Lapho amalungu eqembu lika-1953 e-Marine Regiment combat lokubhukuda adluliselwa ukuba adle nabangani bawo baseBrithani phakathi komncintiswano waminyaka yonke, abazange bazi ukuthi lezi zenzakalo ezilandelayo zizoholela emkhosini wama-Marine Corps ohlonishwa kakhulu.
Phakathi nomncintiswano, amaMarines avela eqenjini lokubhukuda bamenywa ukuba bahambe kulokho iBritish Royal Marines ibiza khona ubusuku obumnyama. Kwakuwumkhuba obuyele ezinsukwini zeNkosi Arthur kanye namaK Knights we Round Round.
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Kodwa, njengoGunnery Sgt. UJohnnie C. Watkins, abasebenzi baseSergeants Course abangasebenzi, iSNCO Academy, uCamp Hansen uchaza, lo mcimbi usuphenduke indlela uSomalia waseMelika awenza ngayo namuhla.
"Inhloso yenkambinkimbi yokulahla kwamanje iwukuqaphela nokukhothamela amaMarines abeza ngaphambi kwethu," iBrunswick, Ga, isizwe esichazwe. "Futhi kusinika ithuba njengeqembu labafowethu ukuba bahlanganyele nomunye wethu ngendlela efanele yokugqoka."
Ubusuku bokuhlukumeza buhlelwe ukuba bahlangane nomhlangano ohleliwe kanye ne-flavor yezempi ekhona. I-Marine ibelwe ukuba ngumongameli we-mess; uphethe futhi ulawula ukugeleza kwezenzakalo.
I-Vice-President of the mess, noma 'uMnu. I-Vice, 'njengoba isihloko sesaziwa, senza njengesiqiniseko sezinqumo zikaMongameli futhi silawula ukuthi ubani ongakhuluma nomongameli.
Izivakashi ezimenywe nazo ziyingxenye yeqembu. Ngokuvamile, indawo yabo isendlini ekhanda nomengameli.
Abasele ababambiqhaza benza umonakalo. Ziyizinhliziyo zomcimbi futhi kulindeleke ukuthi zikhokhe izinhlawulo njengoba umongameli ebona kufanelekile ezindabeni ezikhuliswe ngamadoda angcolile.
Ngesikhathi sokudla okusemthethweni kwesonto lokuthungatha, amalungu omlayezo anethuba lokukhokhisa enye indoda yokudlela ngokuhle uma enesizathu esivumelekile.
Ilunga elidakayo kumele lime futhi licele imvume kaMnu. Vice ukubhekana nalolu daba. UMnu Vice unenketho yokuvula isicelo noma ukuyisa phambili kumongameli. Uma umongameli ecela imvume, ilungu lezingcola kumele libike icala lakhe ngokuthi kungani umngane wakhe kufanele akhokhwe.
Uma ilungu lezingcola lenza icala elihle, umengameli uhlawula umlandu onecala ukuthi ubona kufanelekile, noma uphoqa umsolwa ukuba enze umbukiso we-mess, kusho uWatkins.
"UMengameli uphinde wanqobe amalungu athile enkambinkimbi ukwenza amasiko amahlaya," kusho uWatkins. "Konke kuncike ekutheni ama-Marine ahlala kanjani njengomengameli."
Ezinye izinqubo zibuye zibe nesiko lobusuku obumnyama. Iqala ngehora lomphakathi lapho iMarines ye-mess iphuza omunye nomunye kanye nokuhlangana nokubingelela izivakashi.
Ukuhlelwa kobusuku bokuqala kuqala lapho ukuhamba kungena, kulandelwa izivakashi zethebula lekhanda. Khona-ke injabulo yokulala ebusuku iqala ngokudla. Ama-marines of the mess are down to a dinner esemthethweni, evamile Rib Prime. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi, amaMarines akhiphe izimo ezimbi ukuze zikhokhwe, kusho uWatkins.
"Kulabo abangu-25 nobusuku obunzima bokuba ngangilokhu ngisuka ku-Marine, ngiye ngabona izimo eziningi ezimbi," kusho uWatkins.
"Ngokwesibonelo, ngibonile amaMarines enesipiliyoni esinikwe kwelinye ilungu lesidlo ngesikhathi sokudla."
Ukuphumula kuzokhala emva kwesigaba sokudlela sebusuku, kulandelwa ama-toasts anikezwe ngamalungu omlayezo. Ama-tributes anikezwa izimpi iMarines ziye zalwa esikhathini esidlule kanye nekusasa, kusho uWatkins.
"I-toasts ye-mess is yimuphi ubusuku bokuhlukumeza," kusho uWatkins. "Kukhokha inhlonipho futhi inhlonipho kuyo yonke imikhankaso iMarine Corps elwa nayo. Isigqoko sokugcina sihlale siphumelele eMarine Corps."
Ezinye izingxenye zobusuku obumnyama zifakiwe kanye. Ngokuvamile isikhulumi sesimenyakatho sizokwenza isethulo, iThe Prisoner of War / Missing in Action ithebula liyabonakala, futhi umkhandi wekhanda ekhishini uzokwenzela inyama yenkomo ngokuphathelene nokudla okuthandayo.
Kwamanye amaMarines, ubusuku bokungcola yisenzakalo esingavamile ukuthi wonke amaMarines kufanele asebenzise ngokugcwele, kusho uSgt.
U-Iris M. Feliciano, i-wire noncommissioned officer ephethe, i-platoon yokuxhumana, i-12th Marine Regiment.
"Ngabe iMarines ingena kanjani ingubo yokugqoka engcono kakhulu futhi ichitha ubusuku obufana nalabo abasebenza nabo?" umdabu waseChicago wabuza. "Kuyinto engavamile ukuba wonke umuntu avele ku-unit, kusukela kusikhulu esiphezulu kuze kube sezindaweni eziphansi kakhulu, konke endaweni eyodwa yokuzijabulisa."
UFeliciano naye uzwa ukuthi ubusika obumnyama bungaphezu nje kwesiko; kuyinto yokufunda futhi.
"Ubusuku obumlayezo bakha ulwazi kumasiko nasezinkantolo, kanye nokusebenzisana," kusho uFeliciano. "Enye yezinhloso zayo ukwakha u-Esprit de Corps, futhi uze ube yingxenye yalokho akusho okuningi."
Kulabo abangazange babe yingxenye yobusuku obumnyama, abaMarines abaye bahlala iminyaka eminingana neCorps futhi beya emanzini amaningi ebusuku badinga ukuthi akekho oweqa ithuba lokubamba iqhaza kwelinye.
"Ngikhuthaza kakhulu wonke amaMarines ukuba ahambe futhi asekele ubusuku bokuthungatha emzimbeni wabo," kusho uSgt. UMnu. Efrem A. Wilson, umqondisi weSNCO Academy. "Konke mayelana nokufundisa, ukuqeqesha nokuhola amaMarines."