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Originally Posted by Redleg Quote:
The "old" and "new" Marine Corps...
There has been lots of speculation about when the "Old Corps" ended and
the "New Corps" began.
I researched this and found the answer.
In 1775 (10th November) the Marine Corps was formed at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia.
In the beginning they announced that any new recruit would get a free
tankard of .
But they didn't get as many recruits as they wanted so they announced
that from now on all new recruits would get two tankards of ,
A Marine in the back ranks said,
"We didn't have it that good in the Old Corps"
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It's still a couple of days to the birthday, so I'll save my congrats 'till then..  |
Ah, yes! The Old Corps. And this is why a Marine can confidently say that he can drink any other average serviceman under the table!
...and Happy Birthday Marine Corps! 229 years of kickin' ass and takin' names!