Marines
Thursdays Are For Cooking… and Fridays Are For Coming Clean About the Cooking
PhillyMag recently did an article about South Philly self-proclaimed celebrity chef Michael DePasquale. DePasquale has claimed to be a friend and business partner of the late Anthony Bourdain, as well as being a United States Marine. This article references another article by the South Philly Review. Oh, and DePasquale recently “nursed a Vietnam veteran back […]
Search called off for 5 Marines aboard lost KC-130
The search for missing crew that began after a KC-130J and a Marine Corps F/A-18D Hornet crashed Dec. 6 has been called off. (Marine Corps) By: Tara Copp and Kyle Rempfer The Marine Corps has declared the five Marines missing after a mid-air collision during an Air to Air (ATA) refueling evolution. Those of us […]
Air Force pararescue and special operations join search and rescue for 5 Marines still missing off Japanese coast
U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operators prepare for military free fall operations from a U.S. Air Force 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II By: Shawn Snow , Stephen Losey , and Tara Copp A massive search and rescue operation is still underway for five Marines missing off the Japanese coast, which […]
1 killed, 1 rescued, 5 still missing off Japanese coast after C-130 and F/A-18 fighter jet crash
Article by By: Geoff Ziezulewicz , Shawn Snow , and Tara Copp ChipNASA brought us the sad news yesterday evening. Two Marines have been recovered, and sadly one perished. The five remaining Marines are still missing, and the search continues. Search and rescue operations were underway off the Japanese coast early Thursday local time after […]
Florida man arrested for stolen valor, posed as decorated Marine vet – USMC Life
The Marine Corps League seems to be coming around to the fact that they might have some posers in their ranks. A legit member of the Marine Corps League has taken up the cause to expose and prosecute these Valor Vultures. I called the national headquarters of the Marine Corps League several times during the past year […]
Valor Friday
Corporal Abrell Today’s Valor Friday’s honors go to Corporal Charles G. Abrell, USMC. He was born on August 12, 1931 in Terre Haute, Indiana, and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps just five days after his 17th birthday in 1948. Following recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit […]
1919 – Yeomen (f) and Marinettes Final Pass in Review
1919 – Final Pass in Review of the US Navy’s Yeomen (f) and female Marinettes – the film is of Secretary of the Navy Daniels inspecting the female volunteers, the Yeomen (f) and Marinettes. http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675027182_girls-of-navy_Secretary-Daniels_farewell-to-girls_officers-walking That video is brief, is available at Critical Past, where a lot of archival footage is being held and restored. […]
Marine first sergeant to be awarded Navy Cross for Vietnam War heroics
U.S. Marines are silhouetted as they stand on Hill 881 North after a fierce nine-day battle near Khe Sanh, Vietnam, on May 3, 1967, during the Vietnam War. (AP Photo) By: Shawn Snow More than a half century after his battlefield heroics during the Vietnam War, Ret. Marine 1st Sgt. John J. Lord will be […]
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