what does POW, MIA, KIA, and semper fidelis all stand for any one but me know?
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POW - Prisoner of War:\nRefers to an enemy soldier who is captured or surrenders to our forces during armed conflict or a declared state of war. He is treated in accordance with the Geneva Conventions.\nMIA - Missing in Action:\nA combatant is declared MIA when he is missing during wartime but it has not yet been established whether he/she has perished or has been captured by enemy forces.\nKIA - Killed in action:\nA combatant is declared KIA when there are confirmed reports indicating that he/she was killed during armed combat.\nSemper Fidelis:\nLiterally translated from Latin, it means "Always Faithful."\nThe US Marines use it as part of their motto. It is a phrase that holds great importance to every Marine. It is almost a way of life. It implies that a Marine is totally loyal and dutiful, to his corps and to his nation.
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If you google list american POWs WWII, you'll get many sites.  They seem to be split up between Japan and Europe, so you'll have to do the math.
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Technically, the Marines call all their bases "camps", and the Army calls all their bases "forts" or "posts".  The Air Force and Navy call all of theirs "bases".  Thats it.
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all of them do. all of them are as equally important as the rest and as under-appreciated. however, the marines are known to be the hardest out there so if absolutely had to pick one i'd say them. first ones in, last ones out.
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N0V. 4- FLAG DAY\nDEC. 8- M0THERS DAY\nN0V. 28- iNDEPENDENCE DAY(FROM SPAiN)\nMAY. 1- LAB0UR DAY
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this one is my personal favorite\n\nhttp://www.soldiersangels.org/
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YOU MIGHT TRY MILITARY.COM FOR ALL STATISTICS ON POW'S AND THEIR ESCAPE TO FREEDOM AS A VET ISAW SOME BUT NOT ENOUGH TO GIVE FULL DETAIL USMC 1966 - 1972
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Its "Sic semper tyrannis" Missy!! Duuuu!\n\n Sic semper tyrannis is a Latin phrase meaning "Thus always to tyrants". It is the state motto of Virginia (and also that of the USS Virginia), recommended by George Mason to the Virginia Convention in 1776. The phrase is attributed to Brutus at the assassination of Julius Caesar. Also, according to some witnesses, John Wilkes Booth shouted it after shooting Abraham Lincoln in 1865. In his mug shots following the Oklahoma City Bombing Timothy McVeigh is wearing a shirt with a picture of Lincoln on it and "Sic Semper Tyrannis" written below.\n\nI dont understand how you could not know this!
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ANZUS stands for Australia and New Zealand, not western Europe.\n\nSEATO stands for Southeast Asia Treay Organization, not European either.\n\nCENTO I have never heard of.\n\nI guess that leaves NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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It's latin, short for 'Semper Fidelus', or Always Faithful.
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I assume you want US POW/MIA?\n\nCheck out the PDF files on the US Defence Prisoner of War/Missing personel Office\n\nhttp://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/\n\nThey update the files regularly as people become accounted for.\nAccording to this file it is 1807 still missing.\nhttp://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/pmsea/Stats20060124.pdf
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colonel\ndaiquiri\ninoculate\nlicense\nmisspell\nperseverance\nvacuum
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It is the US Marines, my father is one. They are a very highly regarded branch of the military, known for having an incredible brotherhood,  and for their loyalty and honor. They are usually called first to arrive in any situation, and are the last to leave. Their motto is Semper Fidelis is Latin for "always faithful".  Usually shortened to Semper Fi.\nHope that helps.
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I don't think "semper" is right for the sense you want it in.  The idiomatic Church Latin phrase "in saeculi saeculorum" is given the usual English equivalent "for ever" or "for evermore", and therefore almost exactly matches the sense that you want.
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Semper Fidelis is Latin for "always faithful". It is the motto of several places and organizations, here listed in the order of the date at which they adopted the motto:\n\nContents [show]\n1 The City of Exeter \n2 The Devonshire (now Devon & Dorset) Regiment — 11th of foot — the Rifle Volunteers \n3 The City of L'viv \n4 The U.S. Marine Corps \n5 Plymouth Argyle Football Club \n \n\n\n[edit]\nThe City of Exeter\n \nArms of Exeter, showing mottoThe City of Exeter, in Devon, England adopted the motto in 1588; the motto signifies the city's loyalty to the English Crown, and was suggested by Elizabeth I in a letter to "The Citizens of Exeter", in recognition of a gift of money towards the fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada.\n\nThe motto is also used by the Royal Navy warship HMS Exeter, which is named after the City of Exeter. \nThere is a Masonic Lodge in Exeter of the name "Lodge Semper Fidelis". \n \nArm of Leopolis, showing motto\n\n[edit]\nThe Devonshire (now Devon & Dorset) Regiment — 11th of foot — the Rifle Volunteers\nAlso known as The Bloody Eleventh. Unsurprisingly, they had a base in Exeter for a long time.\n\n[edit]\nThe City of L'viv\nThe words were first used by the Galician city of Leopolis (now L'viv in Ukraine) in 1658, by Pope Alexander VII recognizing the city's key role in defending Europe from a Muslim invasion. In the same year the Sejm of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth passed the Semper fidelis Poloniae Act (which is how most people understand it). Curiously, as well as having the same motto, both Exeter and Leopolis have a three-turreted castle on their coats of arms (see illustrations), but this is apparently no more than a coincidence. Today in Poland the phrase is used mainly in connection with the Polish-Ukrainian skirmishes after the fall of Austro-Hungary, and more particularly to the Polish-Bolshevik war. In Ukraine it is much less used, and refers to the survival of the Ukrainian Church through the period of Soviet persecution.\n\nIn the 1990s the words along with Mortui sunt ut liberi vivamus (Latin for They died for us to live free) were a subject of a Polish-Ukrainian controversy regarding the restoration of a Polish military cemetery desecrated by the Soviets in L'viv. \n[edit]\nThe U.S. Marine Corps\n    United States Marine Corps Portal \n \nUnited States Marine Corps EmblemThe United States Marine Corps often reduce the phrase to "Semper Fi." The motto signifies the dedication that individual Marines are expected to have to "the Corps" and to their fellow fighting men and women, for the rest of their days and beyond.\n\nSemper Fidelis (.mp3) is the title of the official march of the United States Marine Corps, composed by John Philip Sousa in 1889. Sousa was director of the United States Marine Band ("The President's Own") when a replacement for Hail to the Chief was requested, but later rejected. Sousa considered it to be his "most musical" march. It was prominently featured in the movie A Few Good Men. \nLyrics to the march were written by Charles Burr and go as follows: \n"Semper fidelis" is a fabulous Latin motto \nmeaning that in centuries of Roman might the soldier swore that he would fight \nFor Caesar, never questioning if he might return \nor if the enemy when they attack could be driven aback — and that's what it means. \n"We're ever faithful" is the general gist in countries that are Christian \nThough it means almost the same we pledge no longer to the name \nOf Caesar, but to principles of the land we know and love, \nBestowing the motto in war of our readiest corps — the mighty Marines. \nMen are dutiful to things contradictory — \nloving all that is beautiful — knowing battle and victory. \nThey expect our expressions benedictory, \nand they find it perplexing and vexing and odd when we are shocked. \nThey've forgotten the o
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private\nprivate(2)\nprivate first class\ncorporal or specialist(corporl has leadership responsibilties, specialist doesn't)\nsergeant\nstaff sergeant\nSergeant first class\nmaster sergeant\nsergeant major\n\nfor officers it goes\n2nd lieutenant\n1st lieutenant\ncaptain\nmajor\nlieutenant colonel\ncolonel\nbrigadier general\nmajor general\nlieutenant general\ngeneral
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Too many to name exhaustively but...\n\nUSA - Most were known by numbers but common names were, Sherman, Patton, Honey, Lee.\nGreat Britain - Churchill, Matilda, Valentine, Cromwell, Sherman, Grant (Brit version of the Lee), Cruiser, Crusader.\nSoviet Union - T34, T54\nFrance - Char Bis, Renault light tank\nGermany - Tiger, Panther, Elephant, Panzer Mk2, Mk3, Mk4, and Mk5.\nItaly - Panhard\nJapan - Cant remember.