The Jarhead Thread
There have been a few stories that I have been wanting to blog about involving the Marines, so instead of making several posts I have decided to make one. I think it will make it easier to comment and for you Army pukes to talk to trash. Enjoy…
These Marines just got off a six-month long deployment, most of it spent in Kuwait and other parts of the Middle East. I doubt many of the Marines that are part of this MEU are happy about this and I have no doubt if Bush were still President I’m sure Katie Couric would be in Jacksonville interviewing families about the strain this emergency deployment is putting on them. Oh the double standard…
Politics aside, a MEU is the best equipped military unit to handle a disaster like this. A MEU has a perfect mix of equipment for operations like this, including its own fleet of helicopters, amphibious vehicles, and engineering equipment. I saw a report on CNN that said the road leading out of the main port in Port-au-Prince was heavily damaged and most of the unloading equipment was destroyed in the earthquake. The 22nd MEU can offload supplies onto any beach in Haiti while its combat engineers repair the roads and equipment at the port. This is why almost every year the three forward deployed MEUs (one out of Japan, Pendleton, and Lejuene) conduct multiple humanitarian missions every year.
A little side story about the Marines that responded to Hurricane Katrina. Most of the Marines were rotated out when they had been in the disaster zone 29 days. Why 29 days? Because at 30 days the Marine Corps the would have to start paying separation allowances and hazardous duty pay. Most Marines were also denied the Humanitarian Service Medal, probably by a bunch of pogue officers that the closest they got to New Orleans was an office in Quantico. I wonder if this will happen again…
San Diego Man Pleads Guilty for Posing as Marine Two Star General
One place where it is probably not a good idea to fake being a general is at a VFW hall, especially on the Marine Corps’ birthday. But then again, you have to be pretty stupid to attempt something like this in the first place.
Scott Ritter Arrested in Online Sex Sting……AGAIN
What does this have to do with the Marines? Well, just like Lee Harvey Oswald, Charles Whitman, and John Wayne Bobbitt, Scott Ritter was a former Marine. His first arrest wasn’t widely reported, for reasons unknown to me (maybe it had something to do with his views on the Iraq War…) Hopefully they will keep his dumbass locked up this time.
The last Marines are leaving Iraq this month, officially turning everything over to the Army and the Iraqis. When the Marines rolled into Anbar in 2004, it was the center of the Sunni insurgency. Today, it is one of the most stable parts of Iraq and has seen the quickest drawdown of American forces. The Marine Corps, Army, and Navy (the SEALs, EOD, Seabees, Corpsmans, etc.) and even the Air Force (especially in retrograde of equipment) all contributed to the victory there and it should be a point of pride in all the services.
Semper Fidelis….
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Link fest, Media, Military issues, Politics
I doubt many of the Marines that are part of this MEU are happy about this and I have no doubt if Bush were still President I’m sure Katie Couric would be in Jacksonville interviewing families about the strain this emergency deployment is putting on them. Oh the double standard…
YOU AIN’T JUST WHISTLIN’ DIXIE! My goodness…media coverage of EVERYTHING depends on who it helps and who it hurts. Change who’s in control, who can be blamed, who can be praied and–voila–it’s like a whole new media.
That’s damned straight there, Dan.
Dear Leader is prolly hopin’ that the Devil Dogs will clean things up nice and quickly, so he can jet down there and get a photo or two with ’em. You know, to hang alongside his Nobel Prize. Or was that his Noble Price?
Scott Ritter “has been arrested in an online sex sting for allegedly masturbating on webcam while talking dirty to a Pennsylvania police officer posing as a 15- year-old girl.”
Literally caught with the evidence in his hand this time and I’ll bet the conspiracy wonks will claim he’s still being framed by Bushitler & the CIA again… Being that he was a Useless Nations lackey, I’m not shocked he’s a potential child molester, seems to be the only thing the UN “excels” at.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/80017
Hard chargin’ pups might be spending more time close to home by the looks of the latest executive order signed on Monday –
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-signs-executive-order-establishing-council-governors
Marines going to Haiti? Why? There’s nothing for them to kill in Haiti.
Dave,
The Marines have a long and proud history of killing things in Haiti. Most of the officers who led the Corps during World War 2 (including Chesty Puller) cut their teeth fighting an insurgency in Haiti.
San Diego Man Pleads Guilty for Posing as Marine Two Star General
I hope that by the time the police came, that this “man” had a collection of lumps and heavy bruises.
Inexcusable idiot.
Great post, Dan.
Dave, the Marines haven’t killed any thugs in Haiti since 1994. I’m sure they didn’t get them all that time and can maybe get rid of a few more this time. RAH!
Don’t get me wrong Dan, I’ve always been impressed with the Marines ability to kill shit. Heck, the only time I got shot at in Iraq was by the Marines. But I didn’t think they were big into nation building.
Back in 2007 they lobbied the Pentagon to pull all the Marines out of Iraq and send them to A-stan where there was a lot more bad guys for them to kill.
Actually, as a wife of a Marine who just returned from this deployment I think many Marines are glad for the opportunity to help out with this tragedy . . . even if it isn’t much fun having them leave so soon.
1. The Marines have been doing this for years. Today it’s an MEU, in my day it was an MAU. Reinforced Regiments (MAU) and reinforced Battalions (MAB) smaller self-contained units, what an idea! It’s good to see the Army going to the BCTs. Self-contained, mobile, agile and hostile.
2. You fellas know how I feel about posers, but this guy? If he’s suffering from Alzheimer’s, he and his family is suffering enough.
3. As for scott critter…shoot him in the face with a Howitzer and call it good.
4. (queue the music) “Turnout the lights, the party’s over…” ALL our boys and girls need to be brought home. There’s not a single square inch, anywhere ore there, or one single goatforker worth a single American life.