The United States Marine Corps
By Nnaemeka
@mydanods (6513)
Nigeria
March 12, 2018 7:52pm CST
Yesterday, I met a United States Marine Corps member here on mylot. I told him I appreciate what the marines are doing for America. The marines make many sacrifices for Americans. They put in several hard work and sacrifice to protect America and Americans both home and abroad. I wish we had something like that in my country, Nigeria.
Does your country have anything similar to the marines? Do you know any marine corps member?
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
13 Mar 18
My brother in law and my nephew were both Marines.
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@mydanods (6513)
• Nigeria
13 Mar 18
@BelleStarr Your family has military tradition. You should be proud of that.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
13 Mar 18
@mydanods Proud I would say and my oldest son was in the Navy.
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@FourWalls (68000)
• United States
13 Mar 18
My neighbor across the street is a Marine. My next-door neighbor is Air Force. And I'm one of three Navy members. I'm sure we have an Army veteran somewhere on this block. 
We have quite a few veterans of the US military service here on myLot. Lots of fellow female vets, too, which is good to see.
We have quite a few veterans of the US military service here on myLot. Lots of fellow female vets, too, which is good to see.1 person likes this
@mydanods (6513)
• Nigeria
13 Mar 18
@FourWalls Those were some experience. You are no longer in the Marines?
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@FourWalls (68000)
• United States
13 Mar 18
@mydanods -- an interesting question. I will say that when I joined, I was 19 and needed a job. Now, I see it as much more. As for what it taught me, I quickly learned how to travel light and fast (in boot camp, all you had was a change of uniform and a few pairs of underwear). I can pull into a truck stop and sack out, because you learn to sleep just about anywhere. My brother's career was much worse: he was on aircraft carriers, so he had to learn to sleep with jets taking off over his head.
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
13 Mar 18
We do have marines here but they not only protect Canadians they help and protect people in other countries too
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@mydanods (6513)
• Nigeria
13 Mar 18
@Freelanzer Which wars? I have always known Canada as an economic powerhouse that shies away from conflict. It usually leaves the military matters to the USA.
@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
13 Mar 18
@mydanods Yes they are but more so in peace keeping roles now. They were active in previous wars
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
13 Mar 18
really, a Marine is a myLot user here?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
15 Mar 18
@mydanods care to share? i think i also saw the profile of this person but i did not give it much thought of browsing over his discussion.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
13 Mar 18
The Philippine Marines is patterned after the U.S. Marines and do interoperability exercises together from time to time. I had spoken with some U.S. Marines a long time ago when they still have bases in our country.
Philippine Marines played a major role just a few months ago in routing and defeating an ISIS inspired terrorist group that occupied one of our Southern cities
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