Trav's Thoughts

I had the extreme good fortune to hear Lou Holtz speak in person. His message then was the same as it is now.

Coach says everybody needs four things in life...you need something to do, you need someone to love, you need something to hope for, and you need something to believe in.



Coach has talked about living your life with P.R.I.D.E. It stands for Personal Responsibility In Daily Excellence.

I think that's a message we're forgetting.

Personal Responsibility In Daily Excellence.

There's no do-overs in life. You can't change yesterday. You don't know what might happen tomorrow.

What are you going to do today? And will you take responsibility for it? Will you strive to do things to the best of your ability? Will you expect the same of others?



The official birthday of the United States Marine Corps is 10 Nov 1775. In 1952, the official cake ceremony was established. At every duty station, the first slice of cake goes to the oldest Marine present and the second slice goes to the youngest Marine present.

Marine Corps Order 47 is read at every Marine Corps birthday celebration.

MARINE CORPS ORDER No. 47 (Series 1921)
HEADQUARTERS
U.S. MARINE CORPS Washington, November 1, 1921

The following will be read to the command on the 10th of November, 1921, and hereafter on the 10th of November of every year. Should the order not be received by the 10th of November, 1921, it will be read upon receipt.

On November 10, 1775, a Corps of Marines was created by a resolution of Continental Congress. Since that date many thousand men have borne the name "Marine". In memory of them it is fitting that we who are Marines should commemorate the birthday of our corps by calling to mind the glories of its long and illustrious history.

The record of our corps is one which will bear comparison with that of the most famous military organizations in the world's history. During 90 of the 146 years of its existence the Marine Corps has been in action against the Nation's foes. From the Battle of Trenton to the Argonne, Marines have won foremost honors in war, and in the long eras of tranquility at home, generation after generation of Marines have grown gray in war in both hemispheres and in every corner of the seven seas, that our country and its citizens might enjoy peace and security.

In every battle and skirmish since the birth of our corps, Marines have acquitted themselves with the greatest distinction, winning new honors on each occasion until the term "Marine" has come to signify all that is highest in military efficiency and soldierly virtue.

This high name of distinction and soldierly repute we who are Marines today have received from those who preceded us in the corps. With it we have also received from them the eternal spirit which has animated our corps from generation to generation and has been the distinguishing mark of the Marines in every age. So long as that spirit continues to flourish Marines will be found equal to every emergency in the future as they have been in the past, and the men of our Nation will regard us as worthy successors to the long line of illustrious men who have served as "Soldiers of the Sea" since the founding of the Corps.

JOHN A. LEJEUNE,
Major General
Commandant

The video below is a little over six minutes of Marine cadences.



Oooooo-rah!



Duty. Honor. Service. Sacrifice.