Marines Refueling over Iraq
Nothing like a good plug with the tanker when you need one.
Marine Super Bugs refuelling over Iraq from a KC-130
Always Remember The Sacrifice!!
July 2, 1943, Rendova!
KILLED IN A JAPANESE BOMBING RAID
EDGAR BARTON, RENDOVA, JULY 2, 1943 – 24TH NCB
WILLIAM BYRD, RENDOVA, JULY 2, 1943 – 24TH NCB
GUSTAV DRESNER, RENDOVA, JULY 2, 1943 – 24TH NCB
ROBERT EVANS, RENDOVA, JULY 2, 1943 – 24TH NCB
CHARLES GAMBRELL, RENDOVA, JULY 2, 1943 – 24TH NCB
EDWARD LABEDZ, RENDOVA, JULY 2, 1943 – 24TH NCB
CLARENCE LAMBESIS, RENDOVA, JULY 2, 1943 – 24TH NCB
RAYMOND LOVELACE, RENDOVA, JULY 2, 1943 – 24TH NCB
WILLIAM PERKINS, RENDOVA, JULY 2, 1943 – 24TH NCB
ROBERT ROACH, RENDOVA, JULY 2, 1943 – 24TH NCB
WILLIAM ROGERS, RENDOVA, JULY 2, 1943 – 24TH NCB
STACY ROMINE, RENDOVA, JULY 2, 1943 – 24TH NCB
ALFRED ROSENDALE, RENDOVA, JULY 2, 1943 – 24TH NCB
IRWIN LEE, RENDOVA, JULY 2, 1943 – 24TH NCB
GEORGE STEPHENSON, RENDOVA, JULY 2, 1943 – 24TH NCB
Korean Marines/Chosin commemoration in Korea
I’m Fred Jameson, primary TSC Officer for Marine Corps Forces, Pacific. I’m also a Colonel, USMCR. If your Korean veterens don’t know it now, we’re in the middle of planning significant commemorations of Incheon and Chosin in Korea on their anniversaries. The Chosin event will occur on November 10 in Seoul, and we believe that it will feature both the Silent Drill Platoon and the Korean Marines Ceremonial Unit. Should be a great show for our great veterens. I can direct them to the right people if they’re interested. Best place for you to contact me is this email jamesonfd@gmail.com , or my work email (fred.jameson@usmc.mil). The 60th anniversary is the most auspicious in Korean culture, so this should be a big deal..
Raise the Banner
Raise the Banner
Victory Over the Enemy
Formosa (now called Taiwan) was the original mission objective, but at Admiral Mitiz's recommendation, the invasion was changed to Okinawa to allow more rapid movement for the Allies toward the Japanese mainland. We who made the landing on April 1, 1945 expected the same kind of deadly Japanese reception as at Peleliu-an intensive, life-and-death struggle on the beaches. Instead it was a relatively peaceful landing.
Chief of Staff
Chief of Staff
We are always on the Anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.
Henry Ward Beecher
I still chuckle about my chance encounter with Colonel Amor LeRoy Sims, USMC, almost 60 years ago on Goodenough Island. I don't think as a Private I had ever seen a full Marine Colonel, let alone been "addressed" by one. I had been in the Corps less than one year. In my 19-year-old mind, a Marine Colonel was sort of like the Vice President of the US.
The Surgeon Who Did Not Want The Medal of Honor
The Surgeon Who Did Not Want the Medal of Honor
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
General George S. Patton, Jr.
David Taft was a young boy at the movies in Ames, Iowa with his father and brother John watching "Sergeant York" when the bombing of Pearl Harbor took place on 7 December 1941. He vividly remembers the distress and anger that emanated from his father's reaction to the unprovoked attack.
Our Mortality
Our Mortality
O death, where is thy sting?
O grave, where is thy victory?
1 Corinthians 15
A hearty Semper Fi greeting to each of you in the beginning of the year 2006! May it be a year full of spiritual blessings and may you grow in grace and in the knowledge of the amazing ways of our sovereign Lord.
The Password
The Password
Communications dominate war; broadly considered,
they are the most important single element in strategy, political or military.
Rear Adm. Alfred Mahan, 1900
During combat in WWII in the Pacific, the enemy was often a skilled infiltrator and night fighter. Because of this, Marine units found it necessary to adopt a different password for identification every night. In the First Marine Division, before nightfall, the password was sent out verbally through the regiments, battalions, companies and on down to platoons, squads, weapons-served units and tank crews. Every man knew that, usually simple, but vital one word. Sometimes a double word was used like Harley-Davidson.
What Will This Day Bring Forth?
What Will This Day Bring Forth?
"And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country,
and laid on him the cross to carry it behind Jesus."
-Luke 23:26
We never know what will happen in any given day. That is never more true than in warfare. But the soldier or Marine has geared his mind for a vast array of unexpected experiences and casualties. Seldom do we think we will be WIA or KIA. We don't say we won't be hit, but subconsciously feel it will be someone else…unless there is a clear premonition, which does happen in a few singular cases.