the most hostile environment ever. They are the front lines and everybody after them just clean up what the Marines missed (which I doubt).

There are different MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) that the Marines have to offer. Out of all the different MOS, my favored is MOS 0317 or more commonly known to the Marines as the Scout Snipers. Marines who qualify for Scout Sniper School alway recieve rigid training which requires physical and mental strength. You have to be a First Class Private and shoot as expert marksman to qualify.

 Before you can consider yourself as a Marine, you have to undergo the ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery), pass a PFT (Physical Fitness Test), and go through boot camp.

“Semper Fi”. This is a Marine quote that means Always Faithful. Another Marine quote that is connected to this is “Once a Marine, Always a Marine”. This shows a deeper relationship between fellow Marines. Marines do not only consider their fellow Marines as squadmates, they consider them as brothers. The USMC is a brotherhood of Marines that no one but the Marines can fully understand. Once you have forged a relationship between your brother Marines, it will be unbreakable. 

These are all the things that I have to say about the USMC. Never forget what the Marines did to make the world a better and safer place for everybody to live in.

Freedom is not free, but the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share. 
-Ned Dolan

Marines know how to use their bayonets. Army bayonets may as well be paper-weights. 
-Navy Times; November 1994

The United States Marine Corps, with its fiercely proud tradition of excellence in combat, its hallowed rituals, and its unbending code of honor, is part of the fabric of American myth. 
-Thomas E. Ricks; Making the Corps, 1997