Obscene skies: US military pilots keep drawing penises in the sky all over the world

On Tuesday, the United States Marine Corps announced that it would be launching an investigation into reports that a Marine Corps aircraft deviated from its projected flight path to draw an obscene image in the skies over Southern California that could only be seen via flight tracking software. The unusual flight, first spotted by Aircraft […]

Marines show how F-35s can destroy targets without ever firing a shot

Throughout the F-35’s troubled development, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Defense Department have repeatedly suggested that despite the advanced stealth and better level of awareness F-35 pilots have of the battlespace, the F-35’s real secret weapon is its ability to serve as a data hub. This advanced capability, which some consider to be a requirement […]

F-35 crashes in South Carolina days after first entering combat operations

Thursday marked a momentous occasion for the trouble F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, with Marine Corps F-35Bs flying their first ever combat mission, conducting air strikes against Taliban targets. While some called the use of the advanced and stealthy F-35 for air strikes in uncontested air space a “waste” of taxpayer money, the operation provided […]

Marine Recon: Surviving war only to battle invisible injuries at home

Editor’s note: This article was originally published by SOFREP.com on April 24, 2017. This updated version of the article is being published due to the recent news that now-Colonel Homiak has been selected as the Commander of the Marine Raider Support Group based in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. All accounts in this article are based on […]

The commander who was willing to sacrifice our own for the ‘greater good’

Editor’s note: This article was originally published by SOFREP.com on June 13, 2016. A week prior to the article’s publication, the author reached out to Travis Homiak directly via DoD email to ask for comment on information in this article only to be redirected to the Marine Corps Public Affairs Office. A follow-up request was made […]

Marine separated from the Corps for white supremacy affiliation

A lance corporal in the United States Marine Corps, identified as Vasillios Pistolis, that had previously marched alongside white supremacists and bragged about his violent exploits during his rallies has been discharged from active federal service. The actions that led to his dismissal took place during a white nationalist rally held in Charlottesville, Va. and landed the […]

Old Man Fitness: Superstition, fitness and the power of belief

The old adage, “there are no atheists in foxholes,” while maybe not universally true, speaks to the level of helplessness that’s inherent to our very being. No matter how hard you work, no matter how prepared you try to be, there comes a time when there’s nothing left to do but succeed or fail. There, […]

Legendary Marine Sergeant Major Bradley Kasal’s retirement speech

Sergeant Major Bradley Kasal’s is famous Marine Corps wide for his heroic actions in the battle of Fallujah, Iraq. As a young Marine Corps recruit I was told about his heroism by my Drill Instructors. They told us that this was the Corps’ legacy and that this was the stuff Marines were made of. The […]