I would like to say Happy birthday with many more to come and to thank you for your service to the nation. SEMPERFI

To all you Crimson & Gold Happy 231st Birthday
SEMPERFI.... to thegunny Beer's on You.

November 10th was also the grand opening of the new Marine Corps Museum in Quantico, VA. Museum will be open to the public on Mon.

Happy (belated) Birthday Marines. After the Ball I spent my Veteran's Day attending the funeral of one of our fallen in Flagstaff, AZ. Been a rough couple of days.

PS--

USMC Museum:
http://www.usmcmuseum.org/

And in other USMC B-Day news reports--

Medal of Honor is first for a Marine since Vietnam

By Gidget Fuentes
Staff writer

Cpl. Jason Dunham will receive the Medal of Honor. —

President Bush announced Nov. 10 that Cpl. Jason Dunham, who died more than two years ago after covering a grenade with his helmet to save fellow Marines, will receive the Medal of Honor.

Dunham will be the first Marine to receive the award — the nation’s highest award for battlefield heroism — for action in Iraq, and the first leatherneck to earn it since 1970.

http://www.marinetimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-2348595.php

Iraq and Afghanistan – Marines
(in addition to Cpl Jason L. Durham*)

Navy Cross

Sgt 1st Class Justin D Lenhew
1LT Brian R. Chontosh
Lance Cpl Joseph B Perez
Sgt Scott G Montoya
Cpl Marco Martinez
Sgt Willie Copeland, III
Capt. Brent Morel*
Staff Sgt. Anthony Viggiani
Sgt Robert J. Mitchell, Jr.
Sgt. Maj. Bradley A. Kasal
Sgt Jarrett A Kraft
Sgt Jeremiah Workman
Lance Cpl Todd J. Corbin

Nominated for MOH

Pfc Christopher Adlesperger*
Sgt Rafael Peralta*

* Posthumously