Juggernaut 11,054 Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Heath_h49008 442 Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 (edited) How about we save the money we would spend on new stationary alone, and give the guys some better gear, training, or support for their families? Don't we have better things to do than play with letterhead? Edited May 29, 2010 by Heath_h49008 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
patriot 7,197 Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 How about we save the money we would spend on new stationary alone, and give the guys some better gear, training, or support for their families? Don't we have better things to do than play with letterhead? These guys deserve our respect. They give their lives for us. They deserve the same respect as the soldiers airmen and seamen. A Veteran is someone who in his life wrote a blank check made payable to The USA for an amount "up to and including my life" Well, his surviving family deserves the respect and courtesy of that same letter. Sure, it's a small act, but it is important. "For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know." Show some respect. It's the least you can do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Juggernaut 11,054 Posted May 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 the title is earned... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dannyfantasy2000 68 Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 The Marine Corps is a department of the Navy.... Well if you don't know it, you don't rate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MCASgt New River 10,036 Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 The Marine Corps is a department of the Navy.... Well if you don't know it, you don't rate. ...LMFAO yeah the "Men's Dept". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Klassy Kalashnikov 1,393 Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 The Marine Corps is a department of the Navy.... Well if you don't know it, you don't rate. ...LMFAO yeah the "Men's Dept". rofl Man this brings back memories. Two of my old co-workers in my department of the company were both veterans. One guy was a Marine the other a Sailor. The Marine would constantly tell the Sailor he was in the Men's Department, holy shit did the Sailor used to get pissed Good times, good times. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G O B 3,516 Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 As an old salt, I have mixed feelings on this one. The Marines deserve all the respect that they have justly earned,BUT look at what happened to the Army Air Core when they cut them loose! Not only did they become a bunch of pansies, but the poor dog faced GI in the fox hole has an entire second Bureaucracy to deal with to get some close air support! Sailors and Marines have the tightest love/hate relationship anywhere, and share more than space on ships. There is ONE academy that educates the 2, all medics are Sailors, our pilots train and work together and Marines do such a good job guarding naval bases that not a single one has ever been stolen! I am all for giving the Corps it propers, but we need to keep the working relationship TIGHT! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Juggernaut 11,054 Posted May 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 As an old salt, I have mixed feelings on this one. The Marines deserve all the respect that they have justly earned,BUT look at what happened to the Army Air Core when they cut them loose! Not only did they become a bunch of pansies, but the poor dog faced GI in the fox hole has an entire second Bureaucracy to deal with to get some close air support! Sailors and Marines have the tightest love/hate relationship anywhere, and share more than space on ships. There is ONE academy that educates the 2, all medics are Sailors, our pilots train and work together and Marines do such a good job guarding naval bases that not a single one has ever been stolen! I am all for giving the Corps it propers, but we need to keep the working relationship TIGHT! Hmmmm.... you make some incredible points here... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nailbomb 10,221 Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 The Marines really are inseperable from the Navy in its current form. It works, I wouldn't fuck with it. Especialy as much as we're putting that working team to work right now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Heath_h49008 442 Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 How about we save the money we would spend on new stationary alone, and give the guys some better gear, training, or support for their families? Don't we have better things to do than play with letterhead? These guys deserve our respect. They give their lives for us. They deserve the same respect as the soldiers airmen and seamen. A Veteran is someone who in his life wrote a blank check made payable to The USA for an amount "up to and including my life" Well, his surviving family deserves the respect and courtesy of that same letter. Sure, it's a small act, but it is important. "For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know." Show some respect. It's the least you can do. They get the letter... it just says "Department of the Navy". I think showing real concern means spending our limited resources actually giving the Leathernecks and their families better tools and care to save their lives. Maybe with a better weapon, or that extra training day, fewer families will have to get that letter at all. Maybe I'm confused about what is more important. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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