Marine Corps
Marines Need a Few Drone Pilots
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (VMU-1, 3rd MAW), procured the Marine Corps’ first MQ-9A “Reaper” remotely piloted aircraft at Marine Corps Aircraft Station Yuma, Arizona in August 2021. “VMU-1 is living the Commandant’s vision of Force Design 2030, and our unit is laying the groundwork for […]
Afghan baby mess
Not a happy case: Military Times paints a fairly damning picture of USMC Major Joshua Mast, who is pictured as adopting an Afghan baby illicitly. The article is hardly impartial, painting the Major in an extremely bad light, so keep that in mind while reading. In short: Mast became enchanted with the child while on […]
Planes unable to fly
Might be sure to reread Mason’s recent column about the Air Force trying to shift more training from planes to simulators. They may not have much choice. The GAO surveys our air fleets to make sure the planes are able to do their jobs. The applicable metric is: “mission-capable rate,” or how often a type […]
Happy Birthday Marines!
247 Years Young 10 November 2022 A MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS 70 years ago, Army Major General Frank E. Lowe was quoted as saying, “The safest place in Korea was right behind a platoon of Marines. Lord, how they could fight.” That testimonial rings as true now as it did then, […]
Rich Johnson – Stolen Valor Double Dipper
The folks at MilitaryPhony send us their work on Richard Elmer Johson. It seems that little Dickie here has been making a Richard of himself and should probably stick to playing with his Johnson in private. Johnson was featured in the November 12, 2020 issue of the magazine “The Flagship” as a nominee in […]
Beirut Truck Bombs
On 23 October 1983, two truck bombs struck buildings in Beirut, Lebanon, housing American and French service members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF), a military peacekeeping operation during the Lebanese Civil War. The attack killed 305 people: 241 U.S. and 58 French military personnel, and six civilians. The first suicide bomber detonated a […]
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. […]
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