“What keeps you awake at night?” -- John Dickerson, CBS News, 2017

“Nothing. I keep other people awake at night." -- Gen. James Mattis

S P E C I A L __ E D I T I O N

Happy 247th Birthday,

Marines

Twentynine Palms - A U.S. Marine with Lima company, 3d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, holds security while conducting Range 400 during their Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Jan. 23, 2022. Range 400 employs realistic live fire training that produces combat-ready forces in preparation for Marine Rotational Force-Darwin.

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cedar Barnes)

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Dear Members,

Happy 247th Birthday to you all, and to our Corps.

Commandant Gen. David H. Berger's Marine Corps Birthday message is here:

Enjoy, and stay safe.

Semper Fi

Gerard "Jerry" Corrento

President, 1st Marine Division Association

jcorrento@verizon.net

215-840-2257

Happy Birthday Marine, 247 years young