“Marines believe in nothing more strongly than the Corps’ uniqueness and superiority, and this undying faith in its own exceptionalism is what has made the Marines one of the sharpest, swiftest tools of American military power.”
The making of the Modern Marine Corps, Aaron B. O’Connell 2012
2007 Photo Galleries
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Attending TVD Summer Picnic Mary Kay Jost, Skip Nakshima, John L'Abbe, Ralph Eliston, Virgina and Bob Smith, Jeanatte L'Abbe (standing), Ralph Nyttall, Theresa Nakshima, Roy Jost.
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Attending TVD Summer Picnic Robbie Nyttall, Jeanatte L'Abbe, Theresa Nakshima, Roy Jost, Mary Kay Jost, Skip Nakshima, John L'Abbe, Ralph Eliston, Virgina and Bob Smith.
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Attending TVD Summer Picnic Arnie Strawn and Rich Erickson.
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Attending TVD Summer Picnic Pauline Evans, Enoch & Linda Hanson, Gordon & Velma Williams, Gary Schumacker..
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Attending TVD Summer Picnic Velma Williams & Donna Schumacker.
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Attending TVD Summer Picnic Gary Gary Schumacker (facing away) Pauline Evans, Enoch & Linda Hanson, Gordon & Velma Williams.
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“Marine culture may not have been unique or exceptional, but it was so to them, and in the end, that made all the difference. At the root of the Marines’ ideas about themselves were narratives of exceptionalism-an ideology that made them feel separate from and superior to everyone else, both soldiers and civilians. This exceptionalism, with its attendant sentiments of insularity and mistrust of outsiders, was the first of Marine Corps culture.”
The making of the Modern Marine Corps, Aaron B. O’Connell 2012
