USMC 242 Birthday(future?)
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Snippet 91: S0ngD0g13
James ran a finger under the collar of his Dress Blues and picked up his white cover. "Ready, Darlin'?" he asked over his shoulder to Houshou.
"Almost, James; could you be a dear and zip me?" James kissed the back of his wife's neck as he zipped up the blue dress she was wearing, the same Forties-style dress she'd worn on their first date. She swatted him lightly, giggling. "Down, boy! You're certainly frisky tonight!"
James laughed happily, saying, "What do you expect; it's my second birthday, after all, and I get to take a queen to the Ball."
"Keep talking and we'll never make it there, Hedge-Knight..."
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The extended McAmis family exited Kaylee's Jeep in front of the Kure Base Conven and paired off; James in his Dress Blues with Houshou on his arm; Jaw, dressed in a tasteful suit with Zuikaku beside him in a similar dress to Houshou, done in green; Kaylee in her Navy Full-Dress Blues with Ginny Weasley at her side in a dress of Gryffindor Red-and-Gold, her hair over her shoulders in fiery curls.
They walked inside, James and Kaylee reflexively removing their covers, and found their table. As they started mingling, Ginny asked Kaylee, "All these folks are Marines like your uncle?"
Kaylee nodded. "Or family, or Navy who served with Marine units like Chaplains or Corpsmen. Some retired, some who finished out their contracts and went back to civilian life. But the Marines here? They're all Marines, never 'former-', never 'ex-'. Once a Marine, always a Marine."
"I see. Oh, is that a photo of New Jersey over the bar?" Ginny and Kaylee walked over and saw that it was, the grinning faces of all four Iowa sisters looking down from over the back-bar.
Kaylee nodded to the photo and asked the bartender, "Nice photo; they donated, like I heard Uncle James say they might?"
The bartender nodded. "They sure did; donated all the booze for the bar, and the glassware from their own Wardrooms and Flag-Messes. Those girls are a real treat."
Kaylee laughed and smiled. "Well, they always did love their Marines. Two fingers of that Corazon de Oro, neat, please. And whatever my lady-friend here takes a shine to."
Ginny asked for the same, and soon the pair were sipping glasses of sweet, golden mead as they walked around, pausing to speak with this person or that couple. Ginny's dress was complimented by Major Payne's wife, and Kaylee chuckled to see her date blush so; Master-Guns Beckett and Kaylee talked a while about fishing, and then made their way back to the table as the ceremonies began; the Commandant's Message was played, and Commandant John Lejeune's Birthday Message of 1921 read, and then the cake was wheeled in to be cut.
"It's a symbol," said Kaylee quietly to Ginny. "The first piece is passed from the oldest Marine present, to the youngest, just like the traditions and history and honor of the Corps are passed down to each new generation of Marines from their forebears."
As the Hymn began to play, Marines old and new, veterans of the Abyssal War, and the wars before that, stood and sang, their voices and the voices and spirits of their predecessors through the previous 238 years, ringing out loudly, proudly, and strong...
"From the Halls of Montezuma,
To the Shores of Tripoli..."
Even Ginny joined in, and at the end...
"... If the Army and the Navy,
Ever look on Heaven's Scenes,
They will find the Streets are Guarded
By United States Marines!"
"OOH-RAH!"
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The 2013 Commandant's Message:
Commandant Lejeune's Message:
The 2017 Commandant's Message:
Happy Second-Birthday to all my Marine-Corps Brothers and Sisters, and Happy 242nd Birthday to the United States Marine Corps. Semper Fi!
James ran a finger under the collar of his Dress Blues and picked up his white cover. "Ready, Darlin'?" he asked over his shoulder to Houshou.
"Almost, James; could you be a dear and zip me?" James kissed the back of his wife's neck as he zipped up the blue dress she was wearing, the same Forties-style dress she'd worn on their first date. She swatted him lightly, giggling. "Down, boy! You're certainly frisky tonight!"
James laughed happily, saying, "What do you expect; it's my second birthday, after all, and I get to take a queen to the Ball."
"Keep talking and we'll never make it there, Hedge-Knight..."
................................................
The extended McAmis family exited Kaylee's Jeep in front of the Kure Base Conven and paired off; James in his Dress Blues with Houshou on his arm; Jaw, dressed in a tasteful suit with Zuikaku beside him in a similar dress to Houshou, done in green; Kaylee in her Navy Full-Dress Blues with Ginny Weasley at her side in a dress of Gryffindor Red-and-Gold, her hair over her shoulders in fiery curls.
They walked inside, James and Kaylee reflexively removing their covers, and found their table. As they started mingling, Ginny asked Kaylee, "All these folks are Marines like your uncle?"
Kaylee nodded. "Or family, or Navy who served with Marine units like Chaplains or Corpsmen. Some retired, some who finished out their contracts and went back to civilian life. But the Marines here? They're all Marines, never 'former-', never 'ex-'. Once a Marine, always a Marine."
"I see. Oh, is that a photo of New Jersey over the bar?" Ginny and Kaylee walked over and saw that it was, the grinning faces of all four Iowa sisters looking down from over the back-bar.
Kaylee nodded to the photo and asked the bartender, "Nice photo; they donated, like I heard Uncle James say they might?"
The bartender nodded. "They sure did; donated all the booze for the bar, and the glassware from their own Wardrooms and Flag-Messes. Those girls are a real treat."
Kaylee laughed and smiled. "Well, they always did love their Marines. Two fingers of that Corazon de Oro, neat, please. And whatever my lady-friend here takes a shine to."
Ginny asked for the same, and soon the pair were sipping glasses of sweet, golden mead as they walked around, pausing to speak with this person or that couple. Ginny's dress was complimented by Major Payne's wife, and Kaylee chuckled to see her date blush so; Master-Guns Beckett and Kaylee talked a while about fishing, and then made their way back to the table as the ceremonies began; the Commandant's Message was played, and Commandant John Lejeune's Birthday Message of 1921 read, and then the cake was wheeled in to be cut.
"It's a symbol," said Kaylee quietly to Ginny. "The first piece is passed from the oldest Marine present, to the youngest, just like the traditions and history and honor of the Corps are passed down to each new generation of Marines from their forebears."
As the Hymn began to play, Marines old and new, veterans of the Abyssal War, and the wars before that, stood and sang, their voices and the voices and spirits of their predecessors through the previous 238 years, ringing out loudly, proudly, and strong...
"From the Halls of Montezuma,
To the Shores of Tripoli..."
Even Ginny joined in, and at the end...
"... If the Army and the Navy,
Ever look on Heaven's Scenes,
They will find the Streets are Guarded
By United States Marines!"
"OOH-RAH!"
.................................................
The 2013 Commandant's Message:
Commandant Lejeune's Message:
The 2017 Commandant's Message:
Happy Second-Birthday to all my Marine-Corps Brothers and Sisters, and Happy 242nd Birthday to the United States Marine Corps. Semper Fi!