United States Marine Corps

opportunity and am honored that you would like me to be your commander. I promise that I will try my very best, each and everyday and I will try to better this place of work for the better,” he declared with confidence. The crowd was in a trance-like state as they listened to every word my dad said to…

After weeks of reconnaissance, on the morning of July 1, 1970, the North Vietnamese started firing mortars at the firebase. The began to besiege the Americans, in the firebase. During the siege that held on for 23 days, 75 US servicemen were killed. The battle for the hilltops raged for days. The 101st was surrounded, outnumbered almost ten to one and running low on supplies. It was only the high ground and the bravery of its defenders that kept the enemy from overrunning the FSB Ripcord. Major…

It’s always hard to tell how old manga/anime characters are, but I’m betting he joined the Marines in his late teens or early twenties. And seeing as how Garp is probably in his mid seventies, that means Garp has been a Marine for about fifty years. And even when he first adopted Ace, he’d been a Marine for around 30 years. We all know the Marines and the World Government are full of corruption, but they’re still the greatest force for stability in the world. How many comrades and friends of…

life changing, for example myself the best choice I have ever made was leaving New York. The reason I left New York was I did not want to be involved in a negative lifestyle such as stealing. The solution to this was simple I decided to join the Marines. I lived in New York for 18 Years. I had great friends, but they were the worst influence. Growing up in the Bronx was not easy. It was a challenge, especially when there were drug dealers and gang members in every corner. The drug dealers were…

The Marine Corps leadership sets itself apart from the other services. Marines have a common core of beliefs instilled while at recruit training. Leadership understands the most precious asset is the individual Marine. Leaders have a responsibility to motivate and inspire Marines. The speed and tempo of the ever-changing world, and Corps, has caused certain aspects of styles of leadership to change and has resulted in a split in ideology. The type of leadership utilized today has fragmented…

The Negative Effects of Women in Combat Modern society is striving for every person to be treated like they are identical and there are no race, gender, or nationality differences. They can try as hard as they want to make everyone interchangeable, however, that does not mean they are. You can say that African Americans are the same as Caucasians, just go to the park and observe the different races and you will surely notice that no two races behave the same way. They have different backgrounds…

reason to have women in the military. They would hinder the effectiveness of the platoons either by slowing them down, requiring aid from others, or even getting pregnant before deployment in order to avoid deployment. The rates of rape within the Marines would increase as would beatings. Strength may be in numbers, but if those numbers can’t fall in line, who will be able to keep…

The Marine Corps has been involved in irregular warfare for the last 10 plus years of counter-terrorism and counterinsurgency in Iraq, Afghanistan, and several other countries as part of the Global War on Terror. The Marine Corps is still involved in irregular warfare on several fronts; albeit at a significantly lower level compared to the era of the Iraq and Afghanistan plus ups. Considering our more modern military campaigns and the current global situation, it is more likely that the U.S.…

rushed to him, one of the crew men, Doc Peret describes his injury as a “million-dollar wound” (216) and that the war was over for him. As Berlin remembers this whole story he can’t stop laughing, which shows how that incident really changed his mental state. Seeing one of his friends die from shock of the war really sparked a plug somewhere in his brain that there is a good chance that he doesn’t make it back…

seeking glory for their own desires, the real Spartans were brothers forged in battle and in trials of war. I did not have the pleasure to know John Datzman from a young age, but I know that John was a Spartan at heart. Yet, the minute we met in Marine Corps’ Boot Camp a bond that supersedes friendship and enters the realm of brotherhood was forged between us. We went through boot camp, infantry school, and deployed within the same infantry squad together, creating a relationship that…