"Good afternoon, Marines. Thank you for your attention so late on a Friday. I know the women of Southern California are waiting for you, so I won't waste your time."
— Jim Mattis

January 1, 1970

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Military leaders from the United StatesCatholics from the United StatesUnited States Secretaries of DefenseCommanders of the United States Central CommandUnited States Marines
Original Language: English

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Opening remark in an address of 1st Reconnaissance Battalion Marines at Camp Pendleton (September 2002), as quoted in One Bullet Away : The Making of a Marine Officer (2005 by Nathaniel Fick, p. 163)