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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. […]
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 […]
Success breeds success. That theory holds true for not only my collegiate softball team, but for the Marine Corps as well. We have high standards for a reason, and they should not be lowered to accommodate weaker individuals.
Operation Tailwind had rocked the NVA brass into rallying hordes of North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao troops.
Although much information regarding the crash has not been released at this point, the USMC has identified the pilot involved in the Wednesday morning crash of a VMFA-232 F/A-18C Hornet in Suffolk, UK. According to a USMC press release, Major Taj “Cabbie” Sareen was “deployed as part of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – […]
This is a great video if you like watching ridiculous amounts of lead getting thrown around! The video takes place over Yodaville, a mock town/village near Yuma, AZ. This brief snippet is part of a larger exercise called WTI or Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course, which Curt Jans covered in a fantastic series of articles […]
In this week’s SOFREP News Roundup, BK rails on wasteful military spending, Syrian immigration, breastfeeding Army moms, and lascivious Brits.
Please forgive us, oh FighterSweep faithful, for not bringing you our weekly dose of afterburner yesterday. But we haven’t forgotten about our weekly treat of reheat. This week’s edition will be a one-off, a Burner Saturday, if you will, thanks to the Werewolves of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA-) 122, who are in northeast Tennessee […]
An eager crowd poured out of side doors of the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center, straining to catch a glimpse of history as one of the last USMC CH-46 Sea Knights touched down for the final time. Hundreds of iPhones were raised in the air as the onlookers offered their own salute to […]
With our latest gallery, we would like to honor the men and women of the United States Marine Corps‘ tactical aviation community who have played any role in flying, maintaining, or supporting the F/A-18 Hornet. The USMC Hornet fleet is a great example of the “Do more with less” mentality that we are used to […]
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