{"id":33768,"date":"2023-11-10T16:50:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T16:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=33768"},"modified":"2023-11-10T16:50:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T16:50:54","slug":"happy-248th-birthday-usmc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=33768","title":{"rendered":"Happy 248th Birthday, USMC!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>November 10, 2023 is the 248th birthday of the US Marines Corps. While I come from an Army family and the Complementary Spouse is from an Air Force family, we both recognize the dedication that Marines have to this country and our freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I try to recognize the event with old recruiting posters and the official birthday message.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33769\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7461538461538462;width:498px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33770\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;width:524px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2.png 750w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2-640x853.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33771\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7511111111111111;width:502px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-3.png 338w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-3-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>And the official birthday message is below. It evidently was recorded sometime in October as the Commandant, Gen. Eric Smith, had a heart attack on October 29th. Best wishes to him for a full recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IcwE-3QTcPY?si=rSbuAZkcoN_HuJ5d\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 10, 2023 is the 248th birthday of the US Marines Corps. While I come from an Army family&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6669,6670,621],"class_list":["post-33768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-248th-usmc-birthday","tag-commandants-message-2","tag-us-marine-corps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33772,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33768\/revisions\/33772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}