the 231st birthday of the Corps

We just got this from our friend Ernie in Virginia and wanted to share it. The quote is one of our favorites.

As we celebrate the 231st birthday of our Corps, lets take time to reflect and honor all of our brothers and sisters in arms during this time of war. As you sit at the table and break bread with family and friends, know that we're all together in spirit. May God bless the Marine Corps, it's civilian Marines and their families. Happy Birthday and know that you're missed.

"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy course; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and ho, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat."
~ Theodore Roosevelt

Gods speed and Semper Fidelis.

Ernest J. Wasikowski