‘Warrior ethos’ emphasized in UFC partnership

[unhappycamper]

‘Warrior ethos’ emphasized in UFC partnership
By Amy McCullough - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Feb 8, 2010 6:27:09 EST

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — The Marine Corps has formed a formal partnership with the Ultimate Fighting Championship that promotes more interaction between Marines and famed mixed martial arts fighters, and calls for a series of new recruiting advertisements that emphasize similarities between the two organizations.

The goal, Marine officials say, is to engage the UFC’s rapidly growing fan base of 17- to 24-year-olds by highlighting the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program and the parallel “sense of shared brotherhood” exhibited by Marines and pro fighters alike.

“The ideologies behind UFC and the Marine Corps now are very similar in a lot of ways — not just in the fighting techniques and mixed martial arts aspect, but … we both share that warrior ethos,” said Gunnery Sgt. Pauline Franklin, a spokeswoman at Marine Corps Recruiting Command. Pro fighters, she added, “are very intense people who like to push their limits, and they focus hard on training and believe in commitment, honor and courage.”

One of the new advertisements — a commercial called “A path for warriors: Marine Corps and UFC” — already has aired during several pay-per-view fights and is on the Corps’ official Facebook page and YouTube, where it has been viewed nearly 13,000 times. Just over two minutes long, the commercial shows images of Marines conducting amphibious landings and fighting downrange juxtaposed with sweat-drenched UFC fighters battling it out in the octagon.

“Becoming a warrior means joining a brotherhood, proven on the field of battle,” it says. “A true warrior is measured not only by his strength but his honor. Some warriors fight in the octagon, others fight in all four corners of the earth. Every warrior lives for the fight.”


Rest of article at: http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2010/02/marine_ufc_020710w/



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[igfoth]

1. I don't find this disturbing

no big deal really, what is disturbing and most did not pay attention to is that the military heavily recruited southern Evilngelical christians since the late 80's. Today we are living with that action, we have a military where many of the leaders think they are doing Gods work but making people convert or they kill them.

Case in point all the stories of troops forcing non believers to pray, the gun sight story, the abuses against non-christians at the Air Force Academy...the list goes on and on...towards the end of my military career I started seeing more and more fundamentalist christians in the military who believed they were on a mission from God to save us all.

I am glad I got out when I did.

[asdjrocky]

2. First rule of fight club?

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

I couldn't think of two idiot groups more perfect for each other.

[howard112211]

3. Which part of the "warrior ethos" advocates...

...jumping on top of an adversary that you have just strucken down and punching him a few more times on the head just for the sake of show?

[Javaman]

4. The United States Sparta Corps. nt

[Mari333]

5. chest thumping 12 yr old adolescence runs this country

thats the mission statement of the USA..chest thumping adolescence , prick waving childishness. Carlin had it downpat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDkhzHQO7jY