Marines
Lt Col Sheller is no longer a Marine
Jeff LPH 3 sends in the breaking news that Lt Col Sheller, who very publicly questioned the Brandon Administration’s atrociously botched Afghanistan pullout, has finally had his resignation accepted by the Commandant of the Marine Corps. He’s a civilian once again. Thus endeth the tale of the principled leader of Marines, one that went all […]
Marines Schooled by Brits
Royal Marines and allies have forced US Marines to surrender days into a exercise at Twentynine Palms, an enormous training facility in the California desert. The Ministry of Defence (sic) reported the exercise tested the deployment of the new Littoral Response Group (LRG) against the US Marine Corps opponents. Things did not go well for […]
Commandant wants to treat Marines ‘Like Human Beings Instead of Inventory’
The Commandant of the Marine Corps wants to retain more Marines after their first enlistment. He also wants to recruit older, more experienced troops. Military.com reports; The Marine Corps is poised to radically change how and who it recruits after the commandant released his new Talent Management Plan on Wednesday. According to the plan, the […]
Valor Friday
Some time back one of our commenters asked just how many men earned our country’s top awards for their first day in combat. We’ve talked about a couple before, like “Snuffy” Smith, Vito Bertoldo, and with the exception of Brigadier General Roosevelt, all of the Medal of Honor recipients for action on 6 June, 1944 […]
Arizona Marine vet who disarmed robbery suspect accepts heroism award in ‘Let’s go Brandon’ T-shirt
We talked about this Marine veteran who disarmed and subdued a would-be armed robber last week. He was given the Citizen’s Valor Award by the Sheriff. His choice of attire for the solemn occasion is priceless. Fox News reports; The U.S. Marine Corps veteran seen on video stopping an attempted robbery at an Arizona convenience […]
Scheller Sentenced
LtCol Scheller With amazing alacrity, the judge overseeing Lieutenant Colonel Scheller’s Court Martial has passed sentence. Charged with six misdemeanor counts, he pled guilty to all. In a special court-martial, the maximum punishments include a forfeiture of two-thirds basic pay per month for one year, up to one year of confinement, and/or a bad-conduct discharge. […]
Korean War Marine MoH recipient Duane Dewey dies, aged 89
Devtun sends the unfortunate news that USMC Corporal Duane Dewey has passed away. Dewey was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Korea. While being treated for injuries from a grenade which had exploded at his feet he pulled the corpsman treating him to safety, alerted his squad, and dove on the grenade. “Doc, […]
Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller Jr. pled guilty to all charges at a court-martial hearing
Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller attended a court-martial hearing related to a video that he posted that went viral. In this video, he criticized military leaders as well as the way the withdrawal was conducted. He pled guilty to all of the charges, which are misdemeanor level charges. Stuart Scheller was released from the brig last […]
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