This is my very first Y3W post and I am super excited.
Today, is veteran's day and I want to send my deepest gratitude to America's brave men and women and their families. It takes an enormous amount of courage, strength and self sacrifice to serve our country... and it takes patience, love and understanding to be a military spouse/family.
I have had the honor and privilege of doing both. My husband and I are both proud Marines. My brother is a Marine, my grandfather is retired Navy and my brother-in-law and two cousins are in the Army. Most of my close friends serve in some branch of the military.
Patriotism runs deep in my blood and not a day goes by where I do not feel truly blessed to call myself an American. Today is a day to understand and appreciate that the freedoms we enjoy are possible only through the sacrifices of our brave men and women in uniform.
"This nation will remain the land of the free, only so long as it is the home of the brave." - Elmer Davis
To our brave military men and women and veterans... serving here in the United States or on foreign soil, during peace time or war, active duty or reserve, currently serving or retired... THANK YOU.
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11.11.2011
11.10.2011
Happy Birthday, Marine Corps!!!
Yes... I get to celebrate 2 birthdays a year. One of them celebrates the day I was born... and the second celebrates the birth of the world's most fiercely amazing fighting force, The United States Marine Corps. I was so truly blessed to be a part of this brotherhood for 8 crazy years and, even though I have been out for 2 years now, I still celebrate the Marine Corps birthday with all of my fellow Marines.
I did not end up going to a birthday ball this year... and that breaks my heart. The ball is a wonderful celebration of tradition and honor where old Marines and new get together, eat together, drink together and party together. You will hear brand new boots telling their "This one time... at boot camp" stories and Korean War vets telling their battle tales. If you ever have the opportunity to go... I highly encourage it. There are time honored traditions like the cake cutting and toasting as well as the reading of the very first birthday address and the current year's birthday address. It is an amazing thing.
Tonight, DH (also a Marine) and I are celebrating together. The Marine Corps is what made us who we are as individuals and what actually brought us together as a couple. We are both Marines down to the core and this day always brings us bittersweet memories as we both miss being a part of the Marine Corps family.
I will close this with a few motivating pictures of Marine Monica and the Commandant's Birthday Address for the 236th Birthday of the United States Marine Corps... Semper Fidelis.
This past year in operations around the world including humanitarian disaster
relief, counter-piracy, theater security cooperation, special operations, counter-insurgency
and many more, you continued to solidify our place as America's Expeditionary Force in
Readiness. Since the Continental Congress created two battalions of Marines 236 years
ago, our legacy as an ever-ready, ever capable, victory producing organization remains
intact.
Our rich heritage of selfless service and fidelity to Nation and to one another lives
on in all who currently wear the Eagle, Globe and Anchor - those who have answered the
clarion call to duty with remarkable courage, dedication and unshakable resolve that
Marines are so well known for. To all Marines - past and present - and especially to our
families ... I extend my deep gratitude for all you have done and all you continue to do.
As we celebrate our 236th birthday, let us look forward to future challengeswhatever
they may be - and reaffirm our pledge to be America's premier crisis response
force; to be the first to fight... Always ready for the toughest and most challenging
assignments.
Happy 236th Birthday, Marines!
Semper Fidelis,
I did not end up going to a birthday ball this year... and that breaks my heart. The ball is a wonderful celebration of tradition and honor where old Marines and new get together, eat together, drink together and party together. You will hear brand new boots telling their "This one time... at boot camp" stories and Korean War vets telling their battle tales. If you ever have the opportunity to go... I highly encourage it. There are time honored traditions like the cake cutting and toasting as well as the reading of the very first birthday address and the current year's birthday address. It is an amazing thing.
Tonight, DH (also a Marine) and I are celebrating together. The Marine Corps is what made us who we are as individuals and what actually brought us together as a couple. We are both Marines down to the core and this day always brings us bittersweet memories as we both miss being a part of the Marine Corps family.
I will close this with a few motivating pictures of Marine Monica and the Commandant's Birthday Address for the 236th Birthday of the United States Marine Corps... Semper Fidelis.
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| That's me... all the way on the left, leading a mud run during a Corporal's Course that I instructed. |
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| I'm in the middle with fellow Marines, Kat and Tiffany. This was during my second tour in Iraq. Kat was an awesome mechanic, Tiffany and I were gunners. |
A MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS
For ten years now, our Corps has been engaged in continuous combat operations
against those who threaten the security of America and our allies. We turned the tide in
the Anbar province of Iraq and continue to see success today in southwest Afghanistan.
While it has come at a cost. .. we have much to be proud of.
For ten years now, our Corps has been engaged in continuous combat operations
against those who threaten the security of America and our allies. We turned the tide in
the Anbar province of Iraq and continue to see success today in southwest Afghanistan.
While it has come at a cost. .. we have much to be proud of.
This past year in operations around the world including humanitarian disaster
relief, counter-piracy, theater security cooperation, special operations, counter-insurgency
and many more, you continued to solidify our place as America's Expeditionary Force in
Readiness. Since the Continental Congress created two battalions of Marines 236 years
ago, our legacy as an ever-ready, ever capable, victory producing organization remains
intact.
Our rich heritage of selfless service and fidelity to Nation and to one another lives
on in all who currently wear the Eagle, Globe and Anchor - those who have answered the
clarion call to duty with remarkable courage, dedication and unshakable resolve that
Marines are so well known for. To all Marines - past and present - and especially to our
families ... I extend my deep gratitude for all you have done and all you continue to do.
As we celebrate our 236th birthday, let us look forward to future challengeswhatever
they may be - and reaffirm our pledge to be America's premier crisis response
force; to be the first to fight... Always ready for the toughest and most challenging
assignments.
Happy 236th Birthday, Marines!
Semper Fidelis,
James Amos
General, US Marine Corps
11.09.2011
Thursday is the new Friday
... well for this week at least. Friday (Veteran's Day) is a federal holiday and our office will be closed. Yay!! At one point, I was hoping to be out of my office job and working as a nurse by now, but... the office job does have its perks... holidays being the biggest one!
So... tomorrow is my Friday. :)
Oh... and tomorrow is also the Marine Corps birthday!! I will likely be posting again tomorrow and/or Friday... but just in case, wish any Marines you know (current or retired) a HAPPY 236th BIRTHDAY!! And on Friday, thank a veteran.
So... tomorrow is my Friday. :)
Oh... and tomorrow is also the Marine Corps birthday!! I will likely be posting again tomorrow and/or Friday... but just in case, wish any Marines you know (current or retired) a HAPPY 236th BIRTHDAY!! And on Friday, thank a veteran.
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