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Two were honored for their actions in Taliban ambush.
CAMP PENDLETON, CALIF. – On two successive mornings in July, Joseph Gould woke up at 3 a.m. with an overwhelming need to pray for his son, a Navy corpsman deployed in Afghanistan. “I awoke and I felt like Peter was in trouble,” he said.
USMC Recon History – 1950
260 pictures with written history.
Very interesting and well done.
Talk about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder…
I recently came back from a tour of duty in Afghanistan .
Having not seen my wife for several months, I was looking forward to a night of hot passionate xes with her.
Unfortunately she came out of the shower with a towel wrapped around her head, so I shot her.
CAMP LEJEUNE — Shannon Maxwell, author of “Our Daddy is Invincible,” a first-of-its-kind children's book that aims to help families of service members who've been injured in the line of duty, signed books Friday at Camp Lejeune.
A former Navy Petty Officer was awarded the Silver Star with Valor device on Wednesday, more than four decades after his heroic actions on a battlefield in Vietnam.
Marine Commandant Gen. James T. Conway, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Carlton Kent and other dignitaries attended the ceremony that honored Dennis L. Noah at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle.
True-Life Grit
Marine-to-Marine reporting from Bing West in Afghanistan
Bing West is the author of the new book The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan. West is a combat vet himself, and the book is an on-the-scene chronicle of the war we’re in. The 70-year-old West compares himself to “the old football player invited to sit on the bench” and tells National Review Online’s Kathryn Jean Lopez that “the young grunts are stronger and smarter than we were, but we were better looking.”
Patrol Base Fires, Sangin District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
The view from this platoon outpost in southern Afghanistan is unobstructed, both visually and strategically. On all sides stretch flat, bare, winter farmlands dotted with walled compounds. The strategy is aggressive patrolling to kill and drive out the Taliban, who have acted as the rural government here for 15 years.
Best horse name ever.
ARLINGTON , Va. — When the remains of a Vietnam War soldier buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery were identified in 1998 using DNA, Pentagon officials proudly said that the days of interring service members as “Unknown” could well be over.
On Saturday, July 24th, 2010 the town of Prescott Valley, AZ, hosted a Freedom Rally. Quang Nguyen was asked to speak on his experience of coming toAmerica and what it means. He spoke the following in dedication to all Vietnam Veterans. Thought you might enjoy hearing what he had to say:
35 years ago, if you were to tell me that I am going to stand up here speaking to a couple thousand patriots, in English, I'd laugh at you. Man, every morning I wake up thanking God for putting me and my family in the greatest country on earth.
I just want you all to know that the American dream does exist and I am living the American dream. I was asked to speak to you about my experience as a first generation Vietnamese-American, but I'd rather speak to you as an American.
If you hadn't noticed, I am not white and I feel pretty comfortable with my people.
I am a proud US citizen and here is my proof. It took me 8 years to get it, waiting in endless lines, but I got it and I am very proud of it.
I still remember the images of the Tet offensive in 1968, I was six years old. Now you might want to question how a 6-year-old boy could remember anything. Trust me, those images can never be erased. I can't even imagine what it was like for young American soldiers, 10,000 miles away from home, fighting on my behalf.
35 years ago, I left South Vietnam for political asylum. The war had ended. At the age of 13, I left with the understanding that I may or may not ever get to see my siblings or parents again. I was one of the first lucky 100,000 Vietnamese allowed to come to the US. Somehow, my family and I were reunited 5 months later, amazingly, in California. It was a miracle from God.
If you haven't heard lately that this is the greatest country on earth, I am telling you that right now. It was the freedom and the opportunities presented to me that put me here with all of you tonight. I also remember the barriers that I had to overcome every step of the way. My high school counselor told me that I cannot make it to college due to my poor communication skills. I proved him wrong. I finished college. You see, all you have to do is to give this little boy an opportunity and encourage him to take and run with it. Well, I took the opportunity and here I am.