Happy Birthday United States Marine Corps

   On this day in 1775, the United States Marines Corps were formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In a resolution by the Second Continental Congress, Captain Samuel Nicholas was tasked with raising two battalions of Marines in order to fight both at sea and on land against the British in the American Revolution.

Parris Island: We Make Marines

  On November 1, 1915, Parris Island in South Carolina was officially designated a Recruit Depot for Marines. The Marine Corps have been stationed there beginning in 1891. About 17,000 new Marines are trained here each year. Graduation is an incredible event, and something I was so proud to see in 2012.