10 Nov 1775

[Ragin Cajun]

Happy Birthday Marines

Seven years ago I enlisted in the Corps. Some may think it was because of 9-11, others may not. As for my parents, they now that ever since I was a little kid I wanted to be a U.S. Marine, it was only a matter of time. Today I serve not because the job that we're doing or the job that my brothers have done before me, but because of the job that I don't want to do in the future. My fellow Marines of the past, Thank You for all that you've done. To the ones that serve today: Thank You for all that you're still doing; it is because of you Marines that I wake up everyday loving my job and having fun doing it. It is because of all the Marines that I continue to re-enlist as a keeper of traditions and history and to train my Marines so that they can then train their Marines.

Happy Birthday Marines and Semper Fidelis