Bravo Company, 4th Tanks
The membership of the Marine Corps Tankers Association salute you upon your pending deployment and upon the completion of your training. You may know and carry with you our heartfelt pride and confidence in you as members of the Marine Corps Tankers family of which you are our latest generation.
Our membership has before deployed for foreign shores in answer to our nations call. We know the hardships and difficulties of parting with loved ones and the sweet smell of the soil beneath your feet in this land of liberty. We know you will do your duty as that is what marines do. If we could go with you and relive the dangers of going in harm’s way as we did in our youth no one in our association would miss the muster. You are warriors. You are tankers married to marvelous machines and only tankers know the “joie de vivre” of this union. You defend our civilization. May Providence protect you and bring you safely home to tell future generations of marine tankers of your sacrifice and service.
Robert M. Johnstone
Lt. Col USMCR
President, MCTA