Originally Posted December 29, 2024 Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 29th day of December in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1812, the Constitution and her Marines defeat the British frigate Java off Brazil. In 1846, Stockton leads a force of 600 men overland against Los Angeles, with the Marines of his squadron organized as a separate company under Zeilin. In 1901, Major L. W. T. Waller’s

Originally Posted December 28, 2024 Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 28th day of December in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1814, Marines with Andrew Jackson help repel a British probing attack against the defensive works along the Rodriguez Canal below New Orleans. In 1897, a Marine Barracks is established at Pensacola Navy Yard, Florida. In 1901, ordered to map out a telegraph route through the wild

Originally Posted December 27, 2024 Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 27th day of December in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1814, the Carolina duels with British shore batteries and is eventually sunk. In 1903, Major General George F. Elliot, 10th Commandant of the Marine Corps, departed Washington, DC, to command Marines in Panama. In 1913, the Aviation Detachment of the Advance Base Force is established with

Originally Posted December 26, 2024 Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 26th day of December in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1776, a portion of Washington’s army crosses the Delaware River at night and defeats the Hessian forces at Princeton, New Jersey.           Brigadier General John Cadwalader’s division, which includes Samuel Nicholas’s Marine Battalion, gets across the river too late and misses the battle.           The victory

Originally Posted December 25, 2024 Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 25th day of December in the history of our beloved Corps: It’s Christmas wherever you are deployed. Semper Fi, Marines Since 1775, Each year all over the world on Christmas, Marines have guarded our national. Security. In 1917, the 9th Regiment arrives at Guantanamo Bay to further reinforce units guarding the U.S. sugar production capacity. In 1923, the

Originally Posted December 24, 2024 Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 24th day of December in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1813, Lieutenant John Gamble leads a handful of Marines and sailors in a show of force to restore order on the island of Nukuhiva in the Marquesas, which was serving as the base for Captain David Porter’s small Pacific squadron. In 1814, the Treaty of Ghent

Originally Posted December 23, 2024 Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 23rd day of December in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1803, the Enterprise and her Marines capture the ketch Mastico, renamed Intrepid, off the coast of Tripoli. In 1814, Marines aboard the schooner Carolina assist in the bombardment of the British camp a few miles below New Orleans, while a company of Marines participate in a

Originally Posted December 22, 2024 Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 22nd day of December in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1814, Marines from the Portsmouth Barracks and the Congress fight fires in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In 1914, the 1st Battalion, 4th Regiment embarks from San Diego to Mare Island for subsequent duty with the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco Bay. In 1942, the 1st and