March 2012
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February 2012
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I'm Not Gay
letsgottoafghanistan:
But I do love Lady Gaga, Miguel, “Legally Blonde” the musical, Appletinis, and this dude.
I 100% support gays being allowed to serve openly in the military, and equal rights across the board as civilians.
If you are brave enough to want to wear the uniform, and want to fight side by side with me, then that is enough for me. No qualifiers necessary.
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the Madness of the Combat Medic: Getting Things... →
I have delayed for a long time writing about this. I like to keep my blog off topics that are current, the reason is that I don’t like getting dragged into debates that are going to turn into petty and really pointless mud slinging fights. The events surrounding 12 July 2007, are just one of those fights. One only needs to see the name of the gunship footage Wikileaks gave. ...
I cried in Chase's arms this afternoon.
chroniclesofamarine:
The first time I cried in public.
I didn’t care if people were around or that some of the guys gave us funny looks. Chase didn’t either, and held me in his arms as long as I held on to him.
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Soldier Stories: Goodbyes are the hardest when it...
chroniclesofamarine:
Today I chanced upon Mr. Candyman at the MCX. He’s our corpsman back in the Suck, and one of the few people I’ve grown close with through the brief time I was deployed (yes, 5 months is nothing compared to the rest of the platoon. And I respect them immensely for that.).
I saw him buying a new pair of sunglasses and greeted him ‘hey.’ He took a second looking at himself at...
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“Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
Trouble no...”
– From “Act of Valor,” via Absolutely American
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Soldier Stories: So I've been catching up on the...
chroniclesofamarine:
And I’ve come to realize that most people get emotional for the wrong reasons.
Whitney Houston dies, and people start feeling sorry for her. Ok, granted that she was a great singer and an inspiration for many, but she’s dead because she couldn’t get the strength to get help or hang on for her daughter and her fans. Am I accusing her of being stupid? Crucify me if I say I...
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Stuff n Things: The burning of Qurans in Bagram. →
sapper-mike:
Was it right? No. Was it probably some idiot that didn’t realize what they were doing? Yes. The biggest riots were actually in the town just outside of my FOB. I feel bad being on leave and not being there with my guys during this, but the guys haven’t seemed worried at all in their messages to…
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sapper-mike:
Sorry for the Afghan spam. Actually, no, I’m not. I’m stressed being back in the States. I’m happy that life went on while I’ve been gone, I want Americans happy. Thing is, with things getting a lil hot over there, I do not feel right being away from my guys. They need me. Fuck, I need them. They help make me a much better man.
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Stewart GIs named as victims of Afghan attack -... →
Staff report Posted : Saturday Feb 25, 2012 9:21:08 EST
The Pentagon on Friday identified the two soldiers killed earlier this week by a man dressed in an Afghan army uniform.
Army Sgt. Joshua A. Born, 25, of Niceville, Fla., and Army Cpl. Timothy J. Conrad Jr., 22, of Roanoke, Va., were killed Thursday in Nangarhar province of wounds suffered “when their unit came under small arms...
Taliban's Response to Obama's Apology: 'Kill Them,... →
(CNSNews.com) – In the wake of President Barack Obama sending a three-page letter to Afghan President Hamid Kharzai, apologizing for U.S. forces having mistakenly burned some Qur’ans at a U.S. air base in Afghanistan, the Taliban is calling on Muslims to kill Americans or beat them and take them as prisoners.
[Religious fanatics are the same the world over, regardless of their religion:...
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Marines search for answers after fatal training... →
By Dustin Gardiner and Richard Ruelas - The (Phoenix) Arizona Republic Posted : Friday Feb 24, 2012 7:45:23 EST
YUMA -The remote areas surrounding this Marine Corps town are favored for helicopter training, in part, because the desert landscape resembles that of war zones in Afghanistan and Iraq.
On Wednesday, however, the casualties fell close to home in one of the Marine Corps’...
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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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