#marine

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world! ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#finer #front #i #just #marines

My dad was a golden gloves boxer in the Marine Corps, then a deputy sheriff. My mom worked as an office assistant. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#boxer #corps #dad #deputy #gloves

I originally envisioned myself doing something with the suffix 'ology' at the end of it, like marine biology or entomology. But after I started to do some acting gigs, I thought it wasn't a bad thing... I said to myself, 'I might as well keep riding this bus until the wheels fall off.' ↗

— Callan McAuliffe

#after #bad #bad thing #biology #bus

Japan's alliance with the U.S. will only grow in importance amid the increasingly difficult security situation surrounding our country, thus I think it is necessary to keep the marines in Okinawa, a geographically strategic location from the standpoint of maintaining deterrence. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#amid #country #deterrence #difficult #geographically

Marines are very good at fighting... And if Gen. Franks wants fighters on the ground and he puts Marines in, he'll have what he wants. ↗

— Peter Pace

#fighting #franks #gen #good #ground

I think a submarine is a very worthwhile weapon. I believe we can defend ourselves with submarines and all our troops back at home. This whole idea that we have to be in 130 countries and 900 bases... is an old-fashioned idea. ↗

— Ron Paul

#bases #believe #countries #defend #home

In the Gulf War, U.S. Marine Corps wheeled vehicles were killing Iraqi T-72 tanks. ↗

— Ralph Peters

#gulf #gulf war #iraqi #killing #marine

I've been doing Pride and Prejudice all summer, so suddenly the chance to be holed up with a bunch of marines is quite attractive, and probably a necessary dose of male energy. ↗

— Rosamund Pike

#been #bunch #chance #doing #dose

Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#lives #made #marines #people #problem

But then my mother, who's a very selfless, stoic person from a family of Marines, would tell us that what was good for our father was good for us - he would make more money; therefore, we'd be able to get better educations. ↗

— Patricia Richardson

#better #educations #family #father #get