Its true we are always Marines. Other branches say "when I was in the Army" a Marines is always a Jarhead. As for the screwing on helmets a real Devil Dog doesn't need "no stinking helmet." 
Tomorrow I'm at the Republican Roundtable with fellow Leatherneck Peter Buxtin and can't wait to ask him some of the Marial Law questions. See if he says honor before country?
Get well soon Ron!