Lone Marine Rolling Thunder
With a broken wrist!!
3/5 Sangin deployment (part 2 of 2).wmv
Tribute to the Marines of the Darkhorse Bn and their families. Hope you enjoy
24 years and the stripe still runs deep
Here is my new tattoo I recently had done after being out 24 years. It will always remind me of what it means to receive the NCO blood stripe, and what it represents. I came up with the concept, my son sketched it 2 years ago, and the tattoo artist finalized it. I think it’s awesome, and I’m proud of those who gave all so that we all can have the freedom that we enjoy today.
Marines Wearing Ballistic Underwear
Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan – U.S. Marines here are protecting their, um, assets with new, state-of-the-art ballistic underwear.
The undergarments, which are similar to spandex shorts, have a special material that helps protect their private parts from shrapnel and debris during a blast.
Will Rogers’ Wisdom
Will Rogers, who died in a 1935 plane crash, was one of the greatest political sages this country has ever known.
Enjoy the following:
1. Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.
2. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.
3. There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.
Improvise, adapt, overcome!
Improvise, adapt, overcome!
Aboard an Osprey in Helmand Province
Aboard an Osprey in Helmand Province, Afghanistan – Osprey-bashing is still much in style in Congress and other venues, but not in the southern deserts of Afghanistan.
The ungainly aircraft, which lift off and land like a helicopter and fly like a fixed-wing prop aircraft, have gone into the short-haul business of ferrying troops and cargo for the Marine Corps in Helmand province, and they’ve begun shedding their bad reputation in the process.
Fighter Jet Crash! OOPS!
The Wing Commander Wants To See You In His Office!
We’re Winning in Helmand
Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan – Asked point-blank “Are coalition forces winning the war in Helmand?” a senior military commander here said: “Yes.”
“I can say that definitively,” said Marine Col. Norman Cooling, the operations officer for the regional command, where 20,000 coalition troops are deployed.
My Brothers
It started with two brother wanting to know what happen to eachother. It only took 20 years and facebook to help bring us back together. We ate the same sand together, laughed together, cryed together, and loved and hated each other together.
On May 12th, 2011 we stood together once more. Older and wiser but still the same. We rented a house in Surf City, NC and it was there that we realized we are more than brothers of a unit or division. We realized we were brothers for life and that our children have many many uncles. Those that couldn't make were there by pictures posted on facebook and phone calls being made. We ate, we drank, we talked, we relaxed, we slept, and we listened.