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Arrogance

Apr 21st 2005MichaelQuote of the Day

You cannot exaggerate about the Marines. They are convinced to the point of arrogance, that they are the most ferocious fighters on earth- and the amusing thing about it is that they are.

Father Kevin Keaney
1st Marine Division Chaplain
Korean War

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9 Responses to “Arrogance”

  1. Ogre on 21 Apr 2005 at 09:08 #

    When you’re right, it’s not arrogance. :)

  2. Raven on 21 Apr 2005 at 12:29 #

    It’s not arrogance at all. It’s fact. It’s why I mess with the best.

  3. Jay on 21 Apr 2005 at 16:16 #

    They are the best fighters, and it isn’t arrogance for them to state so…nothing wrong with pride for something like that. I’m in the Air Force, and my neighbor is a Marine…great guy! I have however met quite a few individuals that are arrogant that happen to be Marines. But I’ve met quite a few arrogant people in all walks of life.

  4. Raven on 21 Apr 2005 at 18:22 #

    Now Jay. :) Just because they’re Marines doesn’t make them arrogant. I see it more as confidence in themselves; as well as their uncanny abilty to look out for and depend upon one another. Close knit and self sufficient. I guess that could come across as arrogant, but it isn’t.

  5. Jay on 21 Apr 2005 at 18:30 #

    No, no…you misunderstood…not arrogant because they are marines. Just stating that I’ve met some arrogant marines…probably just arrogant by their own nature.

  6. Raven on 21 Apr 2005 at 19:21 #

    OK Jay. I get just a little tiny bit defensive about them.

  7. HB on 21 Apr 2005 at 19:52 #

    MajGen Ralph Lowe, USA (White House Observer) said it best: “The safest place in Korea was right behind a squad of Marines.” Arrogance? Nah. Substance.
    Semper Fi . . .
    HB

  8. Michael on 21 Apr 2005 at 20:20 #

    Now this is a comment party I like to see.
    Semper Fi

  9. Tom on 22 Apr 2005 at 15:52 #

    It sounds like Maj Gen. Lowe was hanging out behind my dad!

    He was up at the Chosin when a buddy stepped on a mine in front of him. It blew out most of his teeth, and knocked him out.

    As he told me, “It was a day later, and the next thing I know there’s this army medic shaking me back to consciousness. He says, “Hey buddy, are you ok?”

    I’m covered in blood, and lying in the snow, and he asks “Are you ok?”

    “So I punched him in the nose.”