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Namaste 🙏🏻. Espirit De’corp Veteran Warriors.🙏🏻🙏🏽🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 🙏 History Behind Semper Fi “Semper Fidelis” was officially adopted as the motto of the United States Marine Corps in 1883 but it wasn’t the Marine Corps first motto. Take a look at three other mottos the Corps used at one time or another since its inception in 1775. Fortitudine (“with courage”) Per Mare, Per Terram (“by sea, by land”) To the Shores of Tripoli The last motto, “To the Shores of Tripoli,” was modified to “From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli” in 1848. It may sound familiar because it’s a line from the current Marines’ Hymn. Colonel Charles McCawley, the 8th Commandant of the Marine Corps, chose “Semper Fidelis” as the official motto of the Marine Corps in 1883. He didn’t offer any reasoning that anyone has recorded but just pushed for it to be the motto. Semper Fidelis, of course, is often shortened to Semper Fi, which is probably used much more often than the full term.