The training alongside South Korean soldiers will include urban combat, field hospital operations, field artillery exercises, air assault training and air defenses, the Army said ina statementon Monday. The U.S. Marine Corps is also expected to take part in a...
It’s no secret that one of the best parts of being in the military is playing with the government’s cool science projects. One of these projects is the night vision scope. The Marine Corps does use night vision scopes, but nowadays most infantry guys are issued a PVS-14 monocular. The...
announced the creation of an Armed Forces Day to replace separate Army, Navy and Air Force Days. The event stemmed from the armed forces’ unification under one department – the Department of Defense. The Army, Navy and Air Force leagues adopted the newly formed day. The Marine Corps League...
Ronald Winter is the author of four books including the just-released Victory Betrayed, Operation Dewey Canyon, US Marines in Vietnam, a non-fiction account of the last major, and extraordinarily successful, Marine battle of the Vietnam War.
Was it merely overwhelming Chinese numbers human sea tactics that stampeded American units southward? Or were there major flaws in Army (but not Marine) tactics and leadership, flaws that the Chinese exploited, but that Gen. 鈥
When assigned to land based Marine corps aviation, they were typically charged with the protection of amphibious operations and providing air cover for important installations. In both cases, these light night fighters proved very successful, and in the case of the Philippines, F6F Hellcat night ...
Fun Fact: I used to live in a converted school bus, I am a Marine Corps Veteran, and I have three amazingly rambunctious little boys! Santo "Coding Machine" Rosario-Torres Engineering Santo "Coding Machine" Rosario-Torres Engineering Nickname: The Coding Machine How long at Sunbird: Since...
During World War II, US demolition crews faced the critical task of dismantling enemy fortifications and obstacles, sometimes under fire. They lacked a dedicated vehicle for this in the US arsenal. Various tools, like dozer blade kits and high-explosive rounds, were employed instead. This gap ...
https://pjmedia.com/culture/catherinesalgado/2023/10/01/a-u-s-marines-story-of-archangel-michael-the-korean-war-and-a-miracle-n1731448 The young U.S. Marine believed Michael the Archangel had come to rescue him from the seven Communist soldiers who tried to kill him. To some modern ske...
John Knox, 84, was a retired fire marshal for the Fire Department of New York, but he served his country and his city in myriad other ways – he was a member of the New York Police Department for two years and served in the US Marine Corps during the Korean War. And yet, after a...