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The "Marines' Hymn" is the official hymn of the United States Marine Corps, introduced by the first director of the USMC Band, Francesco Maria Scala.Its music originates from an 1867 work by Jacques Offenbach with the lyrics added by an anonymous author at an unknown time in the following years.
A military cadence or cadence call is a call-and-response work song sung by military personnel while running or marching. They are counterparts of the military march . Military cadences often take their rhythms from the work being done, much like the sea shanty .
It is known as "Mancha Roja" (Spanish for "Red Stain") in airborne units from multiple Latin American countries. In Spain it is called "Sangre en las cuerdas" ("Blood on the lines").
Drill commands are generally used with a group that is marching, most often in military foot drills or in a marching band. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Drill commands are usually heard in major events involving service personnel, reservists and veterans of a country's armed forces, and by extension, public security services and youth uniformed organizations.
The culture of the United States Marine Corps is widely varied but unique amongst the branches of the United States Armed Forces. [1] Because members of the Marine Corps are drawn from across the United States (and resident aliens from other nations), [2] it is as varied as each individual Marine but tied together with core values and traditions passed from generation to generation of Marines.
By the late 1980s, the "Napalm" cadence had been taught at training to all branches of the United States Armed Forces.Its verses delight in the application of superior US technology that rarely if ever actually hits the enemy: "the [singer] fiendishly narrates in first person one brutal scene after another: barbecued babies, burned orphans, and decapitated peasants in an almost cartoonlike ...
FIFA is investigating an incident from Mexico’s 1-0 win over Germany where fans were heard yelling an anti-gay slur at the opposing goalkeeper.
12th Wing (fighter wing): No le busques tres pies - Do not search three feet in it (in reference to the unit emblem, the cat, and the popular Spanish saying No le busques tres pies al gato [Do not search three feet to the cat], which means to not try to proof the impossible) [16] 122nd Squadron: De lo dicho, ¡nada! - About what we said ...