Fortis Et Fidelis

Shield up. Anchor down. 🎙Interviewing our Nations Defenders. 🎯Proceeds helps us to create and provide memorial coins for families of the fallen.

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Said goodbye to the “Follow Me” Division last week.

The challenges we face are just opportunities for us to rise. I want to thank this Mess for helping me rise to the occasion when the opportunity presented itself.

Thank you all so much for the experie… https://t.co/gJIiC5sYKc

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Our Sailors along with their Marines honoring those we lost on 9/11 at a ceremony at Camp Lejeune, NC.

📸 by @2dmardiv
#followmedivision #patriotday #neverforget #fortisetfidelis #braveandfaithful https://t.co/ZXVBj4nU71

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To the Mess!

#cpomess #chiefpettyofficer #fortisetfidelis #goatlocker #braveandfaithful #diningout #navychief #navypride #navychiefnavypride #anchorup https://t.co/S5Qew7zLgR

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With the PACT Act being signed yesterday, the news made me look back at some old pictures from my first few deployments.

The PACT Act provides new opportunities for Veterans to access health care services and disability compensation.

Nothing like burni… https://t.co/tQ8Gv4Wj06

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@usnavy Corpsmen with @2dmardiv competed in a three day event challenging their physical fitness, practical applications in tactical medicine and basic corpsmen history in the Doc Kent Competition held last week onboard Camp Lejeune, NC.

Shoutout to all… https://t.co/vEwTag5Ajc

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The Brave and Faithful Podcast is once again nominated this year at the @veteranpodcastaward!

Vote for The Brave and Faithful for best overall and best Navy hosted podcast.

✅Go to https://t.co/mj7vFIINtX

Click on VOTE NOW at the bottom

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Repost from @jcrow8404
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Happy Purple Heart day for those who paid the ultimate sacrifice and who got wounded during combat. A lot of us are thankful to be here and this also goes out to those who bled for this country and still grinding. Proud of al… https://t.co/Idstm8CU3a

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Leadership is all about building relationships.

Hearing the stories and what the sailors had to say, you will be truly missed at @6thmarines LT.

All the best at your next command. Fair winds and following seas.

#navymedicine #corpsmanup #usnavy #forti… https://t.co/ehiokCWy06

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Re-enlisted for three more years in the worlds finest Navy today.

Grateful to have done it in our Mess with my fellow @2dmardiv Goats to show my appreciation.

Potluck with the families, Div CG stopping by to show his l… https://t.co/bk9eB8cdIw

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We honor your lifetime of service,

Hershel Woodrow “Woody” Williams .

Medal of Honor and Purple Heart recipient, WWII & Iwo Jima hero.

Rest In Peace.

#woodywilliams #wwiihistory #medalofhonor #militarylife #veteransupport #usmc #marinecorps https://t.co/qMZyoO1Tf0

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June 27 is PTSD Awareness Day. There are currently about 8 million people in the United States with PTSD. 30 percent of service members who have spent time in war zones experience PTSD. Typically, only 50 percent of PTSD sufferers seek treatment.

Even t… https://t.co/WpFS6CWDrO

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Happy 124th birthday to all my fellow Hospital Corpsman!

Never thought I’d be around long enough to be part of the cake cutting ceremony as one of the oldest HMs, but here we are.

Grateful for all the corpsmen I’ve worked with past and present.

#corps… https://t.co/sqvVlOeCrr

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“Comparison is the death of joy.” - Mark Twain.

Run your own race. We all have our own journey to take. Stop comparing yourself with others.

#runyourrace #youvsyou #fitops #navychief #fortisetfidelis #cvfo #braveandfaithful #rblp #bylr #disciplineequa… https://t.co/kojgHrnfSG

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Leadership is not a license to do less. It is a responsibility to do more.

It’s a commitment to human beings. The effects are not always measured and they are not always immediate.

#LeaderhipLessons #SeniorEnlistedAcademy #militaryleaders #leadfromthef… https://t.co/wHCjyhEB4P

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The Battle of Belleau Wood which started on June 6, 1918 was one of the most ferocious battles fought by American troops during WWI.

5th and 6th Marine Regiments we’re tasked with seizing the area from German troops.

After weeks of ferocious tree to tr… https://t.co/El1EIOizWQ

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D Day. Also called Operation Overlord, the Allied Forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in Nazi-occupied France.

On that single day, 4,414 Allied soldiers lost their lives, 2,501 of them Americans. More than 5,000 were wounded.

#DDay #operationoverlor… https://t.co/y1SdVCYZe8

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There are opportunities in every setback.

This photo was taken in an Ireland airport when we were making our to Iraq.

Our flight was called back not long after we took off due to engine problems and we had to make an emergency landing back to Ireland.
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Remember always. Never forget.
Some I barely knew and some I came to know. All brothers in arms. To my brothers living, we will always remember and never forget their ultimate sacrifice. We honor these men by just living our lives to do good and be bett… https://t.co/UYGdwUY9Jn

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“It's better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in war.”

Prepare for the worst.

Better to be prepared without having to use my skill rather than find myself unprepared in the moment of need.

#beprepared #fortisetfidelis #warriorvsgardener #wa… https://t.co/2DIzk76Xdj

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On this day in 1994, then President Clinton presented the Medal of Honor to the widows of Master Sgt. Gary I. Gordon and Sgt. 1st Class Randall D. Shughart.

Gordon and Shughart were killed Oct. 3 1993 in the abortive U.S. raid on a Mogadishu hotel where… https://t.co/8E36pHJDDk