Marines
Marine’s New Amphibious Combat Vehicle
BAE Amphibious Combat Vehicle The U.S. Marine Corps’ 67,500-pound replacement for its aging Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAVs) is in full rate production. BAE’s new Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) hasn’t made everyone happy, however. The U.S. Marines’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle Is A Beast By Caleb Larson BAE Systems, the firm behind the United States Marine Corps’ […]
Perspective From the Marine Band
Colonel John R. Bourgeois, USMC (Ret.), was 25th Director of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band. His acclaimed career spanned nine presidential administrations, from Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower to Bill Clinton. He was appointed Director of the Marine Band in 1979, and remained there until his retirement from active duty in 1996. Seems he […]
Valor Friday
In the world of US Marine Corps lore there are a handful of legendary figures. The Marines revere few men and those they do have a record of battlefield accomplishment that it’s hard to imagine that they would succeed at anything except war. Names like Lewis “Chesty” Puller, Dan Daly, Smedley Butler, and John Basilone […]
New inter-service sniper rifle coming
We’ve talked in the past about forthcoming new sniper rifles for the Army, Marines, and SOCOM, but the Pentagon has selected a single rifle for all three groups. Jeff LPH 3 sends word from Army Times; The great sniper rifle replacement across the Army, Marine Corps and SOCOM has begun with the newest sniper rifle […]
More Grooming Standards
Shocked into motion by the Air Force’s new grooming regs, the Army wasted no time in announcing their own new standards, and the Marines are in a huddle about it. Big Navy is strangely silent on the subject, doubtless in fear of invoking Beards. David sends. First, Army OKs Long Ponytails, Buzz Cuts for Women […]
Valor Friday
As we explore the most decorated soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines of the post-Vietnam era, the lists become much shorter. There are quite a few people who score the same or very close to each other. For example, most of the Army Medal of Honor recipients in the War on Terror earned the MoH, the […]
Oldest Marine passes away, age 107
KoB sends in word that Dorothy “Dot” Cole has passed away at age 107. She was the oldest living Marine until her death. The News & Observer does a great write up on Dot and her journey through service during World War II. We talked about this amazing lady on her birthday a few months […]
Marine Rescues Infant From Burning Car
Gunnery Sgt. Kyle Wetter ‘I don’t think I’m special’ says Marine who rescued a baby from a burning car “I was like ‘I need to help her get her baby out of the car.” BY JAMES CLARK On Dec. 7, Marine Gunnery Sgt. Kyle Wetter was on a winding road through Fallbrook, California in the […]
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