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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 1203732" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>Maybe. Your <em>Semper Fi </em>wisdom might be valuable to a Marine, but doesn't really apply to civilian life. It's common for ex-service folks to apply the same rationale they use for combat situations to everyday life. Sorry, but maxims like the one you just offered really don't make much sense outside of a war zone. Smith's USMC roots helped make him a bad leader in the civilian world. A "Bravo Zulu" actually means something to the Marine who dashes into a firefight to retrieve his wounded comrades. It's meaningless in the context of today's FedEx. I found it interesting that when Fred's son (Cannon, lol) got himself into trouble, Daddy Smith wanted him to go join the USMC. This is after Dad got Cannon a plum job with the Washington Redskins and Cannon effed it up so bad even Smith's money couldn't save him. My first thought is that it would screw him up more. Most of the ex-Marines I know are great guys, but they're pumped so full of testosterone and "I'm a bad mother" garbage, that I just have to tolerate it and move-on.</p><p></p><p>Folks that can't leave the Marines behind, stay behind. Glad it works for you. Perhaps you can clarify the origins of Bravo Zulu for us. I was told it was actually a Navy term, but since the USMC is technically under the Navy, perhaps it applies to both. Enlighten us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 1203732, member: 12508"] Maybe. Your [I]Semper Fi [/I]wisdom might be valuable to a Marine, but doesn't really apply to civilian life. It's common for ex-service folks to apply the same rationale they use for combat situations to everyday life. Sorry, but maxims like the one you just offered really don't make much sense outside of a war zone. Smith's USMC roots helped make him a bad leader in the civilian world. A "Bravo Zulu" actually means something to the Marine who dashes into a firefight to retrieve his wounded comrades. It's meaningless in the context of today's FedEx. I found it interesting that when Fred's son (Cannon, lol) got himself into trouble, Daddy Smith wanted him to go join the USMC. This is after Dad got Cannon a plum job with the Washington Redskins and Cannon effed it up so bad even Smith's money couldn't save him. My first thought is that it would screw him up more. Most of the ex-Marines I know are great guys, but they're pumped so full of testosterone and "I'm a bad mother" garbage, that I just have to tolerate it and move-on. Folks that can't leave the Marines behind, stay behind. Glad it works for you. Perhaps you can clarify the origins of Bravo Zulu for us. I was told it was actually a Navy term, but since the USMC is technically under the Navy, perhaps it applies to both. Enlighten us. [/QUOTE]
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