Category: TheSuckLife

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Fourth of July

Enjoy your freedoms on the 4th of July!

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The Iwo Jima Story

Life: A Dual Value. One often hears the statement “self preservation is the first law of nature.”…

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The things they carry in Afghanistan

Editor’s note: David Fennell of Littleton is a major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is stationed…

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Side by Side

By Second Lieutenant Eric Montgomery, U.S. Marine Corps For one former enlisted Marine and veteran of the…

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How to Observe Memorial Day

How to Observe Memorial Day The “Memorial” in Memorial Day has been ignored by too many of…

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Marines still the mavericks we need

By VICTOR DAVIS HANSON, NEW YORK POST HBO’s 10-part series on the Pacific campaign of World War…

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I Read Today …

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

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Marines, journalists caught in Afghanistan firefight

By Dan Lamothe – Staff writerPosted : Thursday May 20, 2010 18:26:16 EDT MARJAH, Afghanistan — The…

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We take our flag every where we go!

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Compilation of soldiers coming home and surprising their families!

Be forewarned, this is cool.~Wally https://thesucklife.com

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LUMINOUS BASE

A couple months ago, I was contacted by Bruce Williams-Burden, a former Navy Corpsman. Bruce was wrapping…

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Beer For My Horses

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Dog Tags For Kids

Help us send dog tags to troops in Iraq, Kuwait, and Afghanistan so they can send them…

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River City

You won’t find ‘River City’ on a map in Afghanistan Northern Helmand Province – U.S. Marines stationed…

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Salute to SSGT Barrett Dilley

“Where do I begin to tell the world about my Marine? There isn’t enough paper to describe…

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Give the 1stSgt a growl

“For the record, America’s 1stSgt hates Oorah! I can’t stand it for a number of reasons. Let…

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Castra Praetoria

Time to help recognize some true Marine blogging efforts here: Read below.  Vote.~Wally Hey people!I need you to…

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Honoring a Fallen Milblogger: Air Force Captain, Jenna Wilcox

RIP Captain..~Wally ———- Forwarded message ———-From: Milblogging.com Webmaster Date: Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 16:51Subject: Honoring a…

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CMC USMC 2010 Posture Statement to Congress

STATEMENT OF GENERAL JAMES T. CONWAY, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS,  BEFORE THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE…

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The Battle for Hill 400

My good friend Jim Hatch directed me to this story, he was a Marine helicopter co-pilot during…

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Mock Prison Riot in Iraq

From my cousin, a civilian contractor, working with the military in Iraq. Now, don’t get me wrong,…

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Aerial Combat Footage from Afghanistan!

U.S. Army Apache!!

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The Making of a Marine

February 18, 2010The short essay below is by Jordan Blashek, Princeton 2009, who decided to turn down…

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Purple Foxes – February 7, 1969 and 2007

On February 7, 1969, a Marine helicopter crashed in Vietnam, killing six of the seven on board….

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Inside the White House: The Marine Sentries

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Avatar: This Marine’s Review

Sitting in the stadium-seating theater this evening, wearing my 3-D glasses, my son Jake and I could…

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Women in Combat?

In my philosophy class, the discussion of women in combat is on the agenda this week. So…

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History of the challenge coin

Story by Cpl. Wil Acosta MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. (March 4, 2005) — Military…

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The Real Rules of War

By WARREN KOZAK Five years ago, a particularly gruesome image made its way to our television screens…

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

by Wally Beddoe, December 2009 University of Bridgeport, Psychology Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a condition that…

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Ollie North on America’s Troops

Watch the video bottom of this article~Wally FOX NEWS/WASHINGTON — America is at war. According to the…

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Ben Stein at Camp Pendleton, CA

Thursday, a dreary, cold day in Southern California . My pal Lisa Agustsson and I drove down…

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Thank You to all Vietnam Vets from a Marine in Iraq

A guy gets time to think over here and I was thinking about all the support we…

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Sikorsky UH-34D Helicopter: Dog of War

Think of Yankee Lima Four Two as a time machine: Jump in and you’re back in Vietnam….

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USMC Button Insignia

The oldest military insignia in continuous use in the United States. It first appeared, as shown here,…

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HAPPY 234th BIRTHDAY MARINES! (10 NOV 1775)

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