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The Marine at the front step saluted, GW returned it, and as he walked away, the Marine executed a right face to stand facing GW's back... something that was missing in eight years of the Clinton presidency.</b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </b></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>The traditional Marine Corps mark of respect was rendered to the new president. That one goes back to the days in the rigging, when the Marine orderly to the ship's captain always faced him, no matter his direction of movement, to be ready to receive an order.</b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </b></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Who says that enlisted men can't hold back when they don't respect someone?</b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </b></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>...And for eight years, they did!! </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>This account is not true but I like it anyway</b><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B><U>!</U></b></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </b></FONT></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#999933" FACE="Arial" ><B>USMCRonbo</b></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#999933" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> </b></FONT><B>    </b><B>|</b><B>     </b><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="USMCRonbo"><U><B>Home</b></U></A></FONT></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>Content</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."</b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>-- President Reagan, 1985 </b></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="743" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="166"><div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Golf 2/5 History"><U><B><U>Golf 2/5 history</U></b></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="158"><div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="STA 2/5"><U><B><U>STA 2/5</U></b></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="138"><div> <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gulf War"><U><B><U>Gulf War</U></b></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </b></FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Iwo Jima"><U><B><U>Iwo Jima</U></b></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="128"><div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" 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