tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1/tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9979-2012-03-24T15:25:44ZComments for Happy 233rd Birthday, USMC!We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010Movable Type 4.12tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.99792008-11-10T18:47:32Z2008-11-10T19:52:40ZHappy 233rd Birthday, USMC!Billhttp://www.thedonovan.comWikipedia notices the similarities:
Culturally, Marines and Soldiers share most of the common US military slang and terminology
(not to mention vehicles and equipment -- especially those M-1s you guys "borrowed" for Gulf I)
but the Corps utilizes a large number of naval terms and traditions incompatible with the Army lifestyle.
Buuuuuut we won't go into that whole sordid mess about hanging out with sailors.
Marines and Soldiers share something else -- we'll bust our guts for one another and go ten extra miles beyond the extra mile we normally go for one of the other services. And I think it's pretty appropriate that the Corps' Special Day leads directly into Veterans' Day -- you guys have a kind of tradition of leading...
Semper Fi.]]>
tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9979-comment:80380Comment from Dale Barnes on 2008-11-12Dale Barnes
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2008-11-13T00:31:57Z2008-11-13T00:31:57Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9979-comment:80294Comment from jim b on 2008-11-10jim bhttp://www.cookiecrumbexpress.com/blog/
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2008-11-10T23:02:18Z2008-11-10T23:02:18Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9979-comment:80289Comment from Katherine Optima Maximae on 2008-11-10Katherine Optima Maximaehttp://www.thedonovan.com
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2008-11-10T21:16:42Z2008-11-10T21:16:42Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9979-comment:80287Comment from Oldloadr on 2008-11-10Oldloadr2008-11-10T20:52:41Z2008-11-10T20:52:41Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9979-comment:80286Comment from BillT on 2008-11-10BillThttp://www.thedonovan.com
Teufelshunde is the word, but I guess amerikanischedeutsche would work. 'Cept it'd be hunden -- no "ess" needed to pluralize the plural... ]]>
2008-11-10T20:43:33Z2008-11-10T20:43:33Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9979-comment:80285Comment from Katherine Optima Maximae on 2008-11-10Katherine Optima Maximaehttp://www.thedonovan.com
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2008-11-10T20:31:38Z2008-11-10T20:31:38Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9979-comment:80284Comment from Fishmugger on 2008-11-10Fishmugger
Happy Birthday Marines and thank you for protecting my butt whilst TDY at Da Nang in '65. Yes...I was that Air Force puke running around the flight line with the clipboard and the 45 I wasn't qualified with. This calls for another beer...
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