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09-23-2012, 04:13 PM | #11 |
Dustoff Pilot
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simple answer:
they don't need to display guns to invoke fear, respect or power. really, the EGA represents all that needs to be said about the Corps. Eagle= America and Liberty Globe= they go anywhere to defend it Anchor= that's how they get there. not a Marine myself. but that's how i see it.
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09-23-2012, 11:33 PM | #12 |
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Posted your question on another site. Here's the link.
An Army friend on another site had a question about the EGA. : USMC Quote:
It's a military toyline. Quote:
Prepare for wall of text!
I'm not a Marine but one of my best friends is and two of my cousins are and since this thread seemed to be lacking some replies I asked all three of them about your question. They told me that if there is one constant about the Marine Corps it is tradition. The Air Force and Army change thier traditions, uniforms you name it at the drop of a hat. But the Marines try to stay close as they can to thier past. It's part of thier "esprit de corps". They embrace thier history far more than any other branch. My older cousin showed me a picture of Marines in China during the 1890s in formation and wearing basicly the exact same dress blue uniforms they still wear today. They told me how little things like that help to make them feel connected to the past, know that in some small way they are apart of that hertiage. They mentioned the Mameluke swords that the officers wear, that sword has been in use since 1825. They pointed out more things that can be traced back just as far and even to the founding of the Marine Corps. They go out of thier way to make sure thier history is not forgotten by the next generation of Marines. The way they explained it to change the EGA would be almost akin to dishonoring or forgetting thier history and the Marines that came before them. The older cousin summed it up by saying that if they changed the EGA, they might as well be in the Army. To give a little history on my cousins and my friend, the older cousin joined the Marines back in 87 got out in 96. He went back in with the Army back in 05 and still in the service. My other cousin was in from 96 to 2000. He almost went back in but he had two kids to take care of, now he has 5. Hes had a busy decade. And my friend joined up in 02 soon as he got out of high school and just got out last month. Interestingly, and the wikepedia article on the EGA shows this, when I went to the USMC national museum in Quantico, VA it's shown that the USMC has embraced several versions of the EGA and other logos at different periods in it's history. So, while I certainly understand and appreciate the Corps' traditions, the current form of the EGA hasn't always been there from the begining... so, adapting the EGA to incorporate some of the more modern images of the Corps - like a M-1 rifle or a Ka-Bar fighting knife doesn't seem altogether out of sinc with the history of the Corps.
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09-23-2012, 11:40 PM | #13 |
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The Bayonet is no longer used, as the US Military is not engaged in Jungle Warfare at the moment, and hand to hand combat is not as prevalent as it used to be.
I am pretty sure that all Branches have taken the Bayonet out of their training. I was told that it would be pulled from the ARMY, for sure, and that was back in 2005. Second - from the USMC website that you recommended: "From 500 yards, every Marine is accurate with a rifle. Attach the OKC-3S Bayonet, and the weapon becomes just as effective in close combat situations. Also a Marine's multi-purpose fighting knife, the OKC-3S is the weapon of choice when shots can't be fired. Every Marine receives bayonet training in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) and on the Bayonet Assault Course in Recruit Training." Third, what I recommended was a Bayonet in the form of a Ka-Bar fighting knife... the Ka-Bar is an image that is tied to the Marine Corps in a special and unique way. Using it as a bayonet in the logo is simply a way of incorporating an icon of the Corps into the EGA.
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