Navy, Tin can veteran here. But I was in the navy during the Viet Nam war, and the marines I knew then were a great bunch of guys and deserved all of tyhe respect the rest of us could give them, as do all marines past and present. On a side note, my ship, the USS Julius A Furer, DEG 6 was commisioned on the same day as the Corp anniversary. We were in Puerto Rico, and had a ships party to commemorate the first anniversary of our commisioning. The local contingent of marines was in the same club, celebrating the Corps anniversary. Never let be said that Marines and sailors can't get along. WE ran out of mixers and they ran out of Booze, so we combined the parties and had a great time. (at least as much as I can remember of it).