Friend of The Corps – Toby Keith – Dead at 62 Toby was a big friend of the U.S. Military, with Songs like “American Soldier“, “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)“, and “Call a Marine“. He was also an avid USO supporter who performed for more than 250,000 troops, in 17… Continue reading Friend of The Corps – Toby Keith – Died at 62
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Generation Kill – Episode 6
Generation Kill – Episode 6 Episode 6 – Stay Frosty April 2-9, 2003 Map showing in red the path that the Marines took in episode 6 As this miniseries is based on real events, you should know that there are commanders who get fired, even in the field. You hear that many of the Marines… Continue reading Generation Kill – Episode 6
Generation Kill – Episode 5
Generation Kill – Episode 5 Episode 5 – A Burning Dog April 1-2, 2003 There is one thing that is very common in this miniseries, is they keep referring to SSgt Iceman as Sgt, and that never happens, at least in the Marine Corps that I was in. It wasn’t common for Marines to mix… Continue reading Generation Kill – Episode 5
Generation Kill – Episode 1
Generation Kill – Episode 1 This recent weekend, I decided it was time to rewatch Generation Kill for the third time, and OMG, I miss the Corps, lol. Like other Marine Corps movie reviews, I’m not going to talk about tactics. Talking tactics is like talking politics and everyone has a better idea, lol, so… Continue reading Generation Kill – Episode 1
Happy Veteran’s Birthday Marines, Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy
Happy Veteran’s Birthday Marines, Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy TL;DR = This is a long ass rambling post about the meaning of Veteran’s Day to a veteran. ***NOTE*** Happy Happy Joy Joy, is a saying that I say often and it also happens to be the title of the Ren and Stimpy Story. This post is… Continue reading Happy Veteran’s Birthday Marines, Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy
Introducing Nick the Dog
Introducing Nick the Dog Alright, all my Department of Defense (DoD) people. You are going to recognize this picture. It is of a six-year-old German Shepherd, a military working dog Nick. Nick works with the 2nd Military Police Detachment at Fort Meade, Maryland. Nick is one of six patrol explosive detection Military Working Dogs at… Continue reading Introducing Nick the Dog
LCpl Adam Douglas Driver
LCpl Adam Douglas Driver, USMC (2001-2004) I’m going to start a series of posts about famous Marines, and the first Marine, is Adam Driver. I selected Adam randomly from my list of famous Marines. I have to say that I have seen several of the films that Adam has been in and he is a… Continue reading LCpl Adam Douglas Driver
50 Insane US Marines Facts That Will Shock You!
50 Insane U.S. Marines Facts That Will Shock You! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCd2IOPqe7g ***NOTE*** This is NOT my video, yes I know that there are some inaccuracies. This is what happens when a non-Marine, tries to talk about the Corps. 50. What do they do? Just like we did in our other shows, we have to give you some… Continue reading 50 Insane US Marines Facts That Will Shock You!
National POW / MIA Recognition Day
National POW/MIA Recognition Day Did you know that nearly 81,000 American service members still remain missing after having served in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and other conflicts involving the U.S. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has worked to recover 127 service members in 2023. That is 88 members that were… Continue reading National POW / MIA Recognition Day
Veterans Crisis Line
Veterans Crisis Line Veterans Crisis Line 988 then press 1 Text 838255 then press 1 Online chat As a veteran, we carry so much on our shoulders that those who have never served will never fully understand. The load that we carry greatly varies from veteran to veteran. And sometimes that load gets way too… Continue reading Veterans Crisis Line