Commandant of the Marine Corps

Chris Kyle, the Navy SEAL’s deadliest sniper, has over 160 documented kills. He and Henry Fleming, color sergeant of the 304th regiment, were very different. Although they both fought for the US, their experiences differed greatly, from why they joined, to what branch they were in, to which war they fought in. Henry and Chris Kyle's’ reasons for joining the military affected their career and attitude in many ways. Chris Kyle wanted to join the military because of love for his country and he…

beaches of Peleliu was one of the most important battles in the early Pacific Theatre. The high death toll to the American Army was unavoidable, but with the use of the navajo code talkers this death toll was drastically diminished. The Third Amphibious Corp even stated that the Navajos “[were] considered indispensable for the rapid transmission of classified…

and survived the battle. Within the chapter it gives detailed accounts of several men and what the battle was like for them. Also, the book shows three ways that the soldiers survived. Those three ways they survived was by air support from their Marines, persevering through tough odds, and by the heroic acts of some…

“Earn your trident everyday” (21) means it is harder to stay a SEAL than it is to become one, says Marcus Luttrell in the novel Service A Navy Seal at War. He said this so the reader knows that the SEALs work harder everyday to prove themselves. The SEALs are the most elite personnel the U.S. has to offer, this can be shown in the acronym SEAL which stands for SEa, Air, and Land, all the places in which they fight. They are willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to protect their way of life.…

•Salvage of Hue• Domonick.Christoff •Chapter 1• South Vietnam, Hue Mar.3.1968 The time was 1:43 P.M. The day was nice and Sunny. The Radiant Sun and the Bleached Clouds were in the sky down below There is verdant Grass with Trees and people fighting. You could hear bombs ringing and the sound of soldiers Unpleasant Screams and the soaring…

Chief Petty Officer Godair is strongly recommended for the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal Award for outstanding meritorious service as Weapons Department G-3 Production Chief Petty Officer and Ship Zone Manger onboard USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75) from Dec 2012 to Jan 2018. Specific accomplishments include: Successfully led 107 personnel through the Aviation Ordnance Readiness Review (AORR), Shipboard Explosive Safety Inspection (SESI), and Mine Readiness Inspection (MRI) with zero…

7-158 must curtail AFTP usage in IOT accomplish the battalion mission within the current allocation of AFTP to the battalion. This will involve difficult choices that will effect scores of Solders with in the battalion. However, failure of the battalion to implement a timely decision with imperfect data will result in funding being expended several months prior to the end of the FY. Facts- The Battalion was allocated $475,000 of funding for AFTPs. This is a 25% reduction from FY15. With…

Operation Mount Hope 3. The reason the mission was called Mount Hope 3, was the military became aware of a Russian helicopter, the MI-24 Hind, which had crashed in Chad. The Air Force tried to retrieve the aircraft, but was unsuccessful. The marines tried also, but they too were unsuccessful. When the 160th was called, they flew two MH-47s more the 450 miles into Chad and retrieved the down helicopter within 5 days from the time they were alerted, to the time they were back state…

Rosenthal saw out of his peripheral, six marines begin to raise the flag. It was then that Joseph Rosenthal shot one of the most famous photographs in American history. Rushed, he lifted up his camera and began snapping photographs of the action. Since the photograph was taken under such hasty and chaotic conditions, Rosenthal was afraid he did not have a successful photograph to send back to Associated Press, so he posed a photograph of a group of sixteen marines and…

The 130th Engineer Brigade has a storied history from the time it was established in the U.S Army as the 1303rd Engineer General Service Regiment and activated on July 15, 1943 at Camp Ellis Illinois. The 130th played a pivotal role during WW II with campaigns in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe and the Asian-Pacific theatre. The regiment was deactivated in 1955 and elements of the 130th were allocated to the regular Army. For a short time the 130th Engineer…