The Eagle Sworn to those pledge their lives to scard honor was smiled upon by god and freed from chains and iron collar he is held aloft by unity and by history revered by preserving peace through strength his wings now spread across 200 years but for each of those and one year more god has smiled upon the Corps from the barbary coast to the eastern sands my gun my sword or by bare hand so it has been and shall be waged tho many are born few are made faithful always they shall remain DOGS TO LOOSE WHEN WAR IS WAGED (USMC)