Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
Perhaps they should have amended the wording to reflect Jones's service with Marines during his time with the American Navy:

http://www.mca-marines.org/leatherne...nd-his-marines

T.
You are spot on, Todd! Wow, I can't believe such an error was made. Captain Samuel Nicholas was our first Commandant of the Marine Corps, obviously. However, Captain Nicholas was not entirely responsible for the birth of our beloved Marine Corps, it was the Continental Congress that called up a 'Corps of Marines' (which was composed of only a small battalion at the time) in order to protect our American Naval ships from British bombardment. The Marine Corps is now, and pretty much as always been, a Department of the Navy, arguably the 'men's department!'

The Marines of the 18th-century, would often position themselves high up on the ship's riggings and 'snipe' out the enemy on opposing Naval vessels. This was the basis and early formation of our unique sharpshooting heritage, and the phrase, "Every Marine is a Rifleman," sums up that distinct mentality quite well.

Semper Fidelis,