Marines
Valor Friday
When researching past heroes, it’s common to see a phrase like “most decorated soldier” of a particular war, but what exactly does that mean? It’s largely open to some interpretation. Both the Army and the Air Force have point based systems in place for awards and decorations when it comes time to promote to certain […]
The Marine Corps Has Started Fielding 30,000 Rifle Suppressors to Combat Units
A U.S. Marine utilizes a suppressor while providing security on a company attack range in Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 21, 2016. (U.S. Marine Corps/Sarah N. Petrock) Marine Corps Systems Command has begun the process of fielding thousands of suppressors to infantry, reconnaissance and special operation units for employment on the M27, M4 and M4A1 rifles. […]
This young Marine has “E-4 Mafia” written all over him
Jeff LPH 3 tipped us off to this great one. You’re a young Marine stationed at Miramar. Half your squadron just deployed. Now you’re at home station and facing an inspection. As he says, this is “just straight up not a good time.” You need to sham your way out of this. A dental […]
Marine found guilty of smuggling firearms into Haiti in a plan to become President of Haiti
This one takes balls. Lucky for us, he apparently was all balls and no brain. Most people who engage in arms smuggling don’t declare it to the airline. They also don’t bitch slap the customs agent at the first sign of trouble. Once a Sergeant of Marines, Jacques Yves Sebastien Duroseau, 34, has now been […]
Valor Friday
Born and raised in Macon, Georgia, Rodney Davis was 19 and had just graduated high school when he enlisted with the US Marine Corps in 1961. After completing recruit training he was a rifleman in Company K, 3/2 Marines at Camp Lejeune. By 1964 he’d been promoted to lance corporal and was sent to be […]
Valor Friday
Late last week the KoB sent in the story about a recently recovered Marine returning home to rest. Private First Class Thomas Johnson was lost on Tarawa 22 November, 1943. He was brought home almost 77 years later to the day. The Marine Corps sent an honor guard and conducted a flyover at the funeral. […]
Marines to the rescue!
Some Marines working a guard post in Washington D.C. recently came to the aid of a woman on a scooter who’d been struck by a car. Their quick thinking and decisive action led them to get a jack from the car and from another car that stopped to help, getting the car off the woman […]
A Porn Star and Three Marines…
Iron March Neo-Nazi Logo No, not that type of story. Paul Kryscuk, a reported porn star, sold multiple manufactured weapons, or “ghost guns” to then-Marine Liam Collins. Kryscuk allegedly mailed the illegal weapons from his homes in New York and Idaho to Collins in North Carolina. Both were regular contributors to the online neo-Nazi forum […]
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