The Marines was a fresh start - that is why they shave your head. I wish they would let you change your name.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I came from a family of Marines into the family of Marines.
Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.
The Marines are like my West Highland Terrier. They get up every morning, they want to dig a hole, and they want to kill something.
One day, you'll get out of the Marine Corps; you'll put your uniform up, but you'll never not be a Marine.
The Marines gave me a really strong sense of discipline and a work ethic that kicks in at my job.
I was a Marine for 41 years, and it wasn't long enough. We enjoy putting on that uniform.
Look, many of us here are regular marines... I will die as a marine because that is my dream.
We are acknowledging the close personal nature of our 10 years at war and the strong bonds of fidelity that Marines have for one another, especially for those fellow Marines who we have lost.
My very identity as a soldier came to an abrupt end. I'd been soldiering as long as I'd been shaving. Suddenly I'd been told I could no longer soldier, and it felt as though no one really cared if I ever shaved again.
Big successful corporations have established their own culture by the time you come along, so you have as high of a chance of changing their overall culture as you have of convincing the U.S. Marines to adopt the 'long-haired look' as their standard military haircut.