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https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-08-03/us-puts-marines-commercial-ships-iranian-seizures-10930767.html I will admit at the age of 19 I would have found this exciting good news.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/17/rattled-kremlin-ukraine-psychological-warfare/

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/05/us/marines-china-pacific.html Others may have been doing the same thing at the same time, but in the summer of 1966 , USMC Recon took credit for the development of the aggressive Stingray concept. Small very lethal aggressive teams , not doing pure...

https://www.sandboxx.us/blog/the-marine-corps-is-closing-down-its-scout-sniper-platoons/ Not at all. Just making , quite possibly , better use of those they do have,

https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/Information-for-Units/Medal-of-Honor-Recipients-By-Unit/1stLt-Frank-Stanley-Reasoner/ 3 different people who knew Frank in different units all mentioned him as a future commandant. A prior Marine who graduated NAPS, he was a grad of...

Episode 2 Band of Brothers. I went back and rewatched the whole series . Even better than I remember. But epi 2 shows the jumps on June 5-6. Very well done

https://www.usmcmuseum.com/ Planning another visit soon. If you have never been it’s well worth a few hours if you are in the DC NVA area. S/F

57 years ago this month as Marines stormed the shore of Red Beach outside of danang they were met by VN girls with flowers and several US Army troops holding up a large sign with the above written on it. I have seen no report on how much those Army troops may have been laughing as they held...

I recently asked about the extra work and time needed for a struggling academic type playing a varsity sport and got lots of great comments. what about the major? What majors make sense for a non stem type who wants to play, graduate and serve and is trying to keep their head about water class...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2005/05/10/the-last-goodbye/ca03e90c-7beb-4fda-b7eb-9cf151df01be/ I thought this article to be really well done. Right after the memorial service I called the washing post and told the author so. She has since passed My old plt and Doc Miller...

I saw that one of the regulars who posts here said they quit their SA sports team to concentrate on class work. And that class work was a major reason students often quit SA sports teams. How much harder does it make it? Can playing on a team ever make it easier? Is quitting to concentrate on...

No one disagrees that Annie Sacoolas killed that young Brit biker by mistakenly driving on the wrong side of the road in the UK. The US govt says she had DI at the time of the accident The UK High Court in Feb ruled she had DI at the time of the accident. As far as I know none of that has...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/11/03/marine-corps-talent-management-2030/ I assume they got the article correct about possible changes coming to the Corps. But in the review comments someone refers to white papers circulating in DC about returning Marines to strictly...

I realize that those who are at the prep schools are AD , subject to the UCMJ, getting a military salary, and out of that salary they pay for uniforms, computers, etc. I have been told by a parent that on a different forum unrelated to these forums students and parents are being encouraged to...

Is there any way to find out how many priors that were Reconnaissance Corpsman have graduated USNA in the last 10 years? Years ago, maybe 12, I was advising a young recon doc that was picked to attend NAPS. I met him thru a popular military forum . Right before that forum kind of went under...