In The Beginning.....
In the beginning was GOD and all else was darkness and void, and without form. So God created the heavens and the earth. He created the sun, and the moon, and the stars, so that light might pierce the darkness. The earth God divided between the land and the sea and these he filled with many assorted creatures.
The dark, salty, slimy creatures that inhabited the murky depths of the oceans, God called sailors, and he dressed them accordingly, with little trousers that looked like bells at the bottom and with cute little flaps on their shirts to hide hickeys on their necks. He also gave them sideburns and shabby looking beards. God nicknamed them "SQUIDS" and banished them. To further identify these unloved creatures, He called them petty and commodore instead of titles worthy of red blooded men.
The flighty creatures of the land God called them soldiers. With a twinkle in his eye, and a sense of humor that only he could have God made their trousers too short, and their covers too large, and pockets to warm their hands. God gave them badges and ribbons in quantities that only a dime store owner could appreciate. He gave them emblems and crest and patches and all sorts of shiny thing that glittered and devices that dangled.
On the 5th day God thought about creating some air creatures for which he designed a greyhound bus driver's uniform especially for the flyboys, but he discarded the idea during the first week and it was not until years later that some apostles resurrected this theme and established what we now know as the "wild blue yonder wonders".
On the 7th day God rested. On the 8th day at 0730, God looked down on the earth and was not happy !!!
So he thought about his labors and in his infinite wisdom, God created a divine creature, and this he called "Marine". These Marines who God had created in his own image were to be of the air and of the land and of the sea. These Marines he gave many wonderful uniforms. Some were green some were blue with red trim and in the early days some were beautiful tan.
He gave them practical fighting uniforms so they could wage war against the forces of Satan and evil.
He gave them service uniforms for their daily work and training that might be sharp and ready and he gave them evening and dress uniforms sharp, stylish, handsome things, so they might promenade with their ladies on saturday night and impress the hell otta everybody !!! He even gave them swords so that people who were not impressed could be dealt with.
At the end of the 8th day God looked down on the earth and saw that it was good. Was God happy ??? NO !!! God was still not happy !! Because in the course of his labors he had forgotten one thing, He did not have a Marine uniform himself. God thought about it and thought about it and finally satisfied himself in knowing that, well;
NOT EVERYBODY CAN BE A MARINE !!!!