MARINE CORPS MUSTANG ASSOCIATION
What is a Marine Mustang?
The Answer is:
Any Marine, after having served on active duty in the enlisted ranks of the United States Marine Corps or Marine Corps Reserve, has risen to the officer ranks, and further served as a commissioned or warrant officer on either active duty or reserve status. The title includes all such Marines: active duty, reserve, retired, and/or honorably discharge.
The title of a Marine of this status is, and shall evermore be...MUSTANG!
"There is no honor greater than to be called "Mustang". You have long epitomized the warrior virtues of courage, devotion to duty, sacrifice, and imaginative leadership."
General Alfred M. Gray USMC, 29th Commandant of the Marine Corps and a Mustang.
Semper Fidelis – Marines
The USMC has a long tradition of Mustang officers... and a large percentage of its Commandants were former enlisted.