Category " United States Marine Corps"

U.S. Marine Snipers Posing With Nazi Flag The picture says it all, or at least most of it. A unit of Marine Snipers apparently took a photo with a Nazi SS flag placed directly underneath the American flag. The Marines are claiming that they did not know what the "SS" flag was, or what it represented, and I hope that is the case. However, the flag showed up from somewhere... or someone. Who in the world...


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Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test Training Schedule Download Schedule (Excel Spreadsheet) Download Schedule (JPEG) It's that time of year again. Time to start your official training for the Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test (PFT). Hopefully you're not waiting until the last minute. If you are, then it may be too late. Below is a 6 week PFT training schedule for those that take their duty as a Marine...


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Marine Corps Links & Resources Below is a growing list of resources for Marines and their families. If you have a site that you would like to be included on this list, please contact me to have it reviewed and added. Official Marine Corps Websites Here are some official Marine Corps websites that include news, Marine Corps updates, and uniform clothing resources. www.marines.com www.marines.mil www.marinecorpstimes.com www.usmc-mccs.org For...


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Video: Marines Peeing on Dead Taliban The below video shows 4 United States Marines urinating on dead Taliban insurgents. The video contains graphic images, and is not edited, so please view at your own risk. Who is in the Video? It's not known at this time who the Marines in the video are, but they are likely scout snipers, as one of the Marines appears to be holding an M40A3 sniper rifle,...


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U.S. Marine Corps Boot Camp Knowledge If there are any hard chargers out there that would like to be ahead of the game when they arrive at Marine Corps Boot Camp, then this post is for you. Below you will find about 99% of the knowledge required to complete Marine Corps Boot Camp. The 11 General Orders of a Sentry 1. Take charge of this post and all government property in view. 2. Walk my post...


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Christmas & Holidays at Marine Combat Training (MCT) I've gotten a lot of emails recently asking me whether or not Marines will be able to come home during Christmas. Hopefully this will clarify to parents how holidays work at Marine Combat Training (MCT). Do Marines Get Leave or Liberty During Holidays? East Coast On the east coast, the answer is no. Your Marine will not receive leave or liberty...


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Marine Combat Training • By PFC Karen L. HagEstad MRE's, machine guns, flak jackets, and a whole lot of sweat are only a few of the details from Marine Combat Training that I remember. My name is PFC. Karen L. HagEstad and I attended MCT from June 13, 2011 to July 12, 2011 at Camp Geiger in North Carolina. At times it was hard, very hard, but overall my experience was a good one. I met a lot of cool...


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California Highway Patrol vs the USMC F/A-18 Hornet Two California HighwayPatrol Officers were conducting speeding enforcement on I-15, North of MCAS Miramar. One of the officers was using a hand held radar device to check speeding vehicles approaching near the crest of a hill. The officers were suddenly surprised when the radar gun began reading 300 miles per hour. The officer attempted to reset...


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Former Marine Becomes Oldest Serving Front Line Soldier In 1971, Don Nicholas, who was raised in Magnolia, Ohio, dropped out of high school and joined the United States Marine Corps as an Infantry Rifleman (0311). He did so in hopes to see battle in the Vietnam War to ensure that his children didn't have to live under communism. 40 years later, and he is still serving in America's armed forces on the front...


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OWS Recruits U.S. Marines The newest Occupy Wall Street trend on the block is OccupyMarines.org, who is seeking to recruit Marines to protest and speak out against Wall Street. This doesn't surprise me at all. Occupy Wall Street is trying to get as many "insiders" on their side as possible, to give the fabricated illusion that any substantial portion of the military actually supports Occupy Wall...


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