The Story of America: The US Marine Corps Birthday

In order to form a more perfect. To each other, our lives, our fortune and our sacred honor it. Today, America celebrates 250 years of one of the most legendary military forces in the history of the world. The United States marine Corps. On November 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution to raise two battalions of Continental Marines. These first Marines fought for our independence on land and at sea, taking on the mightiest naval force in the history of the world, from the coast of Maine to the islands of the Bahamas to England itself. Since then, the Marines have fought hand to hand at Belleau Wood, stormed the beaches of Tarawa, and prevailed over foes in Fallujah and across Afghanistan. The Marine Corps has always been the tip of the spear of America's military dominance, the first to fight. Now, that reputation helped inform my own decision to enlist in 2003. And as former Commandant General Chuck Krulak said, the Marine Corps does two great things for our country. It wins battles, and it makes Marines. Now, as with countless other young men and women who served, my time in the Marines taught me the value of discipline, responsibility, resilience and duty. More than anything, I'm grateful to the Marine Corps for the lessons it instilled in me about sacrifice and for the lifelong friends I made. On this 250th birthday of the Corps, we commemorate its history by honoring every Marine who stood the watch and by solemnly remembering those who gave their last full measure of devotion. We also commit to the future America will endure because her Marines will never fail her. Semper Fidelis, Marines. Happy birthday, Sam. It.