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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Since the war began, this southern city and surrounding countryside have been marked as the heartland of the Taliban, the insurgents' springboard to retake all of Afghanistan. It has witnessed some of the bloodiest fighting.  Full article read more

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Not your normal “Mot Video” but this video will make you think twice about the men and women in the Marine Corps. Against GySgt Wallgreens request I recorded his speach in secret….. the result is this awesome video with the last words we heard before boarding helos and heading into the heart of Marjeh. Have you ever wondered how Marines get pumped up? This video will show you how true leaders inspire their Marines to do the unthinkable.  View here read more

For over 221 years our Corps has done two things for this great
Nation. We make Marines, and we win battles.
Gen. Charles C. Krulak, USMC (CMC); 5 May 1997

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – They have been in harm’s way for years in two countries, in a branch of the military where toughness and self-reliance have been especially prized for generations. Now the Marines are struggling against an enemy that has entrenched itself over nearly a decade of war: mental illness.
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There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.
Ayn Rand

(AP) The U.S. death toll has mounted in recent weeks as American troops try to extend their reach in the southern provinces of Kandahar and Helmand, while insurgents have mounted a summer counteroffensive aimed at both international troops and the Afghan government.  Pictures and Article read more

The scuttlebutt is that Marine Commandant James T. Conway may have gotten himself into more than a little bit of trouble with his recent attacks on the Obama Administration’s policies regarding both Afghanistan and the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. His recent public remarks have gone after those two policies rather harshly, and there is a feeling that it may be time for the General to fade away a bit sooner rather than in October when he is suppose to depart and be replaced by General James Amos. Full Article read more

The overwhelming majority of Marines oppose sharing sleeping quarters with openly serving gays and lesbians, an obstacle if Congress lifts the ban on gays in the U.S. military, the top Marine said on Tuesday.

Marine Corps Commandant General James Conway, a vocal opponent of ending the military’s 17-year-old ban on openly serving homosexuals, told Pentagon reporters of the standing policy: “We’d just as soon not see it change.” read more

The top US Marine on Tuesday said most Marines would prefer not to share a room with gay comrades, despite plans by President Barack Obama to lift a ban on gays serving openly in the military.

General James Conway, who has made clear his opposition to ending the ban, said if the law is changed the Marine Corps might look for volunteers willing to share quarters with gays as some “very religious” members objected to rooming with homosexuals.   Full Article read more