Marines
What’s Israel doing right?
We have talked before about the availability of flying F-35s in the US inventory. Here is a study from the Congressional Budget Office giving the raw numbers on F-35s. Cutting to the chase, our average availability is around 40-50% percent, so figure over 50% of the fleet is unavailable for missions at any point in […]
“Now look, my Marine carries that, but it has the code to blow up the world” – Joe Biden
Joe Biden made this statement while talking to factory workers in Colorado. Biden was talking about the nuclear football, a briefcase that the president has access to if he needs to authorize a nuclear launch. When it comes to gaffs, Joe Biden has plenty to offer. These gaffs include mixing names up or doing things […]
Once a Marine…
“You talk the talk. Do you walk the walk?” – Animal Mother ‘F—k you, I don’t know’: Marine vet Adam Driver delivers lance corporal salute during Q&A Actor Adam Driver is a former Marine lance corporal. Rah! BY JEFF SCHOGOL Adam Driver, a famous actor and a member of the lance corporal underground, gave the […]
Terminally ill cancer kid gets to be a Marine
Jack Lowe is the latest Honorary United States Marine, a rare distinction given only with the personal approval of the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Lowe, just 17 years old, has dreamed of being a Marine his whole life, just like his father, a retired staff sergeant, was. Unfortunately, Lowe came down a couple years […]
Vultures Circling Lejeune
For nearly 35 years those who lived onboard North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune were exposed to toxic chemicals while drinking, cooking, swimming, and bathing in the water provided. From 1953 to 1987 those serving at the sprawling Marine base were exposed to the contaminated water that seeped into the soil and poisoned groundwater at fuel depots, […]
Valor Friday
A recent question was posed to me. Have there been any people awarded medals by the enemy? I’ve talked before about some adjacent situations. Both Lieutenant Friedrich Lengfeld and Private Karl-Heinz Rosch have been honored by their enemy (Americans and Belgians respectively) for their heroics, but neither received a medal from the enemy government. I’ve […]
Marines squeak by
After all the articles we’ve done on the shortfalls in recruiting among all the larger services, two of the littlest are hitting their goals. The Marine Corps once again met or slightly outperformed its goals for recruiting across all major categories in the past fiscal year, according to recruiting numbers released Thursday to Marine Corps […]
Marines killed in car crash; justice demanded for off duty cop
A collision occurred on the 5 Freeway, Orange County, on November 5, 2022. Michael Miscione was driving after completing his shift at 3 a.m. He remembers driving onto the freeway before falling asleep. Miscione allegedly was going 90 mph in a construction zone when the collision occurred, leading to the deaths of the Marines in […]
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