“A Marine is a Marine. I set that policy two weeks ago – there’s no such thing as a former Marine. You’re a Marine, just in a different uniform and you’re in a different phase of your life. But you’ll always be a Marine because you went to Parris Island, San Diego or the hills of Quantico. There’s no such thing as a former Marine.”
~Commandant of the Marine Corps, General James F. Amos
To clarify, my good buddy and combat Marine Marion Sturkey wrote in his book “Warrior Culture of the U.S. Marines;
Once the title, United States Marine, has been earned, it is retained forever. The enlisted and commissioning oaths are never rescinded.
Marines fall into five categories:
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| General James F. Amos |
