It’s a Marine thing: Why Marines say “Semper Fi”
The following submission was published in the Winter edition of “Semper Fi”, the magazine of the Marine Corps League. It is authored by Kingman resident Terry Flanagan, Commandant, Dean W. Reiter Detachment 887. Some time ago, I pulled into a gas station, and as I exited my pickup, a voice was heard behind me: “Semper Fi.” As I turned to see who had used the term, a gentleman with a baseball cap that had the EGA and the word ‘Marine’, had just exited the vehicle behind me at the pumps. I will assume that he knew I had a connection…