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Two Marines on Okinawa, Japan, have drown in as many days, prompting the III Marine Expeditionary Force to temporarily ban swimming and other water recreational activities, said III MEF spokeswoman Lt. Jacky Chow. The Marines died on Saturday and Sunday in separate incidents at Maeda Point, Chow said in an email. A total of three […]
First and foremost, if you’ve spent more than a decade in service, you have a certain amount of street cred with me. Officer or enlisted, odds are very good that you have been around and at least seen the ramifications of good leadership, bad leadership, and the effects of combat. I’m not saying you’ve been […]
As part of an article featuring a veteran adventure therapy organization, SOFREP was fortunate to speak with retired Force Recon Marine Staff Sergeant Jonathon Blank about his background and experiences working with Mission Volant. Tell us a little bit about your military background I was born in Wichita, KS. I enlisted in the Marine Corps […]
SOFREP spoke with the Robbie Hill, Director of Mission Volant, to find out how his organization is helping veterans. Tell us about your military and professional background I’m an active duty Marine of over 10 years, serving as a MV-22 Osprey Crew Chief, with multiple deployments, various personal and professional awards. I strive to be […]
As European allies watch Russian aggression in Europe with concern, the Norwegian government is considering allowing a small contingent of U.S. Marines to be based in the country to facilitate better military cooperation and be at the ready in the event of a crisis, Military.com has learned. The force under consideration is small, about 300 […]
The U.S. military is fatter than ever, and the Army is leading the way with more than one in 10 soldiers considered clinically overweight, according to new Defense Department data obtained by Military Times. Coming in a close second is the Air Force, followed by the Navy. Marines appear to be the fittest service members […]
Tell us a little bit about your military background My name is Jaclyn Imperati. I joined the Marine Corps Reserve in August 2006 as an 0612 Field Wireman with the 6th Communications battalion in New York. I was deployed to Al Taqaddum, Iraq with the 9th Communications battalion from February to August of 2008. I […]
While serving as a Marine during the Battle of Peleliu in 1944 in the Pacific, Howell’s unit came under fire and he was struck by shrapnel in the buttocks.
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Welcome to war, bad guys will try to kill you. A recording of US Marines taking cover in their deployment barracks as an indirect fire, mortar attack is underway. This is quite possibly what the PTSD sounds like, or simply the sound of an FNG shitting himself.
Dagger 22 follows the author, SSgt Michael “Ski” Golembesky, and his team of Marine Raiders (MSOT 8222) on their 2009-2010 deployment to Bala Murghab, Afghanistan. In Golembesky’s first book, Level Zero Heroes, he highlights how MSOT 8222 made the best of a deployment where the rules of engagement forced them to regularly be on the […]
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The gauntlet includes events in five categories: The HITT assessment, a 300-yard power shuttle, a tactical hill climb, a virtual marksmanship test and a tactical fitness challenge. But there’s a catch: Competitors didn’t know which of 150 possible events would be graded until the day of the event.
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