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We did all the other services<\/a>, now it\u2019s time for the best branch of them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hard to boil it down to five reasons why we love the Marine Corps, what with all the amazing things they do. How handsome and good looking they all are, to how ferocious they are in battle. It\u2019s going to be a tough go to select the five qualities that truly define why we love the Marine Corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Marines win battles. Ever heard of a place called the Chosin Reservoir? Or how about an island named Iwo Jima, maybe this place called Fallujah? In the entire history of the United States Marine Corps, the only time they\u2019ve surrendered was during WWII when there were only a few hundred Marines versus extremely overwhelming numbers of Japanese, with naval support. Even then they fought for several days inflicting high casualties against the invaders. Marines win battles, and if they don\u2019t, they make the enemy pay in blood for each piece of ground gained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, on Feb. 23, 1945. (Joe Rosenthal\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2. Marines look damn good. Every single member of the other services can\u2019t deny that Marine dress blues are the best looking dress uniforms. Despite the numerous crayon and glue insults, every other branch knows it\u2019s game over for them at the bar if Marines show up in their dress blues. (Damn we look good).
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Marines from 6th Communications Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve marched in the annual New York Veterans Day parade Nov. 11, 2011. (Sgt. Randall ClintonMarine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

3. With the exception of corpsman, Marines are self-sustaining. They have their own air support, they have their own armor, and they have their own infantry. There isn\u2019t much the Marine Corps can\u2019t do on its own. Truth be told, they wouldn\u2019t really have it any other way. By the way, the corpsman, they are ours now and you can\u2019t have them back, we\u2019ve adopted them.
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A U.S. Marine Corps M1A1 Abrams main battle tank with 1st Tank Battalion, Marine Air Ground Task Force-8 (MAGTF-8) receives fuel from a CH-53E Super Stallion during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 5-17 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Aug. 5, 2017. (Sgt. Kassie L. McDole\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

4. They were founded in a bar! Marines like to fight, Marines like to drink. It\u2019s only reasonable that the guy who wanted a bunch of mean and nasty fighters to fight the redcoats aboard ship would go to the world famous Tun Tavern in Philadelphia to recruit some of the meanest, nastiest, beer drinkingest, rough and tumble men ever assembled.
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A CRS office resembles the original Tun Tavern that ushered in the first Marines to join the Corps back in the 1700s. (Cpl. Tyler Barstow\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

5. Marines have this sense of arrogant, cocky pride about them. Their only flaw, if we had to pick one is that Marines don\u2019t actually know how good they really are. Everything that is asked of them gets done. An old unofficial saying in the Marine Corps \u201cImprovise, Adapt, Overcome\u201d proves that it doesn\u2019t matter where or how you fight Marines, they\u2019ll find a way to win, because in the wise wise words of Dj Khaled, \u201cAll we do is win.\u201d
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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Christopher Fiffie assigned to 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, drinks cobra blood during jungle survival training Feb. 19, 2018, in Sattahip, Chonburi province, Thailand. (Staff Sgt. Micaiah Anthony\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Originally published by American Grit<\/a>. Read more from American Grit here:<\/i>
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\u00bb You signed on that line<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bb Best war movies of all time<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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