Marine Corps
GOP Candidate Under Fire for a Claim He Was Under Fire
Several news outlets are reporting that one of GOP candidate Tyler Kistner’s Political Action Committees (PAC) had to pull an ad falsely claiming that he saw combat as a Marine, but he did not. Minnesota Reformer The Independent Political Wire (only references Minnesota Reformer but comments are informative) GOP super PAC falsely claims congressional candidate […]
Last WWII Marine Ace Passes
Col. Dean Caswell USMC (Ret.) Jeff LPH 3 sends us the sad news of the passing of last living American Marine Corps fighter ace of World War II. Dean Caswell (1922-2022) fought in World War II, the Korean and the Vietnam wars. He retired from the Corps in 1968 at the rank of Colonel. Col. […]
Medal of Honor awardee Simanek passes on. Only 2 from Korea remain
Robert E. Simanek, 92, passed August 4 in West Bloomfield, MI. He was awarded the Medal of Honor after jumping on a Chinese hand grenade (after kicking away a second grenade thrown at the same time.) The Chinese attacked. During the ensuing firefight, two grenades landed in the shallow trench where Simanek and other Marines […]
Last WWII MOH Awardee Passes
Corporal Hershel “Woody” Williams The in-box is filled with the sad news that the last surviving World War II Medal of Honor recipient has died. Marine Corporal “Woody” Williams was awarded the CMH during the Battle of Iwo Jima for displaying “valiant devotion to duty.” It was presented to him by President Harry Truman. Born […]
Marine Grooming Standards Unsat
Permanent? Want to serve but the military grooming standards aren’t to your liking? Lawyer up! Poetrooper and AW1 Rod send. Sikhs sue Marine Corps to allow turbans, beards at all times RYAN MORGAN A group of observant Sikh plaintiffs is suing the U.S. Marine Corps this week for the right to wear their turbans and […]
Josh Mandel Photoshop Controversy
Josh Mandel is a candidate for the U.S. Senate. He served in the Marine Corps and served two tours of duty in Anbar Province, Iraq. After being called a racist for objecting to teaching Critical Race Theory in school, he claimed he fought beside Marines of every color, using photos to support his point. There […]
How Stolen Valor Was Discovered
There has been quite a bit of news coverage about Sarah Cavanaugh being charged with Stolen Valer for her alleged scheme to defraud people out of money posing as a wounded Marine. We wrote about her here: https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=123957 This article, however, takes a different slant and focuses on how observant people questioned her story and […]
Charges Dismissed against one defendant in MARSOC 3 case
A military judge dismissed charges against one of the MARSOC 3. These charges were dismissed “with prejudice”. The reason for this dismissal involves “threatening comments” that indicated Unlawful Command Influence (UPI). From Yahoo: During the meeting, Thomas asked Shaw about protecting attorneys from outside influences, to which Shaw responded with words to the effect of […]
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