{"id":56227,"date":"2014-11-10T07:15:55","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T12:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=56227"},"modified":"2014-11-04T09:55:26","modified_gmt":"2014-11-04T14:55:26","slug":"the-senior-military-service-sends-its-regards-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=56227","title":{"rendered":"The Senior Military Service Sends Its Regards . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

. . . to the youngest of the original three US military services on the occasion of its 239th birthday.\u00a0 Specifically:\u00a0 Happy Birthday, United States Marine Corps.<\/p>\n


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The USMC was first established on Friday, 10 November1775. On that date, the Second Continental Congress resolved<\/p>\n

That two battalions of Marines be raised consisting of one Colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, two majors and other officers, as usual in other regiments; that they consist of an equal number of privates as with other battalions, that particular care be taken that no persons be appointed to offices, or enlisted into said battalions, but such as are good seamen, or so acquainted with maritime affairs as to be able to serve for and during the present war with Great Britain and the Colonies; unless dismissed by Congress; that they be distinguished by the names of the First and Second Battalions of Marines.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tun Tavern<\/a>, in Philadelphia, PA, is often regarded as the \u201cbirthplace\u201d of the USMC; the first Marines reputedly enlisted there. However, the truth of that claim is unclear; some accounts say that the first recruiting took place not in Tun Tavern but in a tavern called the Conestoga Waggon \u2013 owned by none other than the family of the first Commandant of Marines, Samuel Nicholas.<\/p>\n

Like the US Navy, the USMC was disestablished after the American Revolution. It was reestablished on 11 July 1798.<\/p>\n

Initially, 11 July was regarded as the USMC\u2019s birthday. However, in 1921 Major Edwin North McClellan \u2013 then OIC of the USMC History Section \u2013 convinced the Commandant of the Marine Corps, Maj Gen John Lejune, to declare the original date of 10 November as the USMC\u2019s birthday. It has been so celebrated since. The first USMC Ball was held four years later, in 1925.<\/p>\n

Born in a bar? That figures \u2013 and explains much. (smile)<\/p>\n

All kidding aside: you Marines may be a bit \u201coff\u201d from our perspective, but you\u2019re certainly damn good at what you do. We love ya like brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n

Again:\u00a0 best birthday wishes to the finest Marines in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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