Although Jack Lowe was in pain, he remained standing during the ceremony, even raising his right hand from his walker to recite his oath.
Gen. Eric Smith signaled his desire to resume the commandant job when he can and wished Marines a happy birthday.
“We’re Marines till we die,” a Silver Star recipient says in the video. “And we require a two-week notice for that.”
A spokesman attributed the “tough decision” to cancel the Tampa ball to “the dynamic and uncertain security environment" in the Middle East.
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