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Shurab City, Afghanistan – They said it was 120 degrees as the patrol came to the wire and the big berm at one of the main gates to the sprawling Camp Leatherneck base in central Helmand province.
The Marines thought it was hotter but no matter. They locked and loaded, and nine of them plus their interpreter, Sami, climbed back aboard the two lumbering anti-mine vehicles mounted with 50-caliber machine guns and rumbled into a desert wasteland that stretched to the horizon.
Camp Hanson, Afghanistan – The Marines of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment, are in the Marjah area of Helmand province, a former Taliban stronghold, where they are aggressively patrolling and bringing aid to the locals to prevent the return of the enemy. “I think we really have the Taliban on the run,” said Lt. Col. John Herrill, but he warned that Pakistani Taliban were attempting to infiltrate the area.
Earlier we sent you a news release aboutabout former Marine Terry Mahoney and his3-day, 95-mile hiketo raise money for the Sentinels of Freedom to help severely-wounded vets. He startedhis hikeat Saluda, VAearly this morning and is about 10 miles into it, following Highway 17. His95-mile hike fromSaluda (nearWilliamsburg) to Quantico described below.Full details are below. Updates are posted onFacebook aton.fb.me/mklgy5
Abandoning his fighter plane to a watery grave was something John Zoellner hated to do, but the future funeral director didn't have much of a choice.
As he was winging his way back from patrol, the engine conked out over the south Pacific.Goodbye Vietnam and PTSD from a U S Marine
Very well done, very powerful.
He is also wearing a Sgt Grit customized golf shirt.
I had this done in 2007 and since then I’ve had more added to it at the bottom. I had “Once a Marine, Always a Marine”
Dear Sgt Grit,
I feel like the worst mom ever. My son is in boot camp (Marine Corps) of which I am very proud. To make a long story short, he left in September, got hurt after 3 weeks, went to MRP, was kept there for 3 weeks and was told off and on that he would be sent home. His moral dropped to an all time low. After being given a clean bill of health he was picked up by another PLT and regained a good deal of his motivation. Last week he failed his rifle quals and was told that if he failed again on Friday, he would be set back two weeks. He wrote me stating that he would not be set back if he failed because he would just go to MRP and
tell them he was going to hurt himself and then they would send him home. He also went on to complain about how he had just set too high a goal for himself on becoming a Marine. At first I was shocked, then I became enraged. How could this knucklehead son of mine come up with this pile of sh–? It didn't sound like him. I couldn't sit back and let him quit. A Marine once offered that if I ever had an emergency he would help get me in contact with my son. I explained the situation to him and although this wasn't an emergency he said he would do what he could. He spoke with the SDI and they agreed to let me speak with my son. I think they were all expecting me to give him some words of encouragement but I was so consumed by my anger that I just let him have it. I can't even remember all that I said but I do remember some statements such as “You will NOT F—–g quit. The only way you're getting
off that island is broken or as a Marine! Suck it up!” etc.
Now that it is all said and done I feel like total crap. I never
once asked him how he was, or wished him a happy birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Years. I used up my one favor on yelling at my son! I'm sure it didn't go too good for him having his mom called either. I wrote him a letter but I don't think it will get there by Friday. I want to know if any of you Marines were ever yelled at by your mom in boot camp when you were low and if so how long it took you to forgive her.
This series primarily consists of command chronologies of U.S. Marine Corps units that served during the time of the Vietnam Conflict, and includes the records of those units that served in Vietnam as well as domestically and throughout the world. Most of these chronologies include four common sections of information: organizational data, narrative summaries of events, accomplishments and losses, sequential listings of significant events within the unit, and supporting documentation. More extensive chronologies include lists of commanders, lists of staff officers, lists of location(s) where units were stationed, lists of awards and training received, lists of operations participated in, situation reports, and records relating to community relations activities.
2nd Mar Div and the units I was in from ’82-’86
Some stats I had not seen before. Staggering.
There are 58,267 names now listed on that polished black wall, including
those added in 2010.
The names are arranged in the order in which they were taken from us by date
and within each date the names are alphabetized. It is hard to believe it
is 36 years since the last casualties.
