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Navy & Marines · Page 5

Marine Corps excited not to be first to infect everyone this time

By Duffel Blog Staff · Navy & Marines Bureau · 1 minute

Filed 5 October 2022 · 1549

PENTAGON — As the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) settle in for a two-week quarantine following Coast Guard Vice Commandant Charles W. Ray’s positive coronavirus test, Marine Corps Commandant General David H. Berger celebrated the Corps’ failure to be “first in.”

“I know being first in, last out is a point of pride for Marines, but when it comes to COVID-19, thank Christ that jackass Ray got in before we could,” Berger said.

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