Blood Stripes (2024)

Sep 9, 2022

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron receive their blood stripes during a Blood Stripe Ceremony at MCAS Yuma Ariz., June 4, 2019. The blood stripe honors the blood that was shed by Marine officers and noncommissioned officers during the Battle of Chapultepec in 1847 and is worn on the trousers of the NCOs, Staff NCOs, and officers in remembrance of those who courageously fought in the battle.

CAMERA

Canon EOS-1D X

LENS

EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM

APERTURE

28/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/1600

ISO

100

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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This photograph is considered public domain and has been cleared for release. If you would like to republish please give the photographer appropriate credit. Further, any commercial or non-commercial use of this photograph or any other DoD image must be made in compliance with guidance found at https://www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations, which pertains to intellectual property restrictions (e.g., copyright and trademark, including the use of official emblems, insignia, names and slogans), warnings regarding use of images of identifiable personnel, appearance of endorsem*nt, and related matters.

CAMERA

Canon EOS-1D X

LENS

EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM

APERTURE

28/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/1600

ISO

100

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timeline.play(); } function fetchNextBatch() { if (galleryEndPage471 !== totalpages471) { LoadingScreen.init(view); window.galleryStore.mode = 'next'; window.galleryStore.jump = jump + 1; GalleryLoadNextPage(); } else { if (debug) { console.log('reached the end of next'); } // hide next? } } function fetchPreviousBatch() { if (galleryStartPage471 !== 1) { LoadingScreen.init(view); window.galleryStore.mode = 'prev'; window.galleryStore.jump = -1; GalleryLoadPrevPage(); } else { if (debug) { console.log('reached the beginning of prev'); } // hide prev? } } function moveLeft() { if (debug) console.log('moveLeft()'); if (!isAnimating) { isAnimating = true; if (currentIndex > 0) { var prevIndex = currentIndex - 1; var thumb = thumbs[prevIndex]; slideInFromLeft(thumb); } else { window.galleryStore.batchBy = 'hero'; fetchPreviousBatch(); } isAnimating = false; } } function moveRight() { if (debug) console.log('moveRight()'); if (!isAnimating) { isAnimating = true; if ((currentIndex + 1) < views.length) { var nextIndex = currentIndex + 1; 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} } function getImageToLoad(imgSizes, isThumb) { var sortedSizes, files, dimensions, portraitFlag; if (imgSizes.length > 0) { portraitFlag = isPortrait(imgSizes[0].Width, imgSizes[0].Height); dimensions = getDimensions(isThumb); if (portraitFlag) { files = imgSizes.filter(function (item) { return (item.ReqHeight == dimensions.height); }); } else { files = imgSizes.filter(function (item) { return (item.ReqWidth == dimensions.width); }); } if (files.length > 0) { // for cut images return files[0]; } else { // when images not cut if (debug) console.log('req size not cut'); if (portraitFlag) { sortedSizes = imgSizes.sort(function (a, b) { return a.Height - b.Height; }); files = sortedSizes.filter(function (item) { return (item.Height >= dimensions.height); }); } else { sortedSizes = imgSizes.sort(function (a, b) { return a.Width - b.Width; }); files = sortedSizes.filter(function (item) { return (item.Width >= dimensions.width); }); } return sortedSizes.pop(); } } else { return null; } } function loadImage(obj, img, mode, template) { if (obj) { if (img) preload(img.ViewUrl, mode); var tmpl = template ? template : 'hero'; var md = mode ? mode : 'next'; var data = { id: obj.FileId, name: obj.FileName, caption: obj.Title, subcaption: "U.S. Marine Corps photo by " + obj.Creator.CreatorName + '/Released ' + obj.FileName, description: obj.Description, author: obj.Creator.CreatorName, date: obj.CreatedOn, download: (img) ? img.DownloadUrl : '#', share: 'https://www.marines.mil/Photos/igphoto/' + obj.FileId + '/', exif: obj.Exif, alt: (obj.AltText) ? obj.AltText : obj.Title }; switch (template) { case 'hero': var item = document.createElement('div'); item.setAttribute('data-id', obj.FileId); item.className = (currentImageId == obj.FileId) ? 'item current' : 'item'; item.className = isPortrait(img.Width, img.Height) ? item.className : item.className + ' landscape'; item.innerHTML = 'Blood Stripes (2)'; item.data = data; if (mode === 'next') { heroSlider.appendChild(item); } else if (mode === 'prev') { heroSlider.insertBefore(item, heroSlider.firstChild); } if (debug) { console.log('mode = ', mode, ', item: ', item); } break; case 'thumb': var item = document.createElement('div'); item.setAttribute('data-id', obj.FileId); item.setAttribute('role', 'option'); item.className = 'item col-md-3 col-sm-6 col-6 align-self-center'; item.className += (currentImageId == obj.FileId) ? ' current' : ''; item.innerHTML = 'Blood Stripes (3)'; item.data = data; if (mode === 'next') { thumbSlider.appendChild(item); } else if (mode === 'prev') { thumbSlider.insertBefore(item, thumbSlider.firstChild); } if (debug) console.log('mode = ', mode, ', item: ', item); break; case 'pager': // mobile placeholder for thumbs var item = document.createElement('div'); item.setAttribute('data-id', obj.FileId); item.className = (currentImageId == obj.FileId) ? 'item current' : 'item'; item.data = data; if (mode === 'next') { thumbSlider.appendChild(item); } else if (mode === 'prev') { thumbSlider.insertBefore(item, thumbSlider.firstChild); } break; } return item; } } function preload(imgURL) { var image = new Image(); image.src = imgURL; image.onload = function () { dispatchCrossBrowserDomEvent('gallery-image-preload'); }; image.onerror = function () { window.galleryStore.broken.push(imgURL); // @todo: utilize dispatchCrossBrowserDomEvent('gallery-image-preload'); }; } function loadHero(obj, newsobj, mode) { // mobile + desktop var img = getImageToLoad(obj.FileProperties); if (img) { var item = loadImage(obj, img, mode, 'hero'); item.news = newsobj; // attach / prep news data return true; } return false; } function loadThumb(obj, mode) { // only desktop if (!dma.DeviceIsMobile()) { var img = getImageToLoad(obj.FileProperties, true); if (img) { loadImage(obj, img, mode, 'thumb'); return true; } } else { // placeholder loadImage(obj, null, mode, 'pager'); return true; } return false; } function reduceBySet() { if (dma.DeviceIsMobile()) { // remove what is not a gallery image window.galleryStore.images--; // hero } else { window.galleryStore.images -= 2; // hero + thumb } } function loadBatch(newItems, mode) { window.galleryStore.images = dma.DeviceIsMobile() ? newItems.length : newItems.length * 2; $.each(newItems, function (index, value) { if (value.File !== undefined) { var file = value.File; var news = value.RelatedArticles ? Object.values(value.RelatedArticles) : []; if (file && file.FileProperties !== undefined && file.FileProperties.length > 0) { if (loadHero(file, news, mode)) { loadThumb(file, mode); } else { reduceBySet(); } } else { reduceBySet(); } } }); isLoading = false; // unlock dispatchCrossBrowserDomEvent('gallery-images-preload-done'); } function observe() { document.addEventListener('gallery-images-preload-done', function (e) { e.stopImmediatePropagation(); if (debug) console.log('event: gallery-images-preload-done'); // cleanup(); // @todo: remove broken images, needs work in future gallerySlider = new GallerySlider(); if (window.galleryStore.mode === 'prev' && window.galleryStore.batchBy === 'hero') { gallerySlider.slidePrev(); } else if (window.galleryStore.mode === 'next' && window.galleryStore.batchBy === 'hero') { gallerySlider.slideNext(); } window.galleryStore = { heros: gallerySlider.heros, images: 0, counter: 0, broken: [], mode: '', batchBy: '', }; LoadingScreen.close(); }); document.addEventListener('gallery-load-initial-page', function (e) { e.stopImmediatePropagation(); if (!isLoading) { isLoading = true; loadBatch(Object.values(galleryJSON471), 'next'); } }); document.addEventListener('gallery-load-initial-page-error', function (e) { e.stopImmediatePropagation(); gallerySlider = new GallerySlider(); LoadingScreen.close(); isLoading = false; }); document.addEventListener('gallery-load-prev-page', function (e) { e.stopImmediatePropagation(); if (!isLoading) { isLoading = true; if (gallerySlider) { gallerySlider.destroy(); gallerySlider = null; } var batch = Object.values(galleryJSON471).slice(0, 20); loadBatch(batch, 'prev'); } }); document.addEventListener('gallery-load-prev-page-error', function (e) { e.stopImmediatePropagation(); gallerySlider = new GallerySlider(); LoadingScreen.close(); isLoading = false; }); document.addEventListener('gallery-load-next-page', function (e) { e.stopImmediatePropagation(); if (debug) console.log('loading > gallery-load-next-page'); if (!isLoading) { isLoading = true; if (gallerySlider) { gallerySlider.destroy(); gallerySlider = null; } var batch = Object.values(galleryJSON471).slice( window.galleryStore.heros, window.galleryStore.heros + 20 ); loadBatch(batch, 'next'); } }); document.addEventListener('gallery-load-next-page-error', function (e) { e.stopImmediatePropagation(); gallerySlider = new GallerySlider(); LoadingScreen.close(); isLoading = false; }); } init(); } window.addEventListener('load', function (e) { GalleryPage(); AOS.init(); }); // ie 11 fix dispatchCrossBrowserDomEvent defined in /Templates/All/PrevNextDetailsGalleryJS.html var apiUrl = "/DesktopModules/ImageGallery/Components/IGAPI.ashx?igmode=JSON"; var totalpages471 = 1; var galleryJSON471 = ""; var galleryCurrentPage471 = 1; //this can change as people scroll through and next/previous page gets loaded var galleryStartPage471 = 1; var galleryEndPage471 = 1; var debug = false; var apiUrlRelated = "/DesktopModules/ImageGallery/Components/IGAPI.ashx?igmode=RelatedArticlesJSON"; var chosenImgRelatedJson471 = ""; var chosenImgRelatedItemsCount471 = 0; function BuildPayloadRelated(targetImageId) { var payload = {}; payload["igphoto"] = 2003073431; payload.portalId = 1; payload.moduleId = 471; payload.igphoto = targetImageId; return payload; } function GalleryLoadRelated(targetImageId) { $.ajax({ url: apiUrlRelated, data: BuildPayloadRelated(targetImageId), dataType: "json", success: function (r) { if (r.HadError) { if (debug) { console.log('GalleryLoadRelated(' + targetImageId +') success + error'); } chosenImgRelatedItemsCount471 = r.totalresults; chosenImgRelatedJson471 = r.items; // asynchronous handling dispatchCrossBrowserDomEvent('gallery-load-related'); event.preventDefault(); } else { if (debug) { console.log('GalleryLoadRelated(' + targetImageId +') success '); } event.preventDefault(); } }, error: function (xhr, status, error) { if (debug) { console.log('GalleryLoadRelated(' + targetImageId +') error'); } event.preventDefault(); dispatchCrossBrowserDomEvent('gallery-load-related-error'); console.log(error); } }); } function BuildPayloadPrev() { var payload = {}; payload["igphoto"] = 2003073431; galleryStartPage471--; payload.portalId = 1; payload.moduleId = 471; payload.igpage = galleryStartPage471; payload.isMobile = dma.DeviceIsMobile(); //clear the photo as we already have page item is on payload.igphoto = ""; return payload; } function BuildPayloadNext() { var payload = {}; payload["igphoto"] = 2003073431; galleryEndPage471++; payload.portalId = 1; payload.moduleId = 471; payload.igpage = galleryEndPage471; payload.isMobile = dma.DeviceIsMobile(); //clear the photo as we already have page item is on payload.igphoto = ""; return payload; } function BuildPayloadInitial() { var payload = {}; payload["igphoto"] = 2003073431; payload.portalId = 1; payload.moduleId = 471; payload.igpage = galleryCurrentPage471; payload.isMobile = dma.DeviceIsMobile(); return payload; } function GalleryLoadInitialPage() { $.ajax({ url: apiUrl, data: BuildPayloadInitial(), dataType: "json", success: function (r) { if (r.HadError) { if (debug) { console.log('GalleryLoadInitialPage() success + error'); } event.preventDefault(); } else { if (debug) { console.log('GalleryLoadInitialPage() success '); } //initial the pages to this page galleryCurrentPage471 = r.pagenum; galleryStartPage471 = r.pagenum; galleryEndPage471 = r.pagenum; totalpages471 = r.totalpages; //load the json for the slideshow galleryJSON471 = r.items; dispatchCrossBrowserDomEvent('gallery-load-initial-page'); event.preventDefault(); } }, error: function (xhr, status, error) { if (debug) { console.log('GalleryLoadInitialPage() error'); } event.preventDefault(); // asynchronous handling dispatchCrossBrowserDomEvent('gallery-load-initial-page-error'); console.log(error); } }); } function GalleryLoadNextPage() { $.ajax({ url: apiUrl, data: BuildPayloadNext(), dataType: "json", success: function (r) { if (r.HadError) { if (debug) { console.log('GalleryLoadNextPage() > success + error'); } event.preventDefault(); } else { if (debug) { console.log('GalleryLoadNextPage() > success + append'); } //cool code for the slideshow galleryJSON471 = galleryJSON471.concat(r.items); galleryCurrentPage471++; // asynchronous handling dispatchCrossBrowserDomEvent('gallery-load-next-page'); event.preventDefault(); } }, error: function (xhr, status, error) { if (debug) { console.log('GalleryLoadNextPage() > error'); } event.preventDefault(); // asynchronous handling dispatchCrossBrowserDomEvent('gallery-load-next-page-error'); console.log(error); } }); } function GalleryLoadPrevPage() { $.ajax({ url: apiUrl, data: BuildPayloadPrev(), dataType: "json", success: function (r) { if (r.HadError) { if (debug) { console.log('GalleryLoadPrevPage() < success + error'); } event.preventDefault(); } else { if (debug) { console.log('GalleryLoadPrevPage() < success + append'); } //to take the json and prepend to the galleryJSON471 galleryJSON471 = r.items.concat(galleryJSON471); galleryCurrentPage471++; // asynchronous handling dispatchCrossBrowserDomEvent('gallery-load-prev-page'); event.preventDefault(); } }, error: function (xhr, status, error) { if (debug) { console.log('GalleryLoadPrevPage() < error'); } event.preventDefault(); // asynchronous handling dispatchCrossBrowserDomEvent('gallery-load-prev-page-error'); console.log(error); } }); } //note, this fetches a page worth of data (template/branch driven) and adds it to the embedded json. function dispatchCrossBrowserDomEvent(name) { if(typeof name !== 'string') return; var e; if(typeof (Event) === 'function') { e = new Event(name); } else { e = document.createEvent('Event'); e.initEvent(name, true, true); } document.dispatchEvent(e); }

Blood Stripes (2024)

FAQs

What does the blood stripe represent? ›

BLOOD STRIPE

Traditionally, Officers, Staff Noncommissioned Officers, and Noncommissioned Officers of the Marine Corps have worn this scarlet red stripe on their dress blue trousers to commemorate the courage and tenacious fighting of the men who fought in the Battle of Chapultepec in September of 1847.

How do Marines earn their blood stripe? ›

Marines can only wear the traditional red stripe on their trousers when they reach the rank of corporal, signifying their status as a noncommissioned officer.

Is blood stripe hazing? ›

Some rituals that were once seen as time honored traditions such as "blood striping," "pinning," or "blood wings" also fall into the category of hazing and therefore will not be tolerated.

What is bloodstriping? ›

The blood stripe honors the blood that was shed by Marine officers and noncommissioned officers during the Battle of Chapultepec in 1847 and is worn on the trousers of the NCOs, Staff NCOs, and officers in remembrance of those who courageously fought in the battle.

Why are Marines called jarheads? ›

The phrase “jarheads” is also a slang phrase used by sailors when referring to Marines. The term first appeared as early as World War II and referred to Marines' appearance wearing their dress blue uniforms. The high collar on the uniform and the Marines' head popping out of the top resembled a Mason Jar.

What does the red stripes mean? ›

The flag's 13 red and white stripes represent the 13 original colonies. Its 50 white stars on a blue background represent the 50 states. Each of the colors on the flag has a meaning: Red: valor and bravery. White: purity and innocence.

How to recover from blood striping? ›

Your doctor may recommend that you rest in bed or limit your activity for at least a few days after surgery. This can help reduce bruising. Resume activity as your doctor tells you. Take short walks several times a day.

How many years is each stripe in the Marines? ›

For the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, service stripes are given to service members for every four years of service.

What military branch pays the most? ›

Is it the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard or Space Force? At a basic pay level, the answer is simple. The military pays the same regardless of branch, according to your pay grade and years of service. Your rank determines your pay grade.

What is a dark green Marine? ›

Dark Green/Light Green – Common reference to a Marine's skin color. A common saying in the Corps is that Marines are not black or white, only different shades of green.

Does blood pinning hurt? ›

This usually causes pain and bleeding, but no serious injury.

What is the Marine Corps motto? ›

Latin for “Always Faithful,” Semper Fidelis is the motto of every Marine—an eternal and collective commitment to the success of our battles, the progress of our Nation, and the steadfast loyalty to the fellow Marines we fight alongside.

What does the stripe pattern symbolize? ›

One of the reasons why stripes became a symbol of these outcasts and reprobates was because of a bible scripture that says: ”You will not wear upon yourself a garment that is made of two”. At this time its meaning was interpreted into not wearing anything with two contrasting colors.

What does red stripe indicate? ›

The flag with a red line is essentially used by civilians and fellow firefighters as a sign of respect and a gratitude. This red stripe is also borrowed from 'the red line of courage', the red line on an all-black background. Despite their difference in meaning, some still use the flags interchangeably.

What does stripe mean in the Bible? ›

The stripes mentioned by Isaiah were the awful lashings upon Jesus' back by the Roman whips. Thirty-nine stripes were the traditional punishment for a condemned prisoner. According to the scripture, these stripes upon Christ were on behalf of our healing (1 Peter 2:2).

What does the blood Symbolise? ›

Throughout time, blood has been associated with opposites, including life/death, death/redemption, - eternal life - innocence/massacre, sickness/therapy, nobility/malediction (haemophilia in the “Blue Blood” descendants of Queen Victoria), generosity/transmission of infections, and attraction/repulsion.

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