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The Battle of Fallujah in 2004 was a pivotal showdown, where coalition forces clashed with deeply entrenched insurgents in the heart of a dense urban landscape.

Rear Adm Robert Byron “By” Fuller is one of the dozens of men who braved the severe treatment as a Prisoner of War during the Vietnam War.

On Veterans Day we remember those who when their country asked, “Who will give their very lives to defend us?” raised their hands and said, “Here am I, send me.”

Lance Cpl. Chesty XV, the Marine Corps mascot, participates in an evening parade at Marine Barracks Washington in Washington, D.C., July 17, 2020. The mascot has been named after the legendary Lieutenant General Chesty Puller, who received an astounding five Navy Crosses and one Army Distinguished  Service Cross during his lengthy career that spanned 3 […]

Chief Special Warfare Operator Charles Keating IV was killed during a firefight with ISIS forces in May 2016. He was part of a quick reaction force (QRF) that was trying to rescue a joint American-Kurdish force that came under attack by scores of ISIS fighters. For his heroism in the battle, SOC Keating received the […]

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 […]

Bruce McCandless, former Navy Pilot and astronaut, died on Thursday, the 21st. McCandless was known primarily for being the first man to make an untethered space walk, otherwise known as “untethered free flight,” where they disconnect entirely from their spacecraft and head on out into the abyss. The image featured above is the famous picture […]

This is how he repaid the infidels: A second suspect was arrested on Saturday in connection with the subway attack at London’s Parsons Green station that left 30 people injured, officials announced on Sunday as the city’s terror threat level is downgraded to “severe.” A 21-year-old man was arrested late Saturday night in Hounslow in […]

Staff Sgt. Eric Smith, who retired from the United States Marine Corps before becoming a firefighter in Irving, Texas, had his Silver Star upgraded to a Navy Cross in a recent ceremony presided over by Maj. Gen. Paul Kennedy, head of Marine Corps Recruiting Command.  The Navy Cross is the second highest valor award a […]

Short Roundup this week folks. The stupidity of this last week has drained me. -BK. USS Indianapolis wreckage found: In the 72 years since the Indianapolis, a United States Navy cruiser, sank about 12 minutes after being torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, the disaster has inspired controversy, dozens of books, a play and a famous […]

During the early years of World War II, the United States Marine Corps Raider battalions became the first American elite units committed to battle the Axis. Though originally conceived as a counterpart to the British commandos, the Raiders proved to be much more, and like their English brethren, laid the groundwork for the future while […]

According to USA Today and the San Diego Union-Tribune, in a ceremony in Virginia Beach, Virginia on January 13, 2017, outgoing Navy Secretary Ray Mabus presented upgraded valor medals to 16 Navy special operations personnel (or their families, in the case of two of the fallen sailors), including a posthumous Navy Cross to the family […]