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Today is the day that the United States Marine Corps celebrates its birthday. On November 10, 1775, under authority of the Continental Congress, the USMC was founded.

There are several slangs used to describe Marines. The term "leatherneck" comes from the history of Marines wearing leather collars during the Revolutionary War period. Marines have also been referred to as Devil Dogs ( "Teufel Hunden" ) or stormtroopers by the Germans. Other, less flattering terms such as "gyrene" and "jarhead" have been attached as well.

The Marine Corps motto is Semper Fidelis: always faithful. By the way, the guy to the left there, is R. Lee Ermey. He was the drill instructor in Full Metal Jacket. If you thought he was really convincing in the movie that's because he's a retired Marine Drill Instructor. Some other Marines you just might have heard of include: Steve McQueen, Gene Hackman and Drew Carey. The USMC shares its birthday with a few people:

• Ellen Pompeo
• Russell Johnson
• Sinbad

Some USMC blogs:

• Devil Dog Marines
• SandGram
• The Gunner's World

Yesterday, sixteen years ago, a couple of young knuckleheads woke up one beautiful, March day.

It was spring break and the only thing that was really required of them was to go to work later that day. They decided to play hooky from work and talk their best friend into it as well. The three of them piled into a car and set out for Denver, CO. On the way they stopped in Julesburg.

Once they arrived in Denver it was a flurry of activity. Since they decided to act spontaneously it wasn't going to be easy for them to find what they were looking for. However, they did find what they were looking for in Denver. At roughly 11am, on a sunny, Colorado morning in a beautiful park with the Rocky Mountains overlooking, the two were married.

Wow! Sixteen years, two kids, two cats and a dog later ... now I'm really feeling old.