Sunday, September 15, 2024
We’ll remember Fred for his love of baseball, love of family, and love of the United States Marine Corps. Joe grew up playing baseball with Fred’s son Ryan and both their dads coached the little league team. After Joe joined the Marine Corps, Joe and Fred shared their appreciation for serving and for understanding what it is to be a Marine.
Fred had this definition of Marine framed and gave it to Joe as a wedding gift. Joe keeps this in his office today, and it will always remind him and his family of the fond memories they shared with Ryan and Fred. He was a great father and coach, and one hell of a Marine. He will be missed.
Semper Fi Devil Dog,
We’ll see you on the other side.
The Balayti Family
What Is a Marine…
The USMC. Over 232 years of romping, stomping hell, death and destruction. The finest fighting machine the world has ever seen . We were born in a bomb crater.
My mother was an M-16. My father was the devil.
Each moment that I live is an additional threat upon your life.
I am a roughish looking, roving soldier of the sea. I am cocky, self-centered, overbearing and I do not know the meaning of fear, for I am fear itself. I am a green amphibious monster made of blood and guts who arose from the sea. Festering on anti-Americans throughout the globe, wherever it may arise, and when my time comes I'll die a glorious death on the battlefield giving my life to Mom, apple pie, and the American flag.
We stole the eagle form the Air Force, anchor from the Navy, and the rope from the Army, and on the seventh day while God rested, we overran his perimeter and stole the globe and we've been running the show ever since. We live like soldiers, talk like sailors, and slap the hell out of both of them. We are soldiers by day, lovers by night, drunkards by choice, and Marines by God.
