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https://www.truthorfiction.com/13000-marines-apply-white-house-detail/The notion that Marines eagerly applied to serve President Trump in the so-called White House detail appears to have started with a Facebook group called Conservative Veterans for America. The group posted an image of Trump saluting a Marine with the inscription, “13,506 Marines applied for White House Detail last week. None applied over the last eight years, they had to be assigned!”
https://www.truthorfiction.com/13000-marines-apply-white-house-detail/The post doesn’t cite any sources to back up the very specific claim that 13,506 Marines applied for White House detail — and it doesn’t explain what, exactly, White House detail is.
PS there is no white house "detail" for marines... its made up
https://www.truthorfiction.com/13000-marines-apply-white-house-detail/
The post doesn’t cite any sources to back up the very specific claim that 13,506 Marines applied for White House detail — and it doesn’t explain what, exactly, White House detail is. The closest thing that we could find to White House detail were “Marine White House Sentries” who stand guard outside the West Wing while the president and vice president are working inside. This 2009 video, posted by Obama White House staff, explains that just four Marines are selected to serve as Marine White House Sentries:
yeah 4 guys selected to stand by is not a detail but keep trying to defend an incorrect meme from a conservative websiteThat site doesn't say that "there is no white house "detail" for marines".
What it DOES say:
So it's unclear what the original facebook post meant, but there does appear to be something resembling a detail at the White House.
yeah 4 guys selected to stand by is not a detail but keep trying to defend an incorrect meme from a conservative website
detail
[noun dih-teyl, dee-teyl; verb dih-teyl or for 13, dee-teyl]
noun
Military.
- an appointment or assignment, as of a small group or an officer, for a special task.
- the party or person so selected: the kitchen detail.
- a particular assignment of duty.
whatever helps you sleep at night pal... show me where 13,506 marines "signed up" dont argue that pint or the point that it originated on a conservative forum where it was most likely "generated"Just because you want it to be false, doesn't make it false.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/detail?s=t
they are selected at boot camp and can't "apply"Just because you want it to be false, doesn't make it false.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/detail?s=t
Selection for Presidential Guard is usually done at boot camp. Senior Marines from the Presidential Guard program fly to each boot camp to screen marines for this duty. The initial screening process is long and eliminates most Marines. The screening process starts by bringing all Marines who are 03XX - Infantry to a brief.
whatever helps you sleep at night pal... show me where 13,506 marines "signed up" dont argue that pint or the point that it originated on a conservative forum where it was most likely "generated"
lmao and here you are white knighting a meme over whether its a detail or not
priceless...
I found your youtube channel where you expand on your remarks about this meme.