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'& Some Candids For Our USMC Members'

What C9G doesn't get is that we swabbies and jarheads always do a little ranking with each other, it's all meant in good humor C9G, I never met a jarhead I didn't like.

My family is steeped in Navy blue too Mud, though my great-grandpa was a doughboy in WW I. Those that serve and have served really don't trust professional people that have never served all that much, at least I don't. Mostly because the cretins my age that are professional and did not were most often draft dodgers. They also think they are more intelligent than we sea dogs and trench diggers. God bless the young men and women that have and still make up our armed forces, they are the one body of men and women that stand between us and the heathens of the world. And the majority of them do it for a paltry $2.75/hr., even our government cannot outsource that for less pay! :medals:

Caz
 
Here's to our US Marines...they saved my butt more times then i can count...Semper Fi...:icon29:
 
USMC and USN ROE's

USMC and USN Rules of Engagement
USMC
1. Bring a gun. Preferably, bring at least two guns. Bring all of your friends who have guns.
2. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Life is expensive.
3. Only hits count. The only thing worse than a miss is a slow miss.
4. If your shooting stance is good, you're probably not moving fast enough nor using cover correctly.
5. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend. [Lateral and diagonal movement are preferred.]
6. If you can choose what to bring to a gunfight, bring a long gun and a friend with a long gun.
7. Ten years from now, no one will remember the details of caliber, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.
8. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating, reloading, and running.
9. Accuracy is relative. [Most combat shooting standards will be more dependent on "pucker factor" than the inherent accuracy of the gun.]
10. Use a weapon that works every time. [All skill is in vain when an angel pisses in the flintlock of your musket.]
11. Someday someone may kill you with your own weapon, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.
12. Always cheat; always win. If you walk away, it was a fair fight. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.
13. Always have a plan.
13.1 Have a back-up plan, because the first one won't work.
14. Use cover or concealment as much as possible. The visible target should be in FRONT of your gun.
15. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.
16. Don't drop your guard.
17. Always tactical load and threat scan 360 degrees.
18. Watch their hands. Hands kill. [In God we trust. Everyone else, keep your hands where I can see them].
19. Decide to be aggressive ENOUGH, quickly ENOUGH.
20. The faster you finish the fight, the less shot you will get.
21. Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
22. Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one.
23. Your best option for personal security is a lifelong commitment to avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.
USN
1. Adopt an aggressive offshore posture.
2. Drink coffee.
3. Send in the Marines.
 
The pics suggest to me that the ceremony is an officer's commissioning, probably that 2nd Lt. being hugged by the female in Panther's second set of pics. From the number of Gunnery Sergeants present I'd say he's moving up from the enlisted ranks. Whatever the occasion, when there are Marines involved it's always an impressive event. :)
 
Figured it to be a commissioning ceremony too.

USN
1. Adopt an aggressive offshore posture.
2. Drink coffee.
3. Send in the Marines.
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Yep, that's about how we did it in the Gator Navy. Set up shop offshore and haul the Marines to the beach to play.
 
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