Our fabulous US Marine Corps was established on November 10, 1775, by a group of minutemen in Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And yes, today’s Marine still likes a good tavern when they see one!
The first Marines were originally recruited as sharpshooters to fight from the tops of men-of-war during the Revolutionary War. And in [...]

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Embracing the Suck: mil-speak for ‘The situation is bad, but deal with it’ – is something the Marines are exceptionally good at. From Iwo Jima to Fallujah and Anbar Province to the Helmand River Valley in Afghanistan, the Marines have always been America’s 911 Force and the “First to Fight” for us.
We’ve entered the second [...]

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You’ve heard of Project Valour IT right? It’s a program through Soldiers Angels that provides laptops with voice activated software to our wounded soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen recovering at military medical centers all across America. Generally these young men and women spend up to two years healing and undergoing physical therapy. Their courage and [...]

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Hark! This is an amazing story of incredible great giving by ‘The Bloggess’ - Jenny Lawson - and her blog readers to make sure that Christmas ‘came’ for those in need.

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A big Semper Fi and “Happy 235th Birthday” to the United States Marine Corps, America’s 911 Force and the “first to fight!” It’s been a fun 2 weeks of competition for Project Valour-IT’s Marine Team to raise funds for special laptops and other IT equipment for wounded warriors. The competition ends tomorrow, Veterans [...]

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Our fabulous US Marine Corps was established on November 10, 1775, by a group of minutemen in Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Today’s Marine still likes a good tavern when they see one!
The first Marines were originally recruited as sharpshooters to fight from the tops of men-of-war during the Revolutionary War. And [...]

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“Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference to the world, but the Marines don’t have that problem…” President Ronald Reagan
Yesterday was a good day for Project Valour-IT and the Marine Team. We know today will be active giving day again. The Marine Team is the smallest [...]

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as you can see the Marine Team is in the lead for the project valour-it fundraising competition. thank you so much if you’ve donated and if you haven’t, the competition goes through veterans day so you still have a wee bit of time!
you can go here and make your contribution now and [...]

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‘Everyone likes the Marines because they unapologetically like to kill bad people.’
now if THAT doesn’t make you go support project valour-it, nothing will!

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thanks to friends all over the blogasphere, the Marine Team is holding on to the lead - swatting back the army, navy, and air force - in the valour-it fundraising contest. if you have contributed, thank you. if you are still considering it, please go here. it means so much to so [...]

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