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2. Challenge coin - Wikipedia

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   The front of a U.S. Marine Corps birthday ball medallion. Huguenot méreau used as a challenge coin during 17th century Protestant persecution in France. A challenge coin is a small coin or medallion, bearing an organization's insignia or emblem and carried by the organization's members. Traditionally, they might be given to prove membership ...

3. Obama caught in photos handing servicemen challenge coins ...

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   The challenge coin was the first Charron had received from a president, a new highlight in a collection of approximately 250 coins he's amassed over his long military career. Not all challenge ...

4. Crayon-eating Marine trope - Wikipedia

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   The crayon-eating Marine is a humorous trope (or meme) associated with the United States Marine Corps, emerging online in the early 2010s. Playing off of a stereotype of Marines as unintelligent, the trope supposes that they frequently eat crayons and drink glue. In an instance of self-deprecating humor, the crayon-eater trope was popularized ...

5. 1st Battalion, 12th Marines - Wikipedia

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   commander. LtCol Joseph L. Gill II [1] 1st Battalion, 12th Marines ( 1/12) was an artillery battalion comprising three firing batteries and a Headquarters Battery. The battalion was stationed at Marine Corps Base Hawaii and fell under the 12th Marine Regiment and the 3rd Marine Division. It was deactivated on 26 May 2023.

6. Badges of the United States Marine Corps - Wikipedia

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   Insignia and badges of the United States Marine Corps are military "badges" issued by the United States Department of the Navy to Marines who achieve certain qualifications and accomplishments while serving on both active and reserve duty in the United States Marine Corps . As described in Chapters 4 and 5 of Marine Corps Uniform Regulations ...

7. John Ripley (USMC) - Wikipedia

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   John Walter Ripley (June 29, 1939 – October 28, 2008) was a decorated United States Marine Corps Colonel who received the Navy Cross for his actions in combat during the Vietnam War. On Easter morning 1972, Captain Ripley repeatedly exposed himself to intense enemy fire over a three-hour period as he prepared to blow up an essential bridge in ...