I was at Camp Lejeune last week. Most Marines I spoke with indicated they were voting for John McCain.
The US President is commander-in-chief of all the armed forces of the USA, so that includes the US Marines.
marines guard the president because they need to protect him from being hurt or killed they make marines do it because former presidents john f kennedy and abraham lincoln got shot and were not protected
Thomas Jefferson
In 1965 President Johnson did not send 22,000 marines to combat communism. He sent 42,000 Marines to Dominican Republic to destroy a legitimate government, that had nothing to do with Communism.
In 1915, President Wilson sent Marines to Haiti to occupy the country because of civil disturbances.
the president
When the time comes, you have the choice to either leave or reenlist. You just choose to reenlist, and your contract gets extended.
According to history, We have never had any president be in the marines. We have had many be in other branchs.
Because they can be sent by the President's direction anywhere in the world. He doesn't have to get approval from Congress.Bill/USMC Veteran
There is open same-sex couples that are in the US Marines. Many of them came out after Dont Ask Dont Tell was repealed by President Obama.
There is no easy way to become a Marine. If you want to be a Marine you will do it the same way the thousands of Marines before did it. The hard way.
the majority of enlisted MARINES DO NOT WANT THE REPEAL.. It WOULD DRASTICALLY AFFECT THE MORAL ... PRIDE AND TRADITION OF THE CORPS... THE MARINES HAVE A PROUD TRADITION OF OVER 200 YEARS TO WHICH THEY HAVE PROUDLY KEPT.... THE FEW THE PROUD ..THE MARINES....