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Although immensely popular elsewhere in the globe, rugby didn’t start gaining any real traction in the United States until fairly recently. It’s similarities to some of American’s favorite sports, namely football and soccer, may have kept many from embracing what seems like a brutal bastardization of the two – but I think it has more […]
U.S. Marine and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force scout snipers take you behind the rifle during exercise Forest Light at Somagahara, Japan, March 10, 2017. Forest Light is one of various bi-lateral training opportunities conducted by JGSDF and deployed U.S. Marine forces to demonstrate both countries’ enduring commitment to peace, stability, and security across the region. […]
Check out these photos of U.S. Marines training in cold weather conditions during recent Exercise Forest Light in Sekiyama, Japan. U.S. Marines hike through snow at Sekiyama, Japan, during exercise Forest Light March 14, 2017. Forest Light is one of various bi-lateral training opportunities conducted by JGSDF and deployed U.S. Marine forces to demonstrate the […]
Imagine a ‘swarm’ of small drones flying in formation leading the advance into enemy territory doing surveillance and hindering hostile forces before the ground troops arrive. This is exactly what the US Marine Corps envisions with the Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarming Technology also known as LOCUST. Watch LOCUST in action! (This is so cool!) Lt. […]
There have been some questions lately as to what exactly the difference is between Force Recon and MARSOC. Aside from the fact that Special Operations Marines now have their own MOS, a lot of it comes down to recent history. In 2003, MCSOCOM Detachment One was stood up, commanded by a former commanding officer of […]
It’s a sad day when soldiers have to stand trial in civilian courts for stuff that happened on the battlefield. However not only are we there, but one soldier (Al Blackman) went to prison convicted of murder. This has subsequently been dropped to manslaughter through diminished responsibility but the facts remain that he was dragged […]
Read A Marine goes to college Part One, Two, and Three. After nearly two and a half years of taking extra classes each semester, accelerated courses during the summer and winter breaks, and doing internships during the hours that mere mortals were sleeping, I found myself closing in on graduation day… and once again, utterly […]
Film and Culture: a class where you go to watch movies and listen to lectures on the craft of creating a film. It was an interesting class, but not a hard one. Every class we would sit in the theater-like auditorium and spend the first two hours watching an entire movie. We had a variety […]
Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived in Syria this week, along with M777 Howitzers armed with 155 millimeter explosive shells. Their presence is intended to bolster the coalition of militias, collectively referred to as Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) as they continue their offensive to take ISIS’ self-declared capital, Raqqa. While the Pentagon has […]
BEIRUT — The U.S. military is getting drawn into a deepening struggle for control over areas liberated from the Islamic State that risks prolonging American involvement in wars in Syria and Iraq long after the militants are defeated. In their first diversion from the task of fighting the Islamic State since the U.S. military’s involvement […]
Tora Bora. We didn’t get Bin Laden because we couldn’t. WHAT!!! I thought we didn’t get Bin Laden because we mistakenly trusted the Afghans to do what they had promised, and we ignored very competent men on the ground who wanted to commit available US forces to the rear of Tora Bora to block Bin […]
“When Marines get bored, they start throwing rocks. It just escalates from there,” said a 1st sergeant from 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Bravo Company back in 2007. Although this statement refers to general destruction, it sometimes leads to oddly impressive feats. Check out the video below for an example. This Marine has some serious skills—namely not severing any […]
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