Nick Coffman

We all enjoy the memes of overweight service members testing the limits of their cammies, but when you think about how poorly it reflects on the rest of us, it becomes less funny.

We have all served with someone that was so incompetent you can’t believe they made it through basic training – let alone life. If you have not served, maybe it is someone you work with. For me, Lance Corporal “McLovin” was that person. He was weak, timid, irresponsible, and incapable of leading or even following. […]

Although I do get nostalgic about the Marine Corps from time-to-time, I rarely give anything related to boot camp a second thought. However, for anyone who has been through basic training in any branch of the armed services, this video is worth a watch if you want some motivation to start or end your day. […]

The author of the book 13 Hours, Mitchell Zuckoff, has refuted a CIA claim that his story distorted events, particularly in regards to the “stand down” order that is portrayed in the movie the book is based on. A spokesman for the CIA is criticizing the Michael Bay movie “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of […]

Residents from the Mexican town of El Verano are claiming that the Mexican Marines who conducted the recent raid on Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán terrorized the locals before and after the raid on the drug lord’s compound. There is reason to suspect the validity of those claims due to the fact that many of the […]

The majority of the Syrian civilian kidnap victims are reported to be women and children. As food supplies run low, they not only face the threat of being massacred by Daesh, they also struggle not to die from hunger. BEIRUT, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Islamic State militants kidnapped at least 400 civilians when they attacked […]

Female integration with males in the military will be affecting uniform standards in the near future, at least for the Marine Corps. According to Marine Corps administrative messages, the goal is for women to adopt a modified dress blues coat that closely resembles the ones currently worn by males. This is a relatively simple change […]

The Marine Corps has released the names of the twelve missing Marines that have gone missing after their helicopters crashed during a recent training exercise.  The search for the Marines continues in spite of severe water conditions in the Pacific. Marine Corps officials have identified the four officers and eight enlisted Marines missing after their […]

Sean and his Marine Corps EOD team were working on one of the roads outside of Haqlaniyah, Iraq.  The team was called to a reported IED.  When the team took a closer look they discovered that the not-so-bright terrorists had planted an illumination round under the road instead of an explosive round.  The team had […]