{"id":50302,"date":"2014-06-09T13:44:46","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T17:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=50302"},"modified":"2014-06-09T13:44:46","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T17:44:46","slug":"meet-private-smedley-butler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=50302","title":{"rendered":"Meet Private Smedley Butler"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Meet<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

The Stars & Stripes<\/a> reports that Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego has a new mascot, an English Bulldog that they’ve named Smedley Butler, after the eccentric Marine Corps general who introduced English bulldogs as USMC mascots close to a century ago;<\/p>\n

One of Smedley\u2019s brothers is the mascot at Georgetown University.<\/p>\n

Viglione, who works in the public affairs office, cared for the previous mascot, Belleau Wood, for nearly a year before the dog \u201cdecided not to reenlist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Belleau now lives with a Marine family in Temecula, Calif., [Corporal Tyler] Viglione and Maj. Neil Ruggiero [who work in the public affairs office] said.<\/p>\n

For now, Viglione is taking Smedley to training and practicing basic tasks at home. Eventually, the Marines hope to teach the Devil Pup to salute, and he\u2019ll be fitted with uniforms at the same tailoring shop that alters uniforms for the new recruits.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Personally, I would have named the private after someone else, since Smedley Butler was a bit of a whack-a-do in his later years, even though he earned two Medals of Honor. Currently, you can find the original Smedley’s visage on anti-war posters, but I understand why they hung that moniker on the dog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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