Tag: USMC

Quotes November 01, 2024

“The safest place in Korea was right behind a platoon of Marines. Lord, how they could fight!”
MGen. Frank E. Lowe
 
 
 
 
“For over 221 years our Corps has done two things for this great Nation. We make Marines, and we win battles.”
Gen. Charles C. Krulak
 
 
 
 
“Marines die, that’s what we’re here for. But the Marine Corps lives forever. And that means YOU will live forever.”
GySgt. Hartma
 
 
 
 
“To Marines, love of liberty is not an empty phrase… Rather, it’s displayed by blood, sweat, and tears for the fallen.”
“So long as our Corps fields such Marines, America has nothing to fear from tyrants, be they Fascists, Communists or Tyrants with Medieval Ideology. For we serve in a Corps with no institutional confusion about our purpose: To fight! To fight well!”
Jim Mattis
 
 
 
 
“We Marines believe that God gave America the greatest gift He could bestow to man while he lived on this earth -freedom. We also believe He gave us another gift nearly as precious – our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Coast Guardsmen, and Marines – to safeguard that gift and guarantee no force on this earth can ever steal it away.”
John F. Kelly
 
 
 
 

Quotes September 27, 2024

“My only answer as to why the Marines get the toughest jobs is because the average Leatherneck is a much better fighter. He has far more guts, courage, and better officers… These boys out here have a pride in the Marine Corps and will fight to the end no matter what the cost.”
2nd Lt. Richard C. Kennard
 
 
 
 
“Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there.”
LtGen Victor H. Krulak
 
 
 
 
“I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.”
Sir Winston Churchhill
 
 
 
 
“The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle.”
Gen. John “Black Jack” Pershing
 
 
 
 
“Marines are very good at fighting… And if Gen. Franks wants fighters on the ground and he puts Marines in, he’ll have what he wants.”
Peter Pace
 
 
 
 
“Planning plus preparation breeds confidence.”
US Marines
 
 
 
 

Quote August 30, 2024

Marines know how to use their bayonets. Army bayonets may as well be paper-weights.”
Navy Times
 
 
 
 
“We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down in the southwestern corner, doing nothing. What the hell is going on?”
Gen. John W. Vessey Jr
 
 
 
 
“They told (us) to open up the Embassy, or “we’ll blow you away.” And then they looked up and saw the Marines on the roof with these really big guns, and they said in Somali, “Igaralli ahow,” which means “Excuse me, I didn’t mean it, my mistake”.”
Karen Aquilar
 
 
 
 
“Don’t you forget that you’re First Marines! Not all the communists in Hell can overrun you!”
Col. Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller

 
 
 
 

Quotes June 09, 2023

Quoes to Remember: Famous Marine Corps Quotes – Quote # 28 Is Amazing
 
 

Quotes October 14, 2022

Courtesy of Marine Corps University

“That two battalions of Marines be raised consisting of one colonel, two lieutenant colonels, two majors and officers as usual in other regiments, that they consist of an equal number of privates with other battalions; that particular care be taken that no person be appointed to office or enlisted into said battalions, but such as are good seamen, or so acquainted with maritime affairs as to be able to serve to advantage by sea.”
(Resolution of the Continental Congress, 10 November 1775.)
 
 
 
 
“The Continental ship Providence, now lying at Boston, is bound on a short cruise, immediately; a few good men are wanted to make up her complement.”
(Marine Captain William Jones, Providence Gazette, 20 March 1779.)
 
 
 
 
“A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons.”
(Admiral David D. Porter, USN, 1863.)
 
 
 
 
“The Marines have landed and have the situation well in hand.”
(Attributed to many sources and popularized by the correspondent Richard Harding Davis during the late nineteenth-century.)
 
 
 
 
“To our Marines fell the most difficult and dangerous portion of the defense by reason of our proximity to the great city wall and the main city gate. . .The Marines acquitted themselves nobly.”
(Mr. Edwin N. Conger, U.S. Minister, in commending the Marines for the defense of the legations at Peking, China, in 1900.)
 
 
 
 
“Your Marines having been under my command for nearly six months, I feel that I can give you a discriminating report as to their excellent standing with their brothers of the army and their general good conduct.”
(General John J. Pershing, USA, in a letter to Major General Commandant George Barnett, USMC, 10 November 1917.)
 
 
 
 
“Retreat Hell! We’ve just got here!”
(Attributed to several World War I Marine Corps officers, Belleau Wood, June 1918.)
 
 
 
 
“Once a Marine, always a Marine!”
(MSgt Paul Woyshner, a 40-year Marine, is credited with originating this expression during a taproom argument with a discharged Marine.)
 
 
 
 
“Come on, you sons of bitches-do you want to live forever?”
(Attributed to Gunnery Sergeant Daniel Daly, USMC, Belleau Wood, June 1918.)
 
 
 
 
“I have only two out of my company and 20 out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I will hold.”
(First Lieutenant Clifton B. Cates, USMC, 96th Co., Soissons, 19 July 1918.)
 
 
 
 
“They (Women Marines) don’t have a nickname, and they don’t need one. They get their basic training in a Marine atmosphere, at a Marine Post. They inherit the traditions of the Marines. They are Marines.”
(Lieutenant General Thomas Holcomb, USMC, 1943.)
 
 
 
 
“Goddamn it, you’ll never get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!”
(Captain Henry P. “Jim” Crowe, USMC, Guadalcanal, 13 January 1943.)
 
 
 
 
“Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning.”
(Colonel David M. Shoup, USMC, Tarawa, 21 November 1943.)
 
 
 
 
“The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years.”
(James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, 23 February 1945.)
 
 
 
 
“Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.”
(Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, 16 March 1945.)
 
 
 
 
“The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps.”
(General Alexander A. Vandergrift, USMC, to the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, 5 May 1946.)
 
 
 
 
“I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world.”
(General Douglas MacArthur, USA, outskirts of Seoul, 21 September 1950.)
 
 
 
 
“Retreat Hell! We’re just attacking in another direction.”
(Attributed to Major General Oliver P. Smith, USMC, Korea, December 1950.)
 
 
 
 
“You don’t hurt ’em if you don’t hit ’em.”
(Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMC, Marine, 1962.)
 
 
 
 
“Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there.”
(Lieutenant General Victor H. Krulak, USMC, April 1965.)
 
 
 
 
“The Marine Corps is proud of the fact that it is a force of combined arms, and it jealously guards the integrity of its air-ground team.”
(General Keith B. McCutcheon, USMC, Naval Review, 1971.)
 
 
 
 
“I still need Marines who can shoot and salute. But I need Marines who can fix jet engines and man sophisticated radar sets, as well.”
(General Robert E. Cushman, Jr., USMC, 17 May 1974.)
 
 
 
 
“I can’t say enough about the two Marine divisions. If I use words like brilliant, it would really be an under-description of the absolutely superb job they did in breaching the so-called impenetrable barrier. . .Absolutely superb operation, a textbook, and I think it’ll be studied for many, many years to come as the way to do it.”
(General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, USA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 27 February 1991.)

Quotes September 02, 2022

“That two battalions of Marines be raised consisting of one colonel, two lieutenant colonels, two majors and officers as usual in other regiments, that they consist of an equal number of privates with other battalions; that particular care be taken that no person be appointed to office or enlisted into said battalions, but such as are good seamen, or so acquainted with maritime affairs as to be able to serve to advantage by sea.”
(Resolution of the Continental Congress, 10 November 1775.)
 
 
 
 
“The Continental ship Providence, now lying at Boston, is bound on a short cruise, immediately; a few good men are wanted to make up her complement.”
(Marine Captain William Jones, Providence Gazette, 20 March 1779.)
 
 
 
 
“A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons.”
(Admiral David D. Porter, USN, 1863.)
 
 
 
 
“The Marines have landed and have the situation well in hand.”
(Attributed to many sources and popularized by the correspondent Richard Harding Davis during the late nineteenth-century.)
 
 
 
 
“To our Marines fell the most difficult and dangerous portion of the defense by reason of our proximity to the great city wall and the main city gate. . .The Marines acquitted themselves nobly.”
(Mr. Edwin N. Conger, U.S. Minister, in commending the Marines for the defense of the legations at Peking, China, in 1900.)
 
 
 
 
“Your Marines having been under my command for nearly six months, I feel that I can give you a discriminating report as to their excellent standing with their brothers of the army and their general good conduct.”
(General John J. Pershing, USA, in a letter to Major General Commandant George Barnett, USMC, 10 November 1917.)
 
 
 
 
“Retreat Hell! We’ve just got here!”
(Attributed to several World War I Marine Corps officers, Belleau Wood, June 1918.)
 
 
 
 
“Once a Marine, always a Marine!”
(MSgt Paul Woyshner, a 40-year Marine, is credited with originating this expression during a taproom argument with a discharged Marine.)
 
 
 
 
“Come on, you sons of bitches-do you want to live forever?”
(Attributed to Gunnery Sergeant Daniel Daly, USMC, Belleau Wood, June 1918.)
 
 
 
 
“I have only two out of my company and 20 out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I will hold.”
(First Lieutenant Clifton B. Cates, USMC, 96th Co., Soissons, 19 July 1918.)
 
 
 
 
“They (Women Marines) don’t have a nickname, and they don’t need one. They get their basic training in a Marine atmosphere, at a Marine Post. They inherit the traditions of the Marines. They are Marines.”
(Lieutenant General Thomas Holcomb, USMC, 1943.)
 
 
 
 
“Goddamn it, you’ll never get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!”
(Captain Henry P. “Jim” Crowe, USMC, Guadalcanal, 13 January 1943.)
 
 
 
 
“Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning.”
(Colonel David M. Shoup, USMC, Tarawa, 21 November 1943.)
 
 
 
 
“The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years.”
(James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, 23 February 1945.)
 
 
 
 
“Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.”
(Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, 16 March 1945.)
 
 
 
 
“The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps.”
(General Alexander A. Vandergrift, USMC, to the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, 5 May 1946.)
 
 
 
 
“I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world.”
(General Douglas MacArthur, USA, outskirts of Seoul, 21 September 1950.)
 
 
 
 
“Retreat Hell! We’re just attacking in another direction.”
(Attributed to Major General Oliver P. Smith, USMC, Korea, December 1950.)
 
 
 
 
“You don’t hurt ’em if you don’t hit ’em.”
(Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMC, Marine, 1962.)
 
 
 
 
“Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there.”
(Lieutenant General Victor H. Krulak, USMC, April 1965.)
 
 
 
 
“The Marine Corps is proud of the fact that it is a force of combined arms, and it jealously guards the integrity of its air-ground team.”
(General Keith B. McCutcheon, USMC, Naval Review, 1971.)
 
 
 
 
“I still need Marines who can shoot and salute. But I need Marines who can fix jet engines and man sophisticated radar sets, as well.”
(General Robert E. Cushman, Jr., USMC, 17 May 1974.)
 
 
 
 
“I can’t say enough about the two Marine divisions. If I use words like brilliant, it would really be an under-description of the absolutely superb job they did in breaching the so-called impenetrable barrier. . .Absolutely superb operation, a textbook, and I think it’ll be studied for many, many years to come as the way to do it.”
(General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, USA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 27 February 1991.)

Quotes June 17, 2022

“There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and the enemy. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion.”
Gen. William Thornson
 
 
 
 
“Hell, these are Marines. Men like them held Guadalcanal and took Iwo Jima. Bagdad ain’t shit.”
Marine Major General John F. Kelly
 
 
 
 
“The United States Marine Corps, with its fiercely proud tradition of excellence in combat, its hallowed rituals, and its unbending code of honor, is part of the fabric of American myth.”
Thomas E. Ricks
 
 
 
 
“I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world.”
General of the Armies Douglas MacArthur
 
 
 
 
“Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don’t have that problem.
Ronald Reagan
 
 
 
 
You’ll never get a Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!”
Capt. Henry P. Crowe, USMC
 
 
 
 
“Marines are built through the ethos of struggle and sacrifice.”
Gen James Jones
 
 
 
 
“There was always talk of esprit de corps, of being gung ho, and that must have been a part of it. Better, tougher training, more marksmanship on the firing range, the instant obedience to orders seared into men in boot camp.”
James Brady
 
 
 
 
“The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps.”
General Alexander A. Vandergrift
 
 
 
 
“The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, ‘The elite of this country.’ I think it is the elite of the world.”
Admiral William Halsey
 
 
 
 
“The American Marines have it [pride], and benefit from it. They are tough, cocky, sure of themselves and their buddies. They can fight and they know it.”
General Mark Clark
 
 
 
 
“A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons.”
Admiral David D. Porter
 
 
 
 
“It is friendship, and something beyond friendship, that binds the Marine Corps together.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 
“If I charge, follow me. If I retreat, kill me. If I die, revenge me.”
USMC

Quotes February 04, 2022

If I charge, follow me. If I retreat, kill me. If I die, revenge me.
Mess with one MARINE and you mess with them all!
It is friendship, and something beyond friendship, that binds the Marine Corps together.
USMC
 
 
 
 
“The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country.”
George S. Patton Jr.
 
 
 
 
I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!
Douglas MacArthur
 
 
 
 
For over 221 years our Corps has done two things for this great Nation. We make Marines, and we win battles.
Charles C. Krulak
 
 
 
 
Ensure that no Marine who honorably wore the eagle, globe and anchor is lost to the Marine Corps family.
Marines are built through the ethos of struggle and sacrifice.
We are United States Marines, and for two and a quarter centuries we have defined the standards of courage, esprit, and military prowess.
Gen. James Jones
 
 
 
 
They’re on our right, they’re on our left, they’re in front of us, they’re behind us; they can’t get away from us this time. – Chesty Puller
 
 
 
 
Marines don’t know how to spell the word ‘defeat’.
Demonstrate to the world there is “No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy” than a U.S. Marine.
To Marines, love of liberty is not an empty phrase… Rather, it’s displayed by blood, sweat, and tears for the fallen.
James Mattis
 
 
 
 
The Marines fought almost solely on esprit de corps, I was certain. It was inconceivable to most Marines that they should let another Marine down, or that they could be responsible for dimming the bright reputation of their Corps. The Marines simply assumed that they were the world’s best fighting men.”
Robert Sherrod
 
 
 
 
The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, ‘The elite of this country.’ I think it is the elite of the world.
William Halsey
 
 
 
 
The deadliest weapon in the world is a MARINE and his rifle!
John J. Pershing
 
 
 
 
Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don’t have that problem.
Ronald Reagan
 
 
 
 
War brings out the worst and the best in people. Wars do not make men great, but they do bring out the greatness in good men.
Major Dick Winters
 
 
 
 
“You cannot exaggerate about the Marines. They are convinced to the point of arrogance, that they are the most ferocious fighters on earth – and the amusing thing about it is that they are.”
Kevin Keaney
 
 
 
 
“In my experience, Marines are gung ho no matter what. They will all fight to the death. Every one of them just wants to get out there and kill. They are bad-ass, hard-charging mothers.”
Chris Kyle
 
 
 
 
Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.
Omar N. Bradley
 
 
 
 
The Marines gave me a really strong sense of discipline and a work ethic that kicks in at my job.
Drew Carey
 
 
 
 
“Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction. They fight for one another. And if you came through this ordeal, you would age with dignity.”
William Manchester
 
 
 
 
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
William James
 
 
 
 
Thousands of Marine combat veterans earned medals for bravery every day. A few were even awarded.
Graciousquotes.com
 
 
 
 
Your soul may belong to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the marines.
Eugene B. Sledge