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Marine Sniper Kills Five Taliban And Fires A Rocket Launcher On His Way To A...
There was only one thing to do: Marine Cpl. David Gerardi reached for the rocket launcher.Torsten Ove at The Pittsburgh Post Gazette used a Silver Star award citation to report that a group of Taliban...
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CONFIRMED: The 'Marine Vet' Standing Guard At A California School Is A Phony
Today the AP released a report on another Marine guarding a school, Sgt. Craig Pusley, who claims he served two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, leaving the Marine Corps just last year.Information...
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Marine To Be Unchained From Bed And Released From Mexican Prison
Jon Hammar, the U.S. Marine strapped to a bed in solitary confinement in a Mexican prison on a gun charge, will be released today, his mother told Fox News.His release was confirmed by the Mexican...
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The Marines Axed Their Ultimate Fighting Sponsorship After Anti-Gay Slurs
The U.S. Marine Corp quietly ended its recruitment advertising and sponsorship contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship just before Christmas because of sexist and homophobic slurs used by the...
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Reddit Thread Inspires Warner Bros Film About Modern US Marines Taking On The...
In the past decade Hollywood has given us movies that began life as theme-park rides, board games, magazine articles, and even self-help books. Now get ready for the next wave of tech-flavoured source...
View ArticleA Bombed-Out Tank Almost Became My Good Friend's Burning Coffin
Antonio and I cruise the desert of our childhood like time stopped a decade ago, with the windows rolled down. I would have been in my last year of high-school and when you are young the blinders are...
View ArticleCheck Out Colt's New Close Quarters Battle Pistol For Marine Special Operators
It's been 30 years since the Marine Corps fielded a 1911 Colt, opting instead for a Springfield manufactured version of the 45 caliber pistol. Starting this year though, Marine special operators are in...
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Is 'Mad Dog' General James Mattis Retiring? Here's 19 Unforgettable Quotes
There's been talk lately of General James N. Mattis and retirement.Mattis, currently CENTCOM commanding general, is an icon of sorts in the Marine Corps, and arguably the most famous living Marine.Skip...
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Beyoncé Forced The Marine Corps Band To Fake It Too
So not only did Beyoncé lip sync her performance, but she essentially forced the Marine Corps band to pretend to be playing their instruments.Kristin DuBois, a spokesperson for the band, said "the...
View ArticleMarine Security Guards Protect Classified Documents First, Then Personnel
The Benghazi attacks last year touched off a firestorm of debate around diplomatic security.While some suggested that Marine Embassy Security Guards (MSGs) could have prevented the attack, the reality...
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Why The Marine Corps Is Locked In A Crazy Battle With The Navy Over Camouflage
Military combat uniforms have two purposes: to camouflage soldiers, and to hold together in rugged conditions.It stands to reason that there's only one "best" pattern, and one best stitching and...
View ArticleWhen This Marine Machine Gunner Came Home From Vietnam Blind, He Almost...
When Dennis Cadigan returned from Vietnam, a Marine machine gunner blinded by an enemy booby trap and addicted to his pain medication, he almost became just another veteran statistic. His dependency on...
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Sex, Drunkenness, And Violence Among Aussie Concerns About Incoming US Marines
The United States is "pivoting" to the Pacific, and as it does, it seeks a larger partner in its Aussie allies.For Australia that partnership involves leadership appointments but also accepting a...
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14 Things You Should Know About Enlisting In The US Marines
When I first walked into my recruiting office in Bristol, CT, I didn't have a clue what to expect.I had seen military recruiters sometimes at my high school, but hadn't approached them or asked...
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Have You Been In The Military? We Want To Tell YOUR Story
What are those little nuggets of info that you wished you could have known before you went in — the ones your recruiter forget to mention?What advice would you give your younger self, if you could go...
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29 Pictures Of Marine Drill Instructors Screaming In People's Faces
Every small-town tough guy thinks he'd never take treatment like this.Then when they get down to Parris Island, that small-town tough guy quickly realizes: You will take treatment like this and like...
View ArticleHere Is What It Takes To Join The US Marines [Video]
Do you have what it takes to join the U.S. Marine Corps? In this video from BI Military & Defense, we explain the minimum requirements for men and women joining the Marines. This is by no means an...
View ArticleUS Marines Launch A 'Tosh.0' Style YouTube Show
For those Americans who are deployed or working out of foreign duty stations, the Armed Forces Network television can get pretty ... let's be nice and say, "dry.""I'm coming from AFN in Japan and once...
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Join Us On This 30-Ton Amphibious Assault Craft As We Storm The Beaches
I remember like it was yesterday, though it was 2003 when I was standing inside the well deck of the USS Essex amphibious assault ship. I was a U.S. Marine, sailing off the coast of Hawaii on a...
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The Pentagon Remains Deadly Silent About Karzai Booting US Special Forces...
Newly appointed Afghan War commander Gen. Joe Dunford stepped up to the plate in Afghanistan and, according to Foreign Policy's Gordon Lubold, promptly whiffed when Afghan President Hamid Karzai "threw...
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