Marines come in all shapes, shades, weights, sizes and states of sobriety, misery and confusion. He is as sly as a fox, has the nerve of a dope addict, the stories of an old sailor, sincerity of the pope and the subtlety of Mt. St. Helens. He is extremely irresistible, totally inactive, and completely indestructible.

A Marine is a Marine all his life. He is magical creature, you can kick him out of your house, but not out of your heasrt. You can take him off your mailing list, but not off your mind.

Marine are found everywhere, in love, in battle, in heat, in trouble, in debt, in bars and behind them, No one can write so seldom yet think so much of you. No one else can get so much enjooyment out of a letter, clean clothes or a six-pack.

A marine is a genius with a women, a millionaire without a cent and a brave without a grain of sense. He is the protector of American with the latest issue of Playboy in his pocket. When he wants something it's usually thirty days leave, music that hurst the ears, a five dollar bill and a fine lady, but not always in the order.

Girls love them, mothers tolerate them, fathers brag about them, the government pays them, the police watch for them and yet somehow they all work togethr. You can beat their bodies but not their minds, you can tame their hearts but not their souls.
He likes girls, women, females, ladies, and members of the opposite sex. He dislikes small checks, fags, working weekend, answering letters, eating chow, waking up early, maintianing a uniform, cutting his hair, getting his heart broken and the day before payday.

You may as well give in, he is your long distance lover that you want to spend the rest of your life with. He is your steel-eyed, soft hearted, warm smiling, blank minded, hyperactve, ove reacting , curious, passive, talented, spontaneous, physically fit, good looking, good for nothing, bundle of worry.

He shatters all of your dreams and fantasies when he drunkenly crawls into bed with you at 3' O'clock in the morning, kisses you for five minutes, tells you how much he loves you, smokes a cigeratte, checks the clock, falls asleep with his head on your breats, his hand between your legs and his mind on both.

SEMPER FI