Marines
Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller Freed UPDATE
Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller was released from pretrial confinement at Camp Lejeune, N.C., the service announced Oct. 5, 2021. Scheller was relieved of his command in August after posting a video critiquing military and civilian leaders for failures in Afghanistan hours after a terrorist attack killed 13 service members at Kabul’s international airport. (U.S. […]
Monument to Iwo Jima Marine toppled in Somerville, MA
KoB sends in word that a monument to Paramarine Sergeant Henry O. Hansen was vandalized. Hansen was part of the Marine patrol sent up Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. He was one of the men who raised the first American flag over Suribachi. I recently discussed this patrol […]
Marine pictured at Kabul rescuing baby under investigation for appearance at Trump rally
In a now famous photo of the chaos at the Kabul Airport during our shamefully executed Afghanistan withdrawal back in August shows USMC Lance Corporal Hunter Clark rescuing a baby from the crowd and bringing it over the wire. The act was a bright spot in an otherwise dark time. The other day, Clark appeared […]
Last Marine WSOs receive their wings
With the US Marine Corps slowly transitioning from the two-seat F/A-18D to the single-seat F-35 Lightning II, the need for Weapons and Sensors Officer (WSO, pronounced wizzo) is coming to an end. The final two Marines to complete the training and receive their wings just happened. From Marine Corps Times; The Marine Corps’ final weapons […]
Marine Lt Col who went viral speaking against Biden’s Afghan pullout arrested
According to Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller’s father, he’s been arrested and is in the brig in pre-trial confinement. He’s facing an Article 32 hearing (the first step in a court martial) over public comments he made against the Biden Administration’s methods during the Afghan pullout last month. Scheller was relieved of his command hours after […]
US Marines reluctantly let a Sikh officer wear a turban. He says it’s not enough
From the Times of India; Almost every morning for five years, 1st Lt. Sukhbir Toor has pulled on the uniform of the U.S. Marine Corps. On Thursday, he also got to put on the turban of a faithful Sikh. It was a first for the Marine Corps, which almost never allows deviations from its hallowed […]
Marine Raider receives Navy Cross for actions fighting ISIS in Iraq
Jeff LPH 3 sends in this Marine Corps Times article; A former Marine staff sergeant received the Navy Cross on Aug. 26 for his 2020 heroic actions that saved the life of one French special operator and attempted to save, then recover the bodies of two Marine Raiders while fighting ISIS in northern Iraq. Marine […]
Kabul Marine widow meets Biden, is unimpressed
The pregnant widow of Lance Corporal Rylee McCollum, one of the 13 US servicemembers killed in the terrorist attack at the Kabul airport last week, is said to have met with President Biden when her husband’s remains arrived at Dover Air Force Base. Other members of Rylee’s family declined to meet with the President, rightfully […]
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