Retired Marine Raider, Sniper, Author, Mechanical Engineer. I love spending time with family, college football, working out, writing, and being outside.
@PharaohRamsey That also means they missed a lot of time to get better. They missed 300 practices and many games to hone their skills and still rocked Clemson.
On Nov. 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution that "2 Battalions of Marines be raised" for service as landing forces with the fleet, establishing the Continental Marines & marking the birth date of the U.S. Marine Corps.
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