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“What’s that, Gunny?”
“What makes you think we’re seeing all of them right now?”
We all grew a bit more quiet at that as we studied the graphic.
Maybe that massive fleet we could see orbiting Gliese 581 IV was the bait.
“So,” Andrews said, “we’re outnumbered and outteched.”
“Maybe so,” Hancock said. “But we do have one important advantage.”
“Yeah, Gunny? What’s that?”
“We’re Marines.”
“That’s ay-ffirmative.” Thomason laughed. “The poor bastards’ll never know what hit ’em.”
Sometimes the sheer arrogance of the Marines amazes me.
On the other hand, maybe it’s not arrogance when it’s true.
Since Captain Samuel Nicholas recruited the first Continental Marines at Philadelphia’s Tun Tavern in 1775, the Corps has been America’s first and best line of defense. Are American interests at risk? Are American citizens threatened? Does the Army need a beachhead? Send in the Marines
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