Marines
Paul Redmon – Fake Recon Marine
The folks at MilitaryPhony send us their work on Paul Edward Redmon Jr who also goes by the nickname “Red.” Redmon claims to be a US Marine RECON and 81 mm Mortar guy. So, the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) was asked about all of this… So, Redmon’s official military records do not show that […]
TN Man Arrested for Stolen Valor
Newschannel5.com reports that Chris Wesley Williams has been arrested on stolen valor charges on Thursday. The entire article was so short, we will quote it in it’s entirety below: Man arrested in Maury County for stolen valor SPRING HILL, Tenn. (WTVF) — A Spring Hill man was arrested on stolen valor charges Thursday, Maury County […]
Valor Friday
Today’s Valor Friday salutes Lance Cpl. Donald J. Hogan, a young Marine serving in Afghanistan, and his selfless act of heroism. Donald Hogan learned about military service from his grandfather James Hogan Sr., a Marine gunnery sergeant who served in World War II, Vietnam and the Korean War, said Lt. Col. Terry M. Johnson, commanding […]
Marine’s C-4 Joke at Airport Bombed
Lance Corporal Joseph Simkus was on his way home to celebrate Thanksgiving with his family. While at the airport, in the security line, he decided to crack a joke. He asked the TSA to check his shoes for C-4 explosives. This resulted in a delay in his travel plans when security took him aside for […]
‘Grateful’: Marine recognized for saving life of teen struck by car
Navy/Marine Commendation Medal Samantha Alexander was doing her best to keep the mind of a teenage boy off the severe cut across his leg. “How old are you?” she asked him. “What is your name?” The 26-year-old Marine sergeant was driving home from her job at Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort one afternoon in […]
Valor Friday
Today Mason “Crosses the Tee” as it were, with his third post of those who have been awarded the Congressional Medal Of Honor more than once. Mason Part three of our series on men who have received two Medals of Honor (MoH) continues. We’ve so far explored the five men who received Medals of Honor […]
Marine Barracks Bombing in Beirut – 36 Years Ago
Today marks 36 years since the US Marine Barracks headquarters building was bombed in Beirut Lebanon. At 0622 on October 23, 1983 a suicide truck loaded with equivalent of 12,000 pounds of explosives destroyed headquarters building of BLT 1/8 at Beirut International Airport. Almost simultaneous suicide attack destroyed building occupied by French paratroopers. U.S. casualties: […]
Marines Expand Training
The Marines are expanding the size of their battlefield prep training, based on the assumption that at some point, they may face either Russia or China. From the article: The 2nd Marine Division is heading west to the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California, to conduct the unit’s largest exercise in […]
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