Marines
Monday Miscellaneous
A few little things today. Remember all the Afghans who helped us over 20 years in Afghanistan before Biden cut and run before we pulled out like a trucker from a 16 year old hooker before we mostly peacefully evacuated our troops and equipment? Seems we are running out of visas…67,000 of them in the […]
Ospreys back in action
We all know the V-22 Osprey – the hybrid helicopter tilt-rotor airplane mix which has taken over local airlift for the Marines and some of the Air Force. Not sure which air machine I have done more articles on, the V-22 or the F-35, but it has to be fairly close. Services may be heaving […]
Leap Year funny way to park an F-35
Well, I’m not sure who to hang this on, the Marines or the Navy. Pretty interesting, though. A Marine Corps jet on loan to the Navy for its Top Gun school took a nosedive last month while in a hangar at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, the Corps told Military.com on Friday. That isn’t […]
Congrats to the Corps!
From the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli We will fight our country’s auditors And will emerge victory Or something like that. Yes, boys and girls, an armed service has finally passed an audit! Plaudits to all of our crayon eaters, the Brotherhood of Leather Neck Guards, the few, the proud, the Marines […]
Valor Friday
I already had this week’s post locked and loaded when the death of Chuck Mawhinney was publicized last night. Instead, let’s take a brief look at him. He died just a few months after the Marine Corps shuttered the Scout Sniper School. I can’t help but feel that’s symbolic. From Military.com; It wasn’t until 1991 […]
Marines to Conduct ‘Wall to Wall’ Barracks Inspections
Marine Corps vows to inspect every single barracks ‘wall to wall’ By Irene Loewenson The Marine Corps has ordered inspections of each of its barracks in an effort to assess and fix the problems in the often-subpar living quarters. By March 15, leaders from outside of the chain of command responsible for the Marines in […]
5 Marines confirmed killed in crash of CH-53E Super Stallion
After an extensive search for an overdue Marine Corps Super Stallion flying from Creech AFB, Nevada to MCAS Miramar, California, the wreckage was located yesterday. Heavy storms striking California hindered rescue crews from confirming what we all feared. It’s just been confirmed minutes ago, more than a day and a half after the aircrew went […]
Resupply by AI. What could go wrong?
Army Futures Command’s newest Cross Functional Team-Contested Logistics head, Rob Watts, talked about resupply by AI and robotic delivery vehicles such as UAVs and roboboat. “We want a tool to tell us, when we get to precision sustainment, that ‘you need to start moving some ammo to island X today because it’s going to take […]
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