"The Few, The Proud, The Marines" - Marine Corps Recruiting Command requests your

[Calyx]

Got this from one of my sons:
Subject: "The Few, The Proud, The Marines" - Marine Corps Recruiting Command requests your support completing a slogan survey

Dear Marine Corps Family,

"The Few. The Proud. The Marines." is more than just a slogan. These three
sentences represent who we are, epitomizing the challenge of becoming (The
Few), and the reward of being (The Proud), one of the elite (The Marines).
Suffice it to say, Few slogans convey such a Proud tradition.

Our tagline has been a foundation in the Marine Corps for over thirty years.
Now we have the opportunity to immortalize these words into America's
civilian culture as well. "The Few. The Proud." has been nominated BEST
SLOGAN for the Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame. The Marine Corps
joins a list of 26 other brands that will compete for entry based on total
number of votes received online at
Advertising Week Voting: Favorite Slogan

Whether you are one of the few and the proud, or simply one of the faithful
to those who bear the title United States Marine, we ask that you browse to
the URL: Advertising Week Voting: Favorite Slogan to
vote for the slogan that has meant so much to so many. If you have Internet
access in more than one location, you can vote more than once, so remember
to vote from home, work, the library, and anywhere else you can find a
computer!

With a dedicated constituency of active, former, and civilian members of the
Marine Corps, strength of message, and patriotic nature of our institution,
we are confident a concentrated effort will deliver "The Few. The Proud."
into the hall of fame, establishing it in its rightful place among elite
American brands.

We thank you for your support!

Marine Corps Recruiting Command
(703) 784-9433
MCRC Advertising Department
3280 Russell Rd, Quantico, Va 22134

[KARL THE GRUNT]

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[KARL THE GRUNT]

The Corps is IMO the finest military organization to walk the earth since the legions of the late Roman Republic. We are not a brand..we are not cornflakes or fried chicken! This sort of contest is beneath our dignity.

karl

[Vulture6]

And the winner is ...
Corps recruiting slogan beats out heavy hitters

By Micheal Hoffman - mhoffman@marinecorpstimes.com
Posted : October 08, 2007

The Marine Corps’ legendary recruiting pitch, “The Few, The Proud, The Marines,” defeated such famous ad slogans as “Just Do It,” “Have It Your Way,” “Take a Bite Out of Crime” and “Think Outside the Bun” for a spot on the advertising industry’s Walk of Fame in New York City.

This year’s two winning slogans — the other is Southwest Airlines’ “Ding! You are now free to move about the country” — were announced Sept. 26 as part of Advertising Week 2007, an advertising industry convention in New York City. The Corps beat out a number of companies and agencies in a nationwide Internet poll for the honor, including Nike, Burger King, the National Crime Prevention Authority and Taco Bell.

The Corps and Southwest will join previous winners, such as the Texas Department of Transportation’s “Don’t Mess with Texas,” Verizon’s “Can You Hear Me Now?” and Hallmark’s “When You Care Enough to Send the Very Best,” on the Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame, which consists of a plaque on the sidewalk between 49th and 50th Streets in Manhattan.

Other nominees the Corps beat out include: the USDA Forest Service’s “Give a Hoot. Don’t Pollute”; the California Milk Process Board’s “Got Milk?”; Major League Baseball’s “I Live For This!!!”; Dunkin’ Donuts’ “Time to Make the Donuts”; and Allstate Insurance’s “You’re in good hands.”

[KARL THE GRUNT]

Hummm.

How about "“Ding! You are now free to move about the battlefield"!!!
Or "You are in good hands with the DIs" or an oldie but a goody." Defend the USA in the Corps today".

Lets run that up the flagpole and see who salutes it.

Karl of Madison Ave. Gad...

[Vulture6]

You know Karl, we could run with this one...

"Just Shoot It"

"So easy even a grunt could do it"

"Built Marine Tough"

"Kickin' Ass is Job One"

"Ba-da-ba-ba-bahhhh... I'm shootin' it"

[KARL THE GRUNT]

How about "I wanna fight with my little M-16" song to tune of "Yellow submarine"?

karl