Marines are unquestionably the most respected, feared, revered, and admired human beings on the face of this planet. They train harder, fight harder, and love stronger than any other members of the armed forces. They are not just patriots. They are not just service members. They embody all the things that an honorable man aspires to be. This book touches on the morals and ethics of all United States marines as well as their sense of loyalty and faith to their country, their families, and themselves. This book calls upon their faith in the teachings of the United States Marine Corps to strengthen the bond of marines active and retired and those who did their tours and moved on to a different life. Straight-and-to-the-point thoughts that motivate, remind, and reiterate what it means to be a United States marine. These thoughts will recall for each and every marine who opens these pages to remember what it was like go through what no other normal human being can possibly fathom, only to get back up and ask for more. Words like pride, honor, dignity, respect, integrity, tenacity, determination, dedication, commitment, valor, and fortitude, just to name a few, are ingrained into the very fibers of marines' body, mind, and spirit. Those who do not know what it means to be a marine may find some of these passages vulgar, harsh, and sacrilegious, and this book is not for them. Marines will find the motivation within these pages that will pull them up from the depths of despair and shake them to their very core, screaming at them in the voice of their most intimidating drill Instructor, "Get up and act like a marine!"
