Lyle Jeremy Rubin, Pain Is Weakness Leaving the Body

Lyle Jeremy Rubin, Pain Is Weakness Leaving the Body: A Marine's Unbecoming.

Saul David, Devil Dogs

At Amazon, Saul David, Devil Dogs: King Company, Third Battalion, 5th Marines: From Guadalcanal to the Shores of Japan.

Nathaniel C. Fick, One Bullet Away

See, Nathaniel C. Fick, One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer.

Big West, The Village

At Amazon, Big West, The Village: Fifteen Men Walked In. Eight Walked Out (Commandant's Reading List). 

Mark Shields, TV Pundit Known for His Sharp Wit, Dies at 85

At the New York Times, "A former campaign strategist, he became a fixture in American political journalism and punditry and was seen on “PBS NewsHour” for 33 years." 

He joined the Marines in 1960:

Waldo Heinrichs and Marc Gallicchio, Implacable Foes

At Amazon, Waldo Heinrichs and Marc Gallicchio, Implacable Foes: War in the Pacific, 1944-1945.

E. B. Sledge: With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

A classic, E. B. Sledge: With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa — Frontline Marine Combat in Two of the Bloodiest Island Invasions of World War Two.

Thomas E. Ricks, Making the Corps

At Amazon, Thomas E. Ricks, Making the Corps: 10th Anniversary Edition with a New Afterword by the Author.

Flying Marines

This is hard to beat:

Sure we could've chosen to vaccinate the world and thus dramatically reduce the chance of variants like delta and now omicron from having emerged but, c'mon, why would we do that when we can make Marines fly! FLYING MARINES! C'mon, why would we not put all our money into this?! https://t.co/hpC8nwC6Fk

— Stephen Miles (@SPMiles42) January 7, 2022

Thomas Ricks, Making the Corps

At Amazon, Thomas Ricks, Making the Corps (10th Anniversary Edition with a New Afterword by the Author). 

Thomas E. Ricks, Making the Corps

At Amazon, Thomas E. Ricks, Making the Corps: 10th Anniversary Edition with a New Afterword by the Author.

Anton Myrer, Once an Eagle

This book's apparently required reading in the Marine Corps, said to be one of the best books ever written on moral leadership.

At Amazon, Anton Myrer, Once an Eagle.

President Trump Picks Up Marine's Hat

At the Hill, "Trump puts hat on Marine after wind carries it away."

And at Theo's, "WINNING as obvious as Day from Night..."



Added: Here's the video, at Fox News, "President Trump picks up Marine's hat in viral video."

Bing West, The March Up

At Amazon, Bing West, The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the United States Marines.

'Toxic Masculinity'? In the Marines? You Can't Be Freakin' Serious?

I want to use the full f-word in the headline. It's much more effective at getting the point across, but I'm restrained by the examples of good people, who communicate effectively, without resorting to profanity. Or, in other words, I'm trying to maintain my civility.

But I swear (pardon the pun, heh), Vox is killing me here.

Our postmodern society has lost its mind of its come to the point where we can't equate masculinity with violent martial sensibility. What not, if at all, is warfare but for masculinity? Women who become soldiers and warriors become more masculine, do they not? I'm dumbfounded at this, but then, SNFU (society's now f***ed up).

See Vox, and thankfully, James Woods below:

The Marine Corps has a "toxic masculinity" problem https://t.co/fEXzlzKcsZ pic.twitter.com/aoWfggWG2z

— Vox (@voxdotcom) May 29, 2017

#ToxicMasculinity pic.twitter.com/9hHezz0uvf

— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) May 29, 2017

Moment for the Fallen on #MemorialDay

Care of the U.S. Marines:

A moment for the fallen.#MemorialDay pic.twitter.com/jidPsVbTn8

— U.S. Marines (@USMC) May 29, 2017

The Dark Side of Gender Segregation in the Military

This is pretty interesting.

I've done pretty much zero reading and study in this area, so just read it all at the link without comment from me.

From Molly Kovite, at War on the Rocks:

What you need to know about gender segregation in the US military https://t.co/c1CqgPJblp

— War On The Rocks (@WarOnTheRocks) March 25, 2017

Marine Corps Nude Photo Scandal (VIDEO)

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's been on a hardcore feminist jihad anyway. These hearings just gave her a platform to spew her PC rage.

At Quartz, "Watch: Senator Gillibrand tears into the marines over why no one’s been held responsible for the nude photo scandal."

And CBS This Morning:

U.S. Marines Have Landed in Syria

Well, you know what they say: Send in the Marines!

And they have.

At the Washington Post, "Marines have arrived in Syria to fire artillery in the fight for Raqqa":

Marines from an amphibious task force have left their ships in the Middle East and deployed to Syria, establishing an outpost from which they can fire artillery guns in support of the fight to oust the Islamic State from the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, defense officials said.

The deployment marks a new escalation in the U.S. war in Syria, and puts more conventional U.S. troops in the battle. Several hundred Special Operations troops have advised local forces there for months, but the Pentagon has mostly shied away from using conventional forces in Syria. The new mission comes as the Trump administration weighs a plan to help Syrian rebels take back Raqqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic State. The plan also includes more Special Operations troops and attack helicopters.

The force is part of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which left San Diego on Navy ships in October. The Marines on the ground include part of an artillery battery that can fire powerful 155-millimeter shells from M-777 Howitzers, two officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the deployment.

The expeditionary unit’s ground force, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, will man the guns and deliver fire support for U.S.-backed local forces who are preparing an assault on the city. Additional infantrymen from the unit will provide security, while resupplies will be handled by part of the expeditionary force’s combat logistics element. For this deployment, the Marines were flown from Djibouti to Kuwait and then into Syria, said another defense official with direct knowledge of the operation.

The official added that the Marines’ movement into Syria was not the byproduct of President Trump’s request for a new plan to take on the Islamic State...

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Rescuers Search for 12 Marines from Downed Helicopters in Hawaii (VIDEO)

What the hell happened? Damn.

At the San Diego Union-Tribune, "High surf declines off Oahu as rescuers search for Marines."

And watch, via ABC News 10 San Diego: