The idea for Marines Came from the the Portuguese in fact created in 1618. when I was going though boot camp I was told we were model after them. We stole the eagle from the Air force. The Anchor from the Navy, And the rope from the Army. Then On the Seventh day while god rested, We overran his perimeter, Stole the globe and we've been running the show ever since
"We stole the eagle from the Air Force." WTF?! The Eagle, Globe, and Anchor dates from 1868; airplanes didn't even exist then, much less the Air Force. The rope did not come from the Army - it along with the anchor represent a fouled anchor, a common nautical image. The globe represents the Marines willingness to serve wherever sent. The first organized marine corps was created by Venice in 1203. The oldest marine corps still in existence is the Spanish Navy Marines, dating from 1537.
The USMC is over 248 years of romping, stomping, hell, death and destruction. The finest fighting machine the world has ever seen. We were born in a bomb crater, our mother was an M-16 and our father was the devil. Each moment that I live is an additional threat upon your life. I am a rough-looking, roving soldier of the sea. I am cocky, self-centered, overbearing, and I do not know the meaning of fear, for I am fear itself. I am a green, amphibious monster made of blood and guts who arose from the sea, festering on anti-Americans throughout the globe. Whenever it may arise, and when my time comes, I will die a glorious death on the battle field, giving my life to mom, the Corps, and the American flag. We stole the eagle from the Air Force, the anchor from the Navy, and the rope from the Army. On the 7th day, while God rested, we over-ran his perimeter and stole the globe, and we've been running the show ever since. We live like soldiers and talk like sailors and slap the hell out of both of them. Soldier by day, lover by night, drunkard by choice, Marine by God!@@daniel_sc1024 IS the Full quote, Like most things not to be taken as Fact but as the mentality of Marines. Also Also, I was not stating the oldest Marine... Shit Romans can be that... I was answering his question if the US Marines where base of the Royal Marines. In part yes, But we took a lot of things from the Portuguese. Also whenever writing Marines. The M is always capital.
@@daniel_sc1024 guess you've never heard of a joke. LOL that saying has been around since forever it's extremely tongue n cheek so don't get your panties in a twist...
The USMC logo is called the eagle globe and anchor(EGA). We stole the rope from the army, the anchor from the navy, the eagle from the Air Force, and on the seventh day when god rested we stole the world. We’ve been running the show ever since
Also..."The globe on the U.S. Marine emblem signifies the Corps' readiness to service in any part of the world. The eagle represents the United States. The anchor, which dates back to the founding of the corps in 1775, acknowledges the naval tradition of the Marines and their continual service within the Department of the Navy." But I love the folklore about the EGA better. 😍
My father was in the USMC for 21 yrs. I married a Navy Corpsman that served most of his time with the Marines. My dad approved of "Doc" for a son-in-law
The commonly accepted account of the flag raising on Iwo Jima was that the first flag was too small to be seen by the men on the ground or ships off shore, so another group of Marines brought a larger flag that could be seen clearly.
In the second flag raising, there were 5 Marines and one Navy Hospital Corpsman (who served as a medical for the Marines. That photo you showed is the most reproduced photo in history. It was used as the design for the Marine Corps Memorial. My favorite Marines quote is from President Lyndon Johnson: "When I think of a Marine, I think of a man who wants to do more, not less, someone you have to hold back, not shove."
After the 1st flag was raised, SecNav Forrestal wanted it as a souvenir. The regimental CO, said "F%ck that, it's mine". Then sent a squad up with a replacement flag.
I could be wrong, but I could have sworn that I heard that the first flag that was raised they got a picture of that, but then they redid the picture. But then when they were picking out which picture to use they actually picked the first one and not the second one that was taken, and the first one was taken at the time when it was really being raised and not posed for.
My mom is in healthcare and a guy from the second raising was a patient of theirs. Talking with him, he said he was a Marine. When she said so is my son. He smiled and said he had something for me next time he was there. He returns with a framed picture, autographed on the back. She didnt know what it was, it was a b&w of the flag raising. He told her to not worry, I'd know what it was from. When I saw her next she told me about this Marine wanting to give this to you. Youd know what it was. Of course I did, and wanted to meet the guy to thank him. He sadly passed away before I could see him. Sad, always. But that picture is one of the greatest things I have.
Can confirm on cops and marines, Back when i was a lance corporal I was attending night college. After the first night of class headed out to a near abandoned parking structure and proceeded to engage with a red head in the back seat. As the windows fogged, we heard a knock on the window. I covered as she got halfway decent, and said good evening officer, how can i help you? He asked "dammit, couldnt you kids wait ONE night?" I presented my military ID, he said "Oh, thats why, semper fi carry on" at which time I closed the door and he drove away. She looked at me wide eyed, I told her "He said carry on" afterward she admitted it was the best she had ever had. Rah.
I got into a little bit of a scuffle at the e club in Yuma. I was drinking a little bit while being underage and the MP's took me back to the barracks . I was a boot ass boot and they knew it, so they gave me a ton of shit. They just pulled up to the barracks and told me to get out. I was so stupid and drunk that I stole a bag of doughnuts (the little dusty white ones)from them when they let me go. I still get a chuckle when I think about it. God we do some really stupid crap when we are young lol
@@dogloversrule8476 I love how according to the time I post this, RU-vid is saying you posted this reply 10 minutes before the OP posted. But when you consider what the US colonies were considering of doing objectively and from a distance, some kind of substance had to be involved and it sure wasn't tea. They were going to band together and object against one of the developed colonizing world's most powerful armies and navies because they were tired of paying money to them for ridiculous things. Them who had no official military or militia. Them who were explorers, farmers, frontiersmen, indentured servants, slaves, tradesmen, and really just "Joe Schmoes from over those." Someone had to have been inebriated to suggest the idea and everyone else had to of had been hammered to of agreed. 😆
While my brother and I were talking the Marine Corps recruiter that did sign my brother, another young man approached and asked the Staff Sargent what the Marine corps offered in medics dept. Staff Sargent Thornton, without missing a beat said, "We are Marines, we f**k them up, we don't fix them." Being raised by a Marine Corps father, I knew he wasn't just being cute. He meant it.
My grandfather was a Marine Raider in 43-45. I've had several friends who are Marines. Never piss them off. Granddad knocked my dad through the wall and made him patch the hole - Grandpa was asking my dad which branch he joined (he got a low draft number in 72) and my dad said air force because they care more about what you can do with your head then what you can carry on your back. My grandfather walked home from california to the east coast in 46 - he knew he needed time to decompress. He walked, hitch hiked, and worked odd jobs on the way back.
The first flag came from the USS Missoula. The second flag came from LST 779. Both are on display at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico Va
The Unsubscribe Podcast (which The Fat Electrician is a cohost of) did an episode two weeks ago with 2 vets who were at Iwo Jima and one of them was one of the guys who raised the flag in the picture. He described the whole event (including, that the flag pole itself was actually a drain pipe that they found lying around somewhere).
Most Marine Corps Birthday thing I have ever seen was at MCB Quantico. I was an MP for the base and was turning left from the Town of Quantico onto Barnett Avenue USMC Birthday week). As I crossed Little Hall, to the left of of the step leading up to Little Hall, I see a Marine in his Dress Blues passed out flat on his back with his jacket unbuttoned. I get out of my car to check on him and he's breathing ok. Just passed out hammered. I check his pockets and find his ID just so I could figure out what Barracks to take him to. I purposely did not look at his DOB. I picked him up over my shoulder and put him in the back of my patrol car. I went to the closest barracks (2005 Bldg if I remember right), showed his ID to the Duty NCO, and asked if this was one of his. He indicated it was. I asked him to get him out of the back of my car before I had to do something official with him. Good times.
I can totally believe the marines guard the earth. Have a bestie who would stack bodies if you messed with her or her family/friends. Love the Marines!
Not just the earth! The last lines of the Marine Corps Hymn: If the Army and the Navy Ever gaze on heaven's scenes They will find the streets are guarded By United States Marines. Oorah!
Seeing you on the Unsub podcast in Texas would be great! I'm sure you'd love to talk with the boys and talk with them about your time in the Royal Marines!
No, Marine recruits don't have to kill a family member, but my little brother gave our dad a black eye...my brother was 19 months old at the time. Small wonder the little homicidal maniac grew up to be a Marine but you know who really found that story funny? My brother's drill instructors.
The first Marines were effectively the ships security. There were only 2 companies (so about 200 men). They would have fired from the rigging at enemy ships during close combat. This tradition was picked back up with the USS Texas. By the way, he has a video about the Texas, would love to see that reaction. We were patterned after the function of the Royal Marines. Our dress uniforms are the same.basic cut amd design. The Eagle, Globe and Amchor faces the opposite direction and shows the western hemisphere. Prior to the party that is the Marine Corps Ball, there is a solemn ceremony. There is a place setting for the fallen and those that cannot attend. The MC does all the things, troop the colors, adjutant call. A chaplain offers the benediction. There is a message from the Commandant of the Marine Corps. There will be one or 2 speakers, usually someone that is active duty, and usually a veteran (I was fortunate to have 3 WWII vets and a Korean War vet at the 4 that I attended). Then the cake is brought out. At that point, they introduce the oldest and youngest Marines present (by age, not service). The oldest takes a bite of cake, then the youngest takes a bite, symbolizing a passing of the torch between generations. Afterwards, they retire the colors.and the whole thing (for the enlisted, anyway) jist devolves into a full blown rager. To those nights you dont remember with the friends you never forget. Goodnight Chesty, wherever you are.
Him being Army and making a video about the Marines is not surprising. Being former Chair Force, I love all my brothers and sisters in uniform, whether they are grunts, leather necks or seamen. We all have our rivalries amongst ourselves, but like all families, don't attack any unless you want us all.
Please Do a video on the Royal Marines, I am retired U S Navy, and am amazed at how much history we share As a side note, I was in Rio when I found out I was going to be a father, wound up with some Royal Marines in a pub and all I remember are pints and a sun rise, you boys even got me back to my ship!
In the US Marine Corps, the medical service personnel, doctors, nurses, and medical corpsman are all US Navy personnel on assignment to the Marines. That also applies to chaplains.
So, the Royal Marines go back to 1664 and the US Marines "only" go back to 1775 - but our Country wasn't even founded until 1776 while England was founded in 927. Part of our pride in our birthday is that our Corps is older than the United States itself.
My grandfather on my mother's side was a Marine in the Pacific during WW2. He was mostly in the Marshall Islands but ended up in Hiroshima after the surrender and took some absolutely stunning photos of the destruction. He had incredible albums from his time in the Pacific, all captioned in his precise, neat penmanship. One of the most humble- and funniest- men I've ever known.
Fun trivia. One of the few buildings that the British couldn't take when they burned Washington D.C. during the War of 1812, was the Marine Barracks (though not for the lack of trying). When a British Officer walks into the Officer's Club at the Washington Navy Yard, they ring a bell and he/she has to buy a round for the house. This will go on in perpetuity until "battle damage to the building" is paid off.
Us marine here, served from 07 to 11. Deployment to kajaki damn Afghanistan. Every royal marine I ever met was a limey fuck! And I love them so much for it. Brothers from across the pond!!! Semper fi
US Marie looks over, Sees UK Royal Marie... "We have stuff that's 200 proof and made out of the fear harvested from our enemies skulls... and Crayola for flavor." "Does it come in pints?" "Oh we gonna be good friends."
I'm glad..your as proud of your marines..as we are of ours..u.s..English..Phillipines..Japanese..whatever country..marines..are marines..63 year old former marine from south carolina
I love the Fat Electrician. He has done a number of videos on the Marines and some individual Marines. The Marine Corps uses a four digit MOS identifier and the Army uses a three character MOS identifier. As for the flag over Mt. Suribachi, it was reraised but I believe it was due to the size of the flag, and the reraising did make for a great photo op. I didn't know about the Royal Marines having the other side of the globe, so that is a brilliant new piece of information...lol Great video, Semper Fi
At our battalion HQ, we always had one Royal Marine as part of it. I was told it was a brotherhood between Royal Marines and US Marines. I thought that was cool.
A former KGB operative was asked "What was the scariest thing you've ever seen?" To which he replied, "Nuclear weapons are scary and all, but they are effectively off they table... The scariest thing I have ever seen is a dead marine, because if you saw one dead one, then there are a thousand alive ones nearby and they will not be happy when they find you next to that one."
My dad is a Marine and he is very proud of it. When I was young I wanted to be one too but gave up on that because I'm way to lazy. Still I got a lot of respect for anyone who can say they are a part of the military.
We drank with Royal Marines. Took turns challenging each other to drinking feats. After awhile one of the Royal Marines blew a stream of recycled beer and food like a firehose into an empty beer mug two feet sway... And as everyone watched laughing because of the sight.... He proceeds to lift the mug and chugs the contents all at once. At that point we just say,"ok... You win" served and drank with Royals Marines, like close cousins with other US Marines being brothers.
"Our brothers over the sea." From the other shore, I always had that sense. Similar, unpretensious attitude born of being kicked around a bit and never-ending training.
Yes, the Marine Corps was born in a bar. Tun Tavern. The very first recruit ever went up, signed up, started the line. The second recruit ever went up, signed up, and got behind the first one. The second one said, "Well, this is something, huh?" The first one says, "Nah. You should've seen the old Corps."
Boot camp 1969 we were told every marine is a Rifleman. (AKA Sniper) If you didn't qualify on the range in bootcamp things didn't go well for you the rest of your training. Being "Highest score in platoon Shooter" gave me my first stripe right out of boot camp.
FYI, I'm not in the USMC or any other branch. The dress pants that our Marines wear are Dress Blues and the red stripe is referred to as the blood stripe.
My Dad's a Marine, Harrier II mechanic. At 50 he started playing rugby as a new sport because golf was boring. He also played with the Australians because and I quote "They party better".
68W is the Military occupation specialist for a combat medic. I was both a 68W and a 8404 field medical technician US Navy Corpsman. I was with Army Infantry army side and attached to USMC Infantry while i was US Navy. Both sides call us "Doc"
8:33 No. In the morning some marines went up there and raised a small flag. Later that afternoon when the mountain had been secured, a second group of marines consisting Sergeant Michael Strank, Corporal Harlon Block, and Privates First Class Franklin Sousley, Ira Hayes, Harold Schultz, and Harold Keller along with Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press, went up and took the smaller flag down and replaced it with a much larger flag.
The raising of the flag picture was recreated for photos, but that was not the original battle flag raised. Some officer demanded the original and it's been lost to history.
From 1978 to 1980, I was stationed at Lajes Field Air Base, at Praia da Vitoria, Illa Terceira, The Azores, Portugal. One day the whole base was talking about our Marines just passing through on the way from Europe going back to the CONUS, taking over the bowling alley the night before, pouring beer on the floor and sliding in it on their bellies. Did Marines drink a lot? I understood our Air Force Security Police just let it play out rather than escalating the situation.
I remember a few years ago a Marine MEU visited Iceland and drank the island dry. Over a weekend. Poor vikings were bereft of booze but had plenty of cash to order more.
I went to a Marine Corps birthday ball with my husband and it was hilarious! I watched one marine accidentally kick his wife in the head while giving her a lap dance and another just going around punching his friends in the stomach 🤣🤣
When I was an active duty U.S. Marine, I had the opportunity to spend a few days drinking with several British Royal Marines in Hong Kong. That was an incredible time.
The U.S. Marines are the best, proud to have served them. HM2 FMF Nirdlinger, Corpsman. What do you call your medics? The Marines call us Doc; we're not doctors, we're better.
Please remember the conceptual difference between Royal Marines and U.S. Marines: Royal Marines are superlative LIGHT INFANTRY who do anything that small or medium sized groups of highly (and FULLY) trained can be sent to do... HOWEVER... U.S. Marines are a HEAVY COMBINED ARMS force that brings along EVERYTHING that an armed force needs to perform ANY mission other than intercontinental strategic nuclear strike. They have a full capability air force, medium armored forces, a full range of artillery, combat engineering forces, etc...AND ALL OF IT IS OPERATED BY OTHER U.S. MARINES. So the U.S.M.C. is actually a fully complete armed force ON THEIR OWN.
16 Yrs in the USMC, my favorite quote was one I heard from a drunken Gunnery Sergeant, as I was driving him home after the USMC ball, "I may get drunk, and I may have to crawl home, but by God!!! I am going to CRAWL like a MARINE!!" this was said, right before he passed out. It took four of us over thirty minutes to get him into his apartment, after which, he suddenly stood up, and stumbled to the Head (bathroom) and heaved, before telling us, he'd see us at PT for a 3 mile run in the morning.
I had the pleasure of meeting a few royal marines at our fob on my first deployment. We were all comparing our deployment mustaches. They were hilarious too. Glad I got to meet those guys. They told us about their rank structure and how to make corporal or sergeant on the royal marines was like 12-14 years or something along those lines. Semper fi fuckers.
I was born, raised and served in the USAF. In 1980 I was assigned to a special group (remember USAF so not that special) that was instructed in details of our potential bugging out to fight Iraq. Google "444 days". We were also instructed in what to do in the event our base was overrun. We were told to pick up a gun off a dead Marine and make our way back to a rendezvous point for pickup. A dead Marine. A dead United States Marine. A Marine was going to have to die so I can have a weapon. I'm an airman and I'm expected to outlive a Marine so I can have his weapon. Fat Chance. And on top of that my little brother was a Marine at the time. "Respect" isn't a strong enough word for how I feel about The United States Marine Corp.
1st. We need to get these tfe reactions numbers up. These are rookies numbers. I search twice a day for these and right now you are falling behind. I need more. 2. You should visit in time to celebrate the marine corps birthday with Nick, the unsubscribe boys and Jared. They are all mins away from each other and it'll make for a great time overall. Great stuff.
The Army has "Medics" and the Marines have "Corpsman" (pronounced Core-man) or as we lovingly call them, "Doc". The army has medics that are in the Army itself but the Marine Corps Corpsman are in the Navy. After going through Navy boot camp (10 weeks now, up from 8 weeks), Corpsman, in addition, have to go through the more rigorous Marine Corps boot camp (13+ weeks since now all Marines go through an additional Infantry Training School after boot camp). Good night Chesty Puller, wherever you are.
Had a kid in Afghanistan ask me if I had to eat a family member to go through Marine boot camp. Without skipping a beat, I said yeah, that’s why I no longer have a baby sister
On three occasions when I was active duty, we cleared a bar out of all the alcohol they had to where we were actually drinking box wine and that was one platoon
I have a deep respect for those in the military if it is voluntary and love making friends who are veterans. GOOO military. PS we love you English British people
There is a famouis bar in Quantico where much of the Marine HQTR's is named the "Globe and Laurel". Its full of memorabilia and is a cool place. There was another bar in California near Camp Pendleton named "Carls" which is now gone but from WWII through Iraq it was a hangout and also had lots of memorabilia there. I went to a bar in Hong Kong named the "Kangaroo Pub" which was full of Australian Army and Navy and Royal Navy. We got along very well it was fun.
Not 100% sure, but back when I was doing alterations & updates to dress uniforms for an Army Reserve Unit here in Wisconsin, I was told that tattoos were fine as long as they can't be seen while you are in your standard (non-PT) uniforms.
Best way to find out if there's a Marine in the bar? Start signing the Marines"s Hymn!! You get bonus points if you know the part they haven't sung since the end of WW2.
I am a 70 year old Marine, just turned 70 10/02/1954. i am old and disabled but i can still shoot like a Marine. And don't give a fuck about your feelings or pronoun's. I still represent America and the US Marines proudly. Semper Fi to all my brothers and sister in any branch, serving or inactive.
Btw with prior UK military service they might be able to wave some requirments if your interested. Had some family that skipped some standard training due to prior work. At times as a Nurse, like one of my aunts, she went straight to officer cadet school instead of basic and was made first Lt. with 3yrs credit towards Captain in the army reserve. As a former commando I'm sure they would fast track you to a level close to what you had. The age deal is more about starting than ending. I looked at both the Navy and the Army after Collage but opted not to sign. (Navy had me slated for a sub, and later I wasn't quite fit enough yet and things changed first) Did work a couple years of security and had many military family so I understand it about as much as is possible without joining. You should do more of Nick's vids. they are informative and fun. I have caught one mistake on the A6 as it is a side seat jet and the Bombardier didn't have a seat in the back for the Iran navy but the expression is right on.
Omg you and the fat electrician?! That sounds effing AWESOME!!!!! Totally down to watch that colab! 😅 Two of my fave creators rn! 😊😊😊😊😊😊 Hope that happens! 😊
The Marines were in charge of Ramadi's AO while I was there with 3ID. Everyone on base got 2 tickets for a frosty beverage. We were on LogPac dropping of daily chow etc to the FOBs but our Chain held 3 thrash cans and midnight chow ready for us when we got back.
Iwo Jima...Yes they did the raising twice. The 2nd time for the picture. The 1st time, they raised a smaller flag. So for the 2nd time, they also raised a larger flag so all the Marines on the beech could see it flying. Also, the Marines did not carry a flagpole with them. Thery found some water pipe on the ground and used it for the flagpole.
I absolutely would love a video on the Royal Marines doing similar stuff. Hell, every army in the west basically except like, Poland, is hurting for recruitment numbers. If they pumped out a bunch of series like this, they could seriously bump those numbers up
