Marines
Happy Returns of the Day, Dave!
From all of us Delta Whiskies and Whiskettes, Happy Birthday, Dave! May there be many more… *grin*
Iran’s Gulf Harassment Incurs Ire. Update.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy Gunboat Nearly a dozen Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) vessels harassed a formation of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships in the northern Persian Gulf, the Navy announced. Eleven Iranian vessels “repeatedly conducted dangerous and harassing approaches of USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3), USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60), USS […]
Top Marine: Current Physical Fitness Test Cancelled
The Marines suspended the annual PFT in order to meet the federal government’s coronavirus prevention requirements. The article is short, so it’s quoted in entirety. From the Marine Corps Times: Less than 24-hours after the Marine Corps said there would be no Corps-wide suspension of the Physical Fitness Test the top Marine announced the semi-annual […]
Two Charged In Death of Former Marine
Chicago Sun-Times article posted 4/17/2020: Charges are pending against a second person who is being questioned in connection with the fatal attack of a who was pushed into a Red Line train last week, Chicago police said Thursday. The 19-year-old man was in custody and being questioned days after a warrant was issued for his arrest in […]
Valor Friday
Tony Stein For today’s Valor Friday, Mason relates the incredible heroism of Corporal Tony Stein, USMC, and the valor he displayed in the Pacific during WWII. Yes, those are Jump Wings. Mason Tony Stein was born and raised in the North Dayton neighborhood of Dayton, Ohio. The son of Austrian Jewish immigrants he was a […]
Marines to reduce force by 12,000
U.S. Marines with Headquarters Company, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, conduct a conditioning hike for pre-deployment training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 30, 2019.THOMAS SPENCER/U.S. MARINE CORPS One of our ninjas sends us this disturbing article, and adds: Please note the same Marine Commandant who is listed in the […]
Valor Friday
Hospital Corpsman David Hayden Today’s Valor Friday honoree comes to us via a roundabout way, from Ex-PH2, to me and then on to our own Mason, who could, and does, do justice to the heroism of Hospital Corpsman David Hayden, USN, and his service in WWI. Mason This week I had some requests from Ex-PH2. […]
PETA urges Marine Corps commandant to end ‘crude killing of animals’ during Cobra Gold
U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, drink the blood of a king cobra as part of jungle survival training during exercise Cobra Gold 2020 at Ban Chan Khrem, Chanthaburi, Thailand, March 2, 2020.HANNAH HALL/U.S. MARINE CORPS One of our ninjas sends us this foolishness: ninja Ed, Here is […]
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