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The use of gun salutes for military occasions is traced to early warriors who demonstrated their peaceful intentions by placing their weapons in a position that rendered them ineffective. Apparently this custom was universal, with the specific act varying with time and place, depending on the weapons being used. A North African tribe, for example, trailed the points of their spears on the ground to indicate that they did not mean to be hostile.
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Nothing easy about deploying. Nothing easy about saying good bye to your loved ones, in the rain with 49* temps.
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It’s not just material items your sending to troops, no its much more. During one of my last deployments over Christmas, I had a Marine come from a family whose parents were dead and had no other family members. He had no one.
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The best advice I give to people that want to send things to servicememebers is first, stay within a budget. The last thing we want is you to be between a rock and a hard spot, especially now.
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Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, executed a motorized raid in the industrial district of Seymour, Ind.
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I was having a formal conversation today with a fellow officer when he was
recently injected into a high tempo billet out of his normal command and on
short notice, yes our unit. He hadn't been to a deployment yet but that
doesn't matter to us. He is young, he is knowledgeable, he will do great
things.
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