I’m wanting to add in more USMC stuff, since the dogs have always received the short shrift.
While looking for stuff on the Corps’ site, I see a link for General Officer bios. Deceased General Officers. OK.
So, I’m scanning the list, and I see an Aggie on there - Bruno Hochmuth. We […]
Robbie at UrbanGrounds posts on a moving tribute the Rocky Mountain News has done on the Marines stationed at Buckley Air Force Base whose job it is to notify families of the death of their Marine. If you can view the report without tearing up, you have no soul. God Bless our Marines.
I found this on Military.com. It’s a very touching story, and familiar.
I’ll leave any description at that.
A Marine’s Last Words
Herald Net | September 19, 2005
SNOHOMISH - Marine Cpl. Jeffrey Starr’s last letter arrived home more than two months after his flag-draped casket.
It came unexpectedly, weeks after his parents had placed his dusty, […]
In the current Proceedings, fmr. Marine Philip Gold, a PhD in History, writes about what he sees the US’ role will be, post-Iraq.
(link to article here - registration req’d.)
Dr. Gold’s article ought to be required reading in this day and age. He, admittedly, fancies this to be a similar article to that penned post […]
BUPERS has a hotline for sailors and their families to call concerning loved ones in the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. The number is 1-877-414-5358. If you are unable to get through, as hard as it is, be patient. The area is battered and phone lines may be down in many, many areas.
[from Navy News]
Marines from 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion in Gulfport Mississippi helped rescue people in Biloxi Monday evening. They used a couple of amphibious assault vehicles to maneuver through the area, plucking stranded people from their homes.
Navy Seabees from NMCB’s 1, 7, and 133 are clearing roads so people stranded in Pass […]
Update: According to ACC President Stephen Kinslow, Basham listed his state of residency in his military record as one other than Texas.
First, this is not a widespread problem applicable to all who have served their country. This is an individual situation involving one person who lived in another state before entering the military […]
This fellow goes by the name Rusted Ace on AR15.com. He’s taken TONS of pics of his time there (working in EOD mostly) and has been very generous in sharing his pictures.
The most recent batch were taken on a policing patrol with Iraqi NGs.
A Washington Times special report details, at great length, how China has been building up it’s forces, rapidly, and an invasion of Taiwan seems a done deal.
China is building its military forces faster than U.S. intelligence and military analysts expected, prompting fears that Beijing will attack Taiwan in the next two years, according to Pentagon […]
The Marines, Navy, and Air Force posted gains in recruiting, while the Army, at all levels, posted losses, as high as %25 off target.
I have to wonder about these Army numbers. Off by %25? Sure, Iraq has to be seen as the big cause. But the Marines, for example, recruited 103% of […]
Matador looks to have been a smashing success. The Marines never seem to disappoint, regardless of the task assigned them.
What will be critical is not letting the area backslide after the operation, as happened all too often in VietNam (the example of how NOT to fight a war, of course). I don’t expect […]
Greyhawk at Mudville Gazette links to an amazing story about Sgt. Rafael PeraltaOn November 15, 2004, Sgt. Rafael Peralta volunteered to go on the very dangerous mission of clearing the city of Fallujah of terrorists house by house, room by room. At the fourth house of the morning, the second room, Peralta lead his “stack” […]
The story of a tough Marine is spreading all across the Web. Here, here, and here, for starters. The photo alone is amazing and should become one of the more memorable images of the American Fighting Man in the War on Terror. The Marine took seven hits from an AK-47 and shrapnel in back as […]
If you wanted proof that we love our Marines, look no further than the sailors in Bravo Surgical Company, stationed in Camp Fallujah.
With shouts of “Merry Christmas, devil dogs!” Navy corpsmen clad in elf caps and antlers brought what cheer they could Friday to Marines spending the holidays in the Iraqi desert.
The group from […]
The headline is noteworthy in and of itself: Sniper stops insurgents from 950 yards
Sandoval, 26, saw that one of the men was about to place a mortar in a mortar tube. He knew he had to make a well-aimed shot before the insurgent gunner launched the deadly round. Sandoval cleared his thoughts and slowed his […]