In the past few days a video has surfaced of some of our Marines in Afghanistan taking a moment to offer their opinion of the several Taliban fighters they’d just killed, expressed rather eloquently in the act of urinating on their corpses. In this current world of hyper-sensitivity to anything that might appear the slightest [...]
Pause with me to remember the true meaning of Memorial Day. To those that served, serve now, and will serve, my family & I thank you.
You literally can’t make this stuff up: It was to be the perfect end to a perfect day. Hillary and Jason Martin had just gotten married. They arrived at Bakersfield’s swank Padre Hotel — the bride in her wedding dress, the groom in Marine Corps dress blues. … The two were old enough to marry. [...]
Today is Veterans’ Day, originally the observance of the armistice that ended WWI. To all you vets out there I wanted to extend my sincere thanks and admiration for your service. Whether in war or peace, behind a desk or behind artillery you’ve been a part of the greatest military on Earth in service to [...]
It was 235 years ago today that the Continental Congress passed the resolution that chartered the Continental Marines, the start of the US Marine Corp. Happy Birthday, Devil Dogs!
I’ve not been following the document dump from the latest Wikileaks… uh, leak. However, there are a few items in there I’d like to see some of the most vocal members of the Left address. One of those is the confirmation that the Lancet report – you know, the one that said the US killed [...]
I wrote about the Sikorsky X2 back in September and thought I’d pass along this link to a series of pictures of the X2. There’s some updates in there about their push to get a contract to bring it into production and the pictures are just pretty cool.
Good snipers are the stuff of legends. WWII Soviet sniper Vasily Zaytsev killed 225 German soldiers and officers, including 6 enemy snipers in what amounted to long-range duels. American Marine sniper Carlos Hathcock was so effective the NVA put a $30,000 bounty on his head. He managed to take out an opponent sniper on one [...]
Earlier this year I was in downtown DC for a variety of customer meetings and I happened to pass near the Washington Convention Center. There was a military trade show going on and helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky had set up a static display tent on the lawn of the block right in front of the Center, [...]
Iran is preening for the weapons-reporting cameras, again, this time with the announcement of their first domestically-built “unmanned bomber aircraft.” Old Pres’ Ahmadinejad called it an “ambassador of death” to Iran’s enemies which, most certainly, he counts the US among. Interesting name, assuming the actual name is the Persian word for that phrase. I can’t [...]
