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    • "The Marines are looking for a few good men." Who doesn't want to be among a select few "good men?" This phrase, or some variation of it, has appeared on quite a few recruiting posters throughout Marine history.
    • "The Few. The Proud. The Marines. " Eventually, the Marine Corps decided to shorten up its famous phrase and add "the proud" to the mix. It seems to have been quite effective, since "the few, the proud" is still used heavily in modern recruiting efforts.
    • "Teufelhunden." Long before the Corps found its footing with one of the best-known military slogans around, it went with simplicity. And there's probably nowhere better to go for gung-ho phrases than what your enemy calls you.
    • "First to fight." Both a recruiting slogan and an enduring mantra of Marines, "first to fight" comes from the Marine Corps hymn of the late 1800s. In 1929, the Corps officially adopted the hymn and immortalized the words of "first to fight for right and freedom" in the memories of future generations of Marines.
  1. Jun 22, 2011 · 1985 U.S. Marine Corp commercial: "We're Looking for a Few Good Men."

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  2. Looking For a Few Good Men. While the budding Corps of Discovery plans the expedition near St. Louis, William Clark grades the recruits. Smithsonian magazine January 2004. In June 1803, President ...

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  4. Sep 30, 2016 · 1970 to 1987: The Marines/We're Looking for a Few Good Men. 1970 to 1978: We Don't Promise You a Rose Garden. 1977 to 1995: Maybe You Can Be One of Us. 1976 to present: The Few. The Proud. The ...

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  5. Feb 28, 2012 · This ad compares Marines to knights.

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  7. Mar 20, 2019 · 20 March 1779-A Few Good Men Quote On 20 March 1779, Captain William Jones advertised the need for "A FEW GOOD MEN" to enlist in the Marines. Over 200 years later, during the 1970s and 1980s, the phrase showed up in the recruiting slogan "The Marines are looking for A FEW GOOD MEN."

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