Marine Corps Training : Do Marines Have Better Training Than the Army?

The Marines Corps training is longer and harder than that of the Army, as the goal of the Marine Corps is to have a strong force. Find out why one of four potential Marines do not make it with information from a staff sergeant in this free video on the United States Marine Corps. read more

Justice Comes to Town!

Man, you just have to love Justice when it comes to town! =&0=&: Orville Smith, a store manager for Best Buy in Augusta, Georgia, said he observed a male customer, later identified as Tyrone Jackson of Augusta, on surveillance cameras putting a laptop computer under his jacket. When confronted the man became irate, knocked down an employee, drew a knife and ran for the door. Outside on the sidewalk were four Marines collecting toys for the "Toys for Tots" program. Smith said the Marines stopped the man, but he stabbed one of the Marines, Cpl. Phillip Duggan, in the back; the injury did not appear to be severe. After Police and an ambulance arrived at the scene Cpl. Duggan was transported for treatment. The subject was also transported to the local hospital with two broken arms, a broken ankle, a broken leg, several missing teeth, possible broken ribs, multiple contusions, assorted lacerations, a broken nose and a broken jaw, injuries he sustained when he slipped and fell off the curb after stabbing the Marine. (Now that was a well-written Police report!) Semper Fidelis, John Nihen

Libyan Operation Shows Need For Marine Version Of F-35

The coalition air operation against Muammar Ghadaffi has demonstrated the enormous capacity of the U.S. military. Precision weapons took out Ghadaffi's surface-to-air missile sites and aircraft shelters. E/A-18G Growlers jammed Libyan electronics. F-15s and F-16s conducted both counter-air and surface-attack missions. Unmanned systems, most likely the Global Hawk, provided critical reconnaissance and surveillance. read more