Commandant of the Marine Corps

leaving this world having actually contributed to society, helping it grow stronger for the future generations, having made the world safer for millions of people with one oath and a will to progress and reach one's full potential--The United States Marine Corps is the toughest branch of service and pushes people farther than imaginable. “There is no can’t only pushing forward past previous failures.”(Styczynski) Having to learn and learn quickly in an intensive environment. It is not for…

Being an infantry unit leader in the Marine Corps there is guarantee that a person will be impacted by armed conflict in some nature or another. I have been personally affected by multiple traumatic experiences that resulted in wounded or killed personnel. One of many impacts that I think of often, is when we reacted to an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) near the south gate of Camp Fallujah detonated under the second and fourth vehicles. When contacted, I was out on a presence patrol and my…

One potential issue for Congress outlined by Andrew Feickert is the question of alternatives to Combatant Commands (COCOMs) (Feichert, 63). Citing COCOMs as a Cold War relic and militarized approach relevant for conflicts with known state actors and conventional forces, an alternative more suited to the current environment are Joint Interagency Organizations (Ibid.). Placing a strongly credentialed civilian in charge and answerable to the National Security Council (NSC), with a 4-star general as…

They, not only, received special op units in hostile zones “but acted as flying gas tankers, orbiting in the sky as American rescue helicopters docked with them to refuel. Equipped with ground-target radar, 20mm Gatling guns, 40mm cannons, and later, a side-firing 105mm Howitzer, C-130’s morphed into AC-130 gunships, destroying 10,000 enemy trucks and repelling countless enemy attacks. Late in the war, Hercules planes were even being fitted with the largest bomb in the U.S. arsenal, the…

“Everyone get on the deck!” CO Pichoff yelled. (CO means Commanding Officer. The Commanding Officer for the Eisenhower Squadron was CO Pichoff). I quickly learned what that meant when I saw everyone doing push-ups including myself. Apparently, no one yelled attention on deck when the CO walked in. It was my first drill with the sea cadets and I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t know if I should look forward to this day or if I would hate it forever. The CO then ordered everyone to get ready…

shooting a .22 caliber J.C. Higgins single shot rifle. Dreaming of being a marine, he couldn’t wait to till he turned 18 and enlisted when he was 17. He faced many dangers in the marines as he fought in the Vietnam War, became a famed sniper and faced a life threatening injury. Carlos Hathcock loved the marines. Because his father was one and fought in World War II, he thought that it was the life for him. While he was in the marines, he became a distinguished marksman, winning several…

The Marine Corps, the world's finest fighting force. What comes to your mind when you hear this? Honor, courage, and commitment; these are virtues the Marine Corps lives by, and soon virtues myself and my fellow Marines will live by. The Marine Corps has always been extremely intriguing to me. The opportunity for travel, education, and the respect of your peers is what drew me to it most. It also offers me discipline and structure which I feel I am sometimes lacking in my life. The Marines are…

the Japanese coast, was started by the desire for a place where B-29 bombers damaged over Japan could land without returning all the way to the Marines , and for a base for escort fighters that would help in the bombing series of actions to reach a goal. Iwo Jima was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops, and it was attacked by three marine divisions after describe in detail preparatory air and naval huge attack sixty-eight hundred tons of bombs, twenty-two thousand shells.…

Shipmates: For those of you I haven’t had the pleasure of speaking with personally I have recently been designated as LPO. I want to take this opportunity to reach out and address a few things. I realize this is kind of long winded, but I promise to be more concise in the future. First, if you have not already done so please make sure you complete your resume and/or Bio and upload them to the Sharepoint web site by the end of the week. Leadership was adamant about having this completed by…

decided to resign from Marine Corp when he was 35 years old. He decided to start his own band called the Sousa Band. He formed a combination of the band by decided from the band that were more popular at the time. For 39 years the him and his band toured the country and the world by trains. John had been the leader of the United States Marine Band 12 years. John was starting to get board of the same thing and was ready for something new. So he resigned from the Marine Corp to start a new…