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How to Register and Submit a Guest Post on TheSuckLife.com

Whether you’re a Marine or Corpsman with a story to tell, a patriot with something on your…

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The China Marines: The Post That Time Forgot

Before the first Higgins boat hit Tarawas reef, before Semper Fi echoed through Khe Sanh or Helmand,…

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Inside the Sacred Walls of Trader Jon’s

There are bars, and then there’s Trader Jon’s, where the floor was sticky, the air was thick…

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Semper Fidelis – Our Motto

In the world of the United States Marine Corps, words do not just carry meaning, they carry…

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Green Side Out, Brown Side Out

In the United States Marine Corps, every phrase carries weight. Some are barked as commands, others whispered…

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Keto: The Unlikely Marine of 1776

Jonathan Martin, also known as Keto, holds the quiet distinction of being the first documented Black Marine…

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Tell Me About the Old Corps

In the days when I entered the Corps, 782 gear consisted of one short sword, one shield…

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Roll Call: Sgt. John Beeman, 1964-1970

John Beeman MCRD San Diego | Sergeant | 6400 | 1964 – 1970 Then Now The Journey…

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Roll Call: Cpl. Wally Beddoe, 1981-1985

Wally Beddoe MCRD San Diego, Cpl, 3073, 1981, 1985 Then Now The Journey Begins I joined mostly…

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Discipline’s Dark Night, 1956

On the humid night of April 8, 1956, Staff Sergeant Matthew McKeon led his platoon of fresh-faced…

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The Few, The First: A Night at Tun Tavern, 1775

Setting: Tun Tavern, Philadelphia, December 1775. It’s the coldest winter in recent memory, but inside, the heat…

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“Rush Act”, The Last Extraction

Que Son Mountains, South Vietnam, November 1970 The jungle doesn’t whisper, it swallows. Rain clawed at the…

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Boot Camp at PI, 1967: The Hell Before Vietnam

At Parris Island, I was in First Battalion. The First and Second Battalions lived in WWII era,…

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Smoke’em If You Got’em – A Boot Camp Story

The plywood walls of the target shed pressed in around me like a coffin as Staff Sergeant…

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The Quiet Valor of Colonel William R. Higgins, USMC

Colonel William Richard Higgins was born on January 15, 1945, in Danville, Kentucky, and raised in Louisville,…

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Memorial Day: Reflection, Not Mourning

MEMORIAL DAY 2025 by Capt. Ben Cascio, USMC Ret. Another Memorial Day is upon us. Not that…

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Every day in Vietnam seemed like a Monday

Every day in Vietnam seemed like a Monday, because the weekend good times were over, and you…

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I Read Today

Today’s newspaper carried a short obituary about a young Marine who died recently in the Middle East….

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Seems I Can Never Get Clean

Listen, I take Saturday showers like most of you; even use soap and water when I do….

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Resurrecting the Few: The Navy Act of 1794

When the muskets fell silent in 1783, and the Treaty of Paris declared American independence a reality,…

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Guadalcanal: The Marines’ Crucible in the Pacific

The Battle of Guadalcanal (August 7, 1942 – February 9, 1943) was the first major Allied offensive…

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Sunrise at 12,388 Feet: A Marine’s Journey up Mount Fuji

The sun broke over the horizon in a brilliant display of orange and gold, painting the clouds…

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YT-14: The Last Helicopter Lost in Vietnam

At dawn on April 29, 1975, the CH-46D Sea Knight, known as YT-14, stood ready on the…

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Music to My Ears

Whenever I am in the back yard and hear the sound of rotor blades, I’m reminded of…

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Combat Story, Bin Laden Was Not a Fan

Combat zone, combat pay, no CAR. I always feel weird when asked about being a combat Marine….

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Talk to Me

Down the street from me is a former WW-II Coast Guard type. He keeps telling me he…

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One Horse To Give

In 1985, I was a young LCpl, 5811 at Camp H. M. Smith, HI (Now Marine Base…

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THESUCKLIFE Takes the Mic on Gunny G’s Podcast

I recently had the opportunity to join Gunny G on his Pit-Talk Podcast, where we discussed a…

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Bea Arthur, Hunter College, and the First Women Marines

When we think of Marines, we often picture the sun, bleached sand of Parris Island or the…

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From The Journals of Resupply Magazine

I’m writing this now before the few memory banks I have left slowly turn the ones I…

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3/5 transferred to 1st MPs Danang Airbase Dec. 1966

At the end of 1966 I transferred from 3/5 to 1st MPs at Danang Airbase. The CO…

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The Skipper Wants To See Ya

Do you remember the last time the Skipper requested you front and center yourself in his presence…

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Zulu Company: Marines on the Perimeter

During the turbulent years of the Vietnam War, the U.S. Marines were not only called to engage…

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My Momma Didn’t Tell Me to Bring More

When my Momma sent me off to the Vietnam camp-o-ree with a few other MAG-36 folks during…

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Third Battalion Fifth Marines 1966 Vietnam

I have always regarded my 1966-67 Viet Nam combat tour with the Marine Corps as a remarkable…

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Boarding Pass Please

Recent budget hearings in Washington have led some to believe changes must be made in the Defense…