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To: A.A. Cunningham; Leatherneck_MT
No, they're sailors, not Marines, despite your claim to the contrary.

We consider the chaplains and corpsmen who serve with Marine units to be honorary Marines. Technically, of course they're Navy. But to us they're different.

80 posted on 10/02/2007 3:18:08 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Some people are like slinkys, the idea of them tumbling down a flight of stairs makes you smile.)
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To: SandyInSeattle; A.A. Cunningham

“We consider the chaplains and corpsmen who serve with Marine units to be honorary Marines. Technically, of course they’re Navy. But to us they’re different.”

That was the point I was trying to get across to the terminally ignorant.


82 posted on 10/02/2007 3:22:28 PM PDT by Leatherneck_MT (A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.)
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