Author: SgtGrit

Mother/Son tattoos

My son, LCpl Joseph Wisneski, was deployed to Afghanistan for the first time last year. Before he left, I promised him we would get tattoos together when he returned. I never promise anything and I’m terrified of needles so there was no way he was going to miss this opportunity. When he came home in May, we did it. His is in memory of friends he lost while he was there. read more

CORPSMAN AWARDED VALOR MEDAL AFTER 66 YEARS

 

DETROIT, MI  — D-Day Okinawa 1 April 1945 Yontan and Kadena Airfields After 66 years, Navy Corpsman Bill “Doc” Lynne, of George Company, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1ST MARDIV was awarded the Bronze Star with “V” attachment for heroic action during the Battle for Okinawa by Major General Lawrence D. Nicholson, in Detroit, Michigan, on Sept. 10, 2011.

 

During WWII in the Pacific Theater, George Company Marines had fought valiantly and bravely at Tulagi, Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, Talasea and Peleliu. Never before had the Japanese been defeated until they faced the United States Marine Corps. read more

Marines make first extended stay in Zaranj, talk security, development

 

 

ZARANJ, Afghanistan  — For the first time since Marines assumed the operational lead of the NATO mission in Helmand and Nimroz provinces, a group of Marines spent an extended stay in Zaranj, the capital of the remote Nimroz province along the Iranian border.

As with previous trips to Zaranj, which is located in the extreme southwestern part of Afghanistan, the Marines came to mentor Afghan National Security Forces leaders.
However, the longer stay meant the Marines had to take extra efforts in security measures. read more