233 years…

Happy Birthday Marines!

233 years of tradition unmarred by progress 🙂 Officers STILL wear officers wear a lace cross on the top of their Barracks Cover, called the Quattrefoil, a traditional mark of distinction (meaning don’t shoot ’em) from the Marine Corps’ foundation as sharpshooters on ships…

Not that we’ve had Marines in the ratlines for oh about 150 or so years 🙂 But not bad for an organization that started in a bar either… Tun Tavern to be exact.

Semper Fidelis my friends! Semper Fidelis

And yes, I CAN pick at them- 22 Years in the Navy and hauling them around 🙂

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