Marines
Marine Attackers Arrested
5 minors arrested after crowd attack on Marines at California pier By Irene Loewenson Been watching this one. Five juveniles were arrested Tuesday for allegedly taking part in a Friday attack by a crowd on three off-duty Marines in California, according to local police. A viral video taken of the San Clemente, California, pier appears […]
Friday Short Takes – Army/Navy shortfalls, Sludge Light down
Well, looks like the Army is not going to meet its recruiting goals yet again this year. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday that the service would fall short of its goal of 65,000 new recruits. The Army fell roughly 15,000 active-duty troops short of its goal last year of […]
Virtual training to increase for the Navy and the Marines
The Navy and Marines are looking at enhancing the use of virtual training. Virtual training feeds connecting units with a real time “feel” of a similar environment in an actual operation. Networked units, over a wide geographic area, would be able to coordinate and solve battle problems together that would be too risky to do […]
Afghan terp earns an EGA
A young man who spent a couple years working with USMC and NATO forces in Afghanistan as an interpreter has become a Marine recently. He wants to give back to the US and the Corps. I wish we had more American-born people that felt that way. From the DoD; It’s rare to come across a […]
Code Talker Turns 106
Navajo Code Talkers Using American Indians who were fluent in both traditional tribal languages and English to foil enemy eavesdropping began in World War-I with the Choctaw Telephone Squad. In World War-II the US military formally developed a policy to recruit and train American Indians to become code talkers. The Navajo (or Diné) code talkers […]
Afghan Orphan update
You may remember that a while back we talked about Marine Major Joshua Mast, who with his wife adopted an Afghan child. Except it turned out the little girl was living with her relatives at the time. Apparently her true parents were killed in a joint US/Afghan counter-insurgent raid in the war, and the 20-month […]
Marine Reaper Woes
MQ-9 Reaper Two years ago, the Marine’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (VMU-1, 3rd MAW) procured the MQ-9A Reaper drone. Significant because of the vehicle’s proven role as the primary offensive strike unmanned aerial vehicle for the U.S. Air Force. The UAV is touted to provide the capability to perform strike, […]
Marine veteran, Aaron Orozco, killed while working his Uber job
Aaron Orozco and a couple of his passengers were at a 7-Eleven parking lot during one of Orozco’s Uber routes. Orozco and the two passengers were involved in a physical altercation before one of the passengers shot him. The suspect subsequently took the veteran’s Honda Accord and departed the scene. The vehicle was later found […]
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