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One thing every Marine has in common is that none will ever forget that they are a Marine first and foremost, regardless of any other title or position that they hold, ever held, or ever will hold.

MOS? Irrelevant.         Duty Station? Irrelevant.      EGA? Totally relevant.

I would imagine that if the first Marines were able to meet the Marines of today, they would give today’s Marines a hard time, because that is just what the old salts do. But I am also sure that the first Marines would be proud to see that the very essence of a Marine stands today as it did in 1775.

A Marine is a Marine is a Marine.

It is not the gear, gadgets, types of weapons, or trucks that make any difference in the Marine. The Marines do with what they have to get done what needs to be done, regardless of where it needs to be done. It is the Marine, not the things or places that matter. 

The Essence of a Marine.

Marines never leave the Corps. Sure, the end of active service may come for some. Others may have given their lives in duty, but none ever leave the Corps. The Corps is instilled and hardened in Marines as if sealed in amber. Those who live on past their service days might no longer run a perfect fitness test, or be able to carry the heavy packs that they carried many moons prior, but their hearts beat with the values of the Marine Corps, and those with enough left to give, still give every day to others.

The essence of a Marine is that Marines don’t believe that they are better than anyone else, or stronger, or faster. Marines just know that they will do whatever it takes to accomplish the mission first.  A key point is that the missions are never for the individual Marine, but missions for others. For the Brotherhood. For the Corps. For the country. That is what makes Marines different: giving all for others. The essence of a Marine.

 

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