United States Marine Corps School of Infantry

then the mandatory retirement age for Navy Officers. However, Sousa led the Navy Band at the Great Lakes Naval Station in Chicago, Illinois. Because Sousa was already independently wealthy, he donated most of his naval salary to the Sailors’ and Marines’ Relief Fund. John Sousa was discharged from active duty in November 1918, after the war was ended. For his service, he was awarded the World War I Victory Medal, and was also elected as a Veteran Companion of the Military Order of Foreign Wars.…

non-commissioned officer is in such great contrast to the typical leadership role of an aviation Warrant Officer. I think for me, and probably most others this was and is a huge source of frustration. My NCO leadership was as a section leader in the infantry in the Marines. My experience there is separated by several degrees from my current position. It is hard to really compare this to an Army aviation NCO, and even harder to compare to my role as an Army aviation Warrant Officer. As a…

obstacle for he and the platoon (Frederick, 2010). His version of the transformational leadership style consisted of day one basic training leadership different from SFC Gallagher approached of show and see. This approach did not embrace es spri de corps among the platoon that combined with what the platoon was already experiencing (failed missions, murder accusations and failed relationship with locals) an increased lost faith from higher command in SFC Fenlason was not the right pick for the…

James Phillip Fleming is a medal of honor winner. He was born on March 12, 1943 in Sedalia Missouri. He was a pilot in the Vietnam war. He was awarded the medal of honor for rescuing a six man MACV-SOG recon team stranded between heavily defended enemy positions near Đức Cơ, Vietnam In 1968, he was an aircraft commander of a UH-1F transport helicopter assigned to the 20th Special Operations Squadron at East Airfield in the Republic of Vietnam. On November 26 a six man special forces army team…

When the United States takes the place of the French in the Vietnam War, Hal Moore is chosen to train lead a battalion of soldiers using helicopters for the first time in combat. He is told to take 400 men into a landing zone in La Drang Valley even though no one has any clue as to how many soldiers the North Vietnamese have around that area. When they arrive Moore captures a Vietnamese scout who tells them they have landed right next to a base camp located in a mountain near the landing zone…

Marines, I'd like to thank you all for the hard work, perseverance and keeping up with the ever changing battlefield known as recruiting. Summer and PCS moves are on the horizon. I wanted to touch base on a couple of topics prior to everyone exiting stage left. The reason is to ensure that everyone is aware of expectations. The expectations listed below are the minimum the command group expects and your SNCOIC may need to add additional requirements. MCRC assigns mission based on T/O…

Mercer and Wayne Kenneth kyle. Debby was a Sunday school teacher and his son a Deacon. Kyle’s dad bought him his first rifle at the age of 8. Then later a shotgun that he hunted pheasant, quail and deer with. After high school, he became a professional bronco rodeo rider and worked on a ranch. This later ended after he seriously injured his arm. After his arm had healed he went into a military recruiting office wanting to join the United Marine Corps with special interest in special…

alongside the Marines. Although James was not a reporter or journalist, his details are mesmerizing. Each Marines' view was depicted unadulterated unlike yellow journalism, which would have hyped up testimonies for kudos. Many of which are extremely gruesome but censor would not convey the hardship the boys encountered. Each of the six boys lives wrapped around drama. One in particular is Mike Strank, an active Marine pre-Iwo Jima. Mike was a natural born leader. Many of his fellow Marines…

History USS Forrestal (CVA-59), built at Newport News, Virginia. She commissioned in October 1955 as the U.S. Navy's first “supercarrier”. The first US aircraft carrier specifically designed to operate jet aircraft, and was the first carrier the United States built following World War II. Her namesake was James V. Forrestal, a former naval aviator, and our nation’s first Secretary of Defense (Henry P. Stewart, 2014). Forrestal began the first of many Mediterranean cruises in January 1957.…

Question 6. First, the TORCH should eliminate the Theater Strategic-level enemy’s COG by seizing control of the ports and airfields. The lines of communications should be destroyed through an amphibious landing on the Axis powers’ ports followed by seizure of the nearby ports and airfields. After the gaining control of the Axis’ ports and the TORCH gains security, the ports and field should be used for means of receiving of troops and equipment as well as the launching of other offenses.…