Happy Birthday USMC

The United States Marine Corps is 230 years old today.

Mac Owens has a wonderful tribute today and remembers his "band of brothers."

Irish Pennants:

I've had the privilege of being both a Marine and a Special Forces soldier. I'm proud of both, but if you cut me, I bleed Scarlet and Gold. Once a Marine, always a Marine. Who couldn't love a service that was born in a bar (Tun Tavern in Philadelphia) and whose first mission was to the Bahamas?

A Jarhead's Dad has a copy of the Marine Corps Birthday Message, read every year on the 10th of November.

Michelle Malkin remembers Lance Cpl. Ryan J. Sorensen, who gave his life Sunday during Operation Steel Curtain.

SoldierGifts.com suggests a birthday present for your Marine.

Happy Birthday. And Thank You.

Semper Fidelis.