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Heros

Heros
Brad Featherston

They volunteer country in mind
only wishing to speed up time
fight is the only thing on their mind
yet They train for hours to find
they are the Military’s best find
Of to WAR they go rifle in hand
Fighting until there is an end
an end that isnt seen by many men
They try their best only to find
some people at home arent so kind
yet they press on with hope on their mind
that all at home will find
that they are there protecting
the very freedom they provide. read more

Hey Bro

Hey Bro
by Marshal Duval

You’re off again there bro,
To train for the Corps,
The last I saw of you,
Was from the closing of a Door.

Becoming one of the Few,
As you train there all day long,
As you sit there and read this,
Just be glad I’m not singing a song.

They’ll teach you how to Fight,
And even how to kill,
But your absence from home,
Is a hole that no one can fill. read more

Hidden Heroes

Hidden Heroes
Sgt. Ivan (Bud) Strope

Hidden Heroes

I almost missed him.
He was hidden in humility,
an unobtrusive old man,
handing out sale papers.

Standing off to the side,
just inside the entrance,
corralling wayward shopping carts,
supplementing his survival.

I noticed his hat,
the one with all the buttons
and concealed in the clutter,
the eagle, globe and anchor. read more

United States Marine Corps Heroes

Here is a poem that I wrote when I was in the DEP myself. It means more to me now than it ever did.
By: Lisa Spencer, proud wife of Cpl Jason Spencer Wpns Co 3/25 loving mother of Sydney,9, Dylan,6, and Dakota,2 praying until he comes home safe

It’s a crazy world we live in
Surrounded by cruelty and strife
We all need heros to belive in
Role models who live a good life read more

USMC Poem Tribute

Tribute
Written by: P. Hurley

I sit in my shiny new office at my beautiful new desk and I want to scream

I want to scream so loud that everyone within a hundred miles hears the tearing of my vocal cords

I want to slam my fist into the walls of that shiny office again and again until my blood mixes with the crumbling plaster read more

If I Ever Go To War

Father's Day
This past Father's Day I figured would be like any other. But my nineteen year old daughter surprised me to no end when she included the following in my Father's Day card. This was read at the funeral of a Marine killed in Iraq. I do not know who wrote it, but as a Vietnam vet I must say it is one of the very few times she saw me with sand in my eyes. All I can say is read it. I think the message will speak to all who reads it. read more

Untitled: For My Marine

TITLE: Untitled: For My Marine

THE STORY: My best friend is a LCPL in the USMC. He means the world to me, probably more than he will ever know. And one day he called me and told me that he found out that he’d be going overseas, probably around the beginning of next year. We talked for a while and then he had to get back to work. And I was left to decipher my thoughts, which were going about a mile a minute! I was sitting in a restaurant and I didn’t have any paper. So I grabbed an extra napkin and the sharpie marker out of my purse. And I sat there and wrote this poem for him. I didn’t really give it a title, so I just called it “Untitled: For My Marine”… And I was hoping I could post it on your site. Please let me know either way! read more