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Re: OT: sponge burning!



On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 10:55 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 06:37:34PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >> On 02/28/07 14:37, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> >> >>
> >> > Except that they all come in unskilled.  All the commercials for the
> >> > Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines talk about joining up and they will
> >> 
> >> *Not* the Marines.
> >> 
> >> Marines are expected to *want* to serve their country.
> >> 
> > Good point.  Of course, they do have the best PR of the US military
> > services and really do a good job of glamorizing it.
> 
> I think word of mouth from ex-Marines is doing more for the Marine Corps
> than PR money could.

DO NOT USE THE TERM "ex-Marines" it insults. The correct term is
"Former-Marines". 

You can take the Marine out of the Marine Corps, but you cannot take the
Marine Corps out of the Marine.

Please, take that courtesy for me and the others out there.
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