February 2012
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Former Action Guy: War Dogs →
Refugees of a slightly different species.
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The first dog I can remember adopting as the unit mascot was when I was stationed in the Sinai Peninsula way back in the stone age of the early 1980’s. This mutt was the typical Middle Eastern yellow skinny dog. The same dog I saw all over the Middle East many many times and in many countries. This particular dog was a permanent fixture at the...
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"We're fucking Marines."
Sgt: Ok, here's the deal. We'll be delayed a couple of hours more.
*Room groans like crazy.
Sgt: Hey, we've been waiting for 5 months now. Another couple of hours shouldn't mean shit.
Jones: I wanna go home now!
Lacey: My wife's legs are spread out. She won't keep it open much longer!
*Room bursts to laughter.
Sgt: So that was her pussy talking to me on Skype?
*Everyone laughs some more.
Jacob: Someone tell the chair force to get their shit together Sgt.
Sgt: I could. But they're not in my chain of command.
Candyman (our corpsman - coz his name's too gay to mention): What's the hold up Sgt.?
Sgt: They're trying to fix the thingy that connects the hose to the fuel thingy.
Jones: They can't even fix their planes right.
Sgt: Hey, they need to fix that shit or we'll run out of fuel halfway home. Do you want to push the fucker the rest of the way?
Lacey: Damn right Sgt. We're fucking Marines. We do EVERYTHING.
*Everyone bursts into motardish "Ooh-rah!"
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The Speeding Ticket That Wasn't
Two Texas Highway Patrol Officers were conducting speeding enforcement on Highway 77, just south of Kingsville, Texas. One of the officers was using a hand-held radar device to check speeding vehicles approaching the nearby town.
The officers were suddenly surprised when the radar gun began reading 300 miles per hour and climbing. The officer attempted to reset the radar gun, but it would...
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South Korea holds drills despite North’s threat -... →
By Hyung-Jin Kim - The Associated Press Posted : Monday Feb 20, 2012 9:28:39 EST
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea conducted live-fire military drills near its disputed sea boundary with North Korea on Monday despite Pyongyang’s threat to respond with a “merciless” attack.
North Korea did not carry out the threat as it focuses on internal stability two months after the death of longtime...
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Why North Korea Is Nervous
Six-Nation Training Prepares For Disaster Evacuation
[Story and photo by Corporal Jonathan Wright, 12 February 2012.]
RAYONG, Thailand - Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, alongside military services from five countries in the Asia-Pacific region, combined forces to execute a multinational non-combatant evacuation operation exercise Feb. 12. Part of this year’s 31st iteration of...
N. Korea warns of "total war" over the South's... →
North Korea is fully prepared for a “total war,” and the drills will lead to a “complete collapse” of ties between the Koreas, the North’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea said in a statement carried Monday by the official Korean Central News Agency.
Seoul is closely monitoring North Korea’s reaction. The Korean peninsula has been technically at war for about 60 years (along...
the Madness of the Combat Medic: My Problem with... →
War is a terrible thing, that causes untold hardship and should only be entered into for the most serious of reasons. Even if the reasons for entering into a war are good, if you begin a conflict without clear objectives, goals or some cohesive measurement of victory, then you have not adequately prepared for war, and you’re pissing away lives for no reason.
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Germany-based soldier killed in Afghanistan - Army... →
The Associated Press Posted : Saturday Feb 18, 2012 12:08:37 EST
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The military says a soldier from Russellville has been killed in Afghanistan.
The Department of Defense announced Saturday that 30-year-old Sgt. Jerry D. Reed II died Feb. 16 in Paktika province.
The department did not release details of Reed’s death.
He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 28th...
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“Dear Commandant,
my duty’s done.
I did my watch and the time has come. Sign...”
– My journey… (Chronicles of a Marine)
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Soldier Stories: Wire watch convos with my buddy.
chroniclesofamarine:
First hour…
Him: (humming some tune)
Me: What song is that?
Him: I dunno. Just heard it from 1st platoon’s hooch.
Me: Sounds nice. Hum some more.
Second hour…
Me: See someone on that roof? Front second, below that clothesline.
Him: (looks through his sights) Some momma hanging the laundry.
Me: (looks through my sights) She keeps bending over a lot.
Him: That’s what...
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Lejeune Marine killed in Helmand combat - Marine... →
Staff report Posted : Monday Feb 13, 2012 16:37:06 EST
A Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based Marine was killed in combat Friday in Helmand province, Afghanistan. .
Lance Cpl. Osbrany Montes De Oca, 20, of North Arlington, N.J., was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines.
Further information was not immediately available.
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People are strange when you're a stranger: Glück... →
madmax0711:
6. März 2002
Oberfeldwebel Thomas Kochert (29) und Oberfeldwebel Mike Rubel (27),Kampfmittelbeseitigungskompanie 11 (EOD unit)
21. Dezember 2002
Hauptmann Friedrich Deininger (53), Heeresfliegerregiment 25, OberleutnantUwe Vierling (31), …
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Soldier Stories: After Action
The picture.
“After Action.” Numbered pencils on Bristol paper, October 2008.
A thousand words.
That day was sort of a microcosm of the stupidity and pointlessness of our involvement in the middle east. In Iraq I was in the heavy weapons section of a light infantry unit; assuming that you dont speak army-ease, our unit was airborne, so we carried everything with us (ie, no...
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