Re: [OT] A variety of terminology/history questions

--- Roger Books <books@jumpspace.net> wrote:
> On  7-Dec-01 at 07:30, John Atkinson
> (johnmatkinson@yahoo.com) wrote:
> 
> > Quite frankly, I don't give a rat's ass about what
> the
> > Marines think/say/do about us.
> 
> That kind of begs the question "Why do we have
> Marines?"

We have Marines because they once filled a useful
position in the Navy--sniping from the rigging and
boarding parties.  We just kept them out of tradition.

John

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