Author: Cpl. Wally Beddoe

This is [forwarded] from the CO of Marine Corps Air Station, Futemna, Okinawa, Colonel Dale Smith. 17-Mar;…

Received via e-mail.. Worth viewing again if you’ve seen it before. Very moving video. NOBODY does it…

I HAVE GROWN TO LOOK UPON MARINES AS SOMETHING SACRED; I HAVE LAUGHED WITH THEM AND CRIED…

THESE BROTHERS WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!~Cpl. Beddoe During WW II, between August 1944 and mid-February 1945, the…

Feb 8, Los Angeles Times The Marine Corps of the future will be smaller and use lighter…

Three days after that (the flag raising), the war was over for Easy Company. Easy’s original total…

From SaviFilms:PLEASE check out my tribute to our troops. I know this video is important to me,…

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…

If You Know Beans About Chili, You Know That Chili Has No Beans Prepare to be amazed…

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…