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A day of reconnection for all Veteran’s and Active Duty personnel. You’ve got this Cpl’s support Marine!!…

WE ARE A STRANGE BREED…… WE RESPECT COURAGE, HONOR, COMMITMENT, AND EACH OTHER. WE ARE TOUGH, AND…

The Marine Corps is facing a historic defeat at the hands of Defense Secretary Roberts Gates, and…

I have to tell someone. Keeping it a secret all these years has taken its toll on…

Minard Willson, 91, of Mountain Home took bomb shrapnel to a leg on Guadalcanal and got his…

1/13/2011 By Cpl. Scott Schmidt, Headquarters Marine Corps ARLINGTON, Va. — The relevance of the Marine Corps…

I received a tweet from @yettajoooones on Twitter giving me a heads up on a really neat…

“A Marine is a Marine. I set that policy two weeks ago – there’s no such thing…

I follow Ashleigh’s Blog “When Three Becomes Two”. Ashleigh’s husband, a Marine, was killed in Afghanistan. Ashleigh…

I created this USMC “NCO Stripe” background for my old blog. If you would like to use…

The philosopher Plato once said “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” I…

Bruce Williams-Burden, former Navy Corpsman (RVN), wrote a book earlier this year year titled “Luminous Base”. The…

In August 1814, as the British Army approached Washington, two sergeants of the detachment at Marine Headquarters…

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No compilation of legends would be complete without mention of Lucy Brewer. A farm girl from Massachusetts,…

“Merry Christmas From Afghanistan” Merry Christmas from Afghanistan, oh man, it’s that time of year, and the…

The idiom “Tell it to the Marines” has a fascinating history, deeply rooted in the maritime traditions…

Many, many instances of the fighting spirit of Marines could be cited but one story in particular…

A couple of months ago, when I told General Krulak, the former Commandant of the Marine Corps,…

The team behind Restrepo bring us the incredible story of Staff Sgt. Sal Giunta, the first living…

In June 2009, I was interviewed by milblogger Hope Radio: How long have you been blogging? I…

This patch if for our Sister Marines! https://thesucklife.com

Source: Hough, Frank O., Verle E. Ludwig and Henry I Shaw, Jr. Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal vol.1…

LT. General Kelly – Speech on Veteran’s Day – St. Louis, MO – 11/11/10 Nine years ago…

by Wally Beddoe, 2010 Abstract This report considers the moral issues associated with killing in a war….

Look at Brian Dunn, and you see the “USMC” tattoo across his arm, the Marine haircut and…

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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of…

Miramar Air Show a spectacle in the sky – SignOnSanDiego.com https://thesucklife.com

America’s 1stSgt Vents The problem with being a Marine is sometimes lesser beings try to hobble you…

Having served as the webmaster for the USMC Combat Helicopter Association since 1997, I’ve had the privilege…

I ran across this piece while researching morality of killing in war. If “jus ad bellum” and…

Take a minute to read this moving post by my friend, America’s 1stSgt. Castra Praetoria: Corporal Joe…

A good collection of MAG-16 (and related) photos from Vietnam given to me last week by Doug…

Great song, video, & tribute! Trace Adkins, OOH-RAH!

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