Ex-Marine Awarded Medal of Honor
...... awarded the Medal of Honor on Thursday to a young former Marine who
ignored orders to stay put and fought his way five times into an ambush
in an Afghan ravine, helping to rescue three dozen comrades and to
recover the remains of four dead American servicemen.
The headline states "Ex" and the lead states "former". You see there are no ex-Marines, there are only former Marines. The writer seems to get the point the Editors and others seem not even to read the lead sentence. Congress awards the Medal and the presentation usually is by the sitting president.
As an update, the NYT did change the headline in later editions. I guess some adult caught the error. Now why former and not ex. Just ask any Marine, current or former. They should be glad to tell you. Paris Island, or Quantico, even the place out there in San Diego, better weather.
Picky, picky, picky! Semper Fi!
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