Marines Roll Out Red Carpet for Chesty the Recruit Home - by Cardigan - February 18, 2013 - 01:00 America/New_York - Be first to Comment! WSJ The first step for this bulldog pup will be Marine boot camp. The Marine Corps on Friday unveiled their future mascot. If all goes as planned,Chesty the Recruit will become Private First Class Chesty XIV later this year, replacing Sgt Chesty XIII. Chesty XIII became one of the most storied dogs in the long history of Marine Corps mascots when he faced off last year with Bravo, the Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s golden retriever. As chronicled in The Wall Street Journal, the growling confrontation earned Chesty a promotion to Sergeant and raised the bulldog’s reputation among many of the enlisted and officers at the Marine Corps barracks. But it didn’t sit too well with some of the officer’s wives. Some of the women viewed Chesty the XIII as crotchety and ill-mannered to guests. The Marines rolled out the red carpet for 9-week old Chesty the Recruit Thursday night at the Home of the Commandants at the Washington, D.C., Marine Barracks. Bonnie Amos, the wife of Marine Corps Commandant James Amos, met the latest Chesty Thursday night. “My gosh this is the cutest puppy … I think this one will be fine as wine,” Mrs. Amos said in an interview Friday. “He has a great little personality.” more http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/02/15/marines-roll-out-red-carpet-for-chesty-the-recruit/?mod=e2tw
Sounds like XIII fit well within the ranks of Marines everywhere and has skills that need to be passed down to XIV. :wink:
Depends on where I am....but I always carry copies of the "U" to throw down on the ground, corner, urinal, etc.,.... :twisted: