The first Marine use of the Sherman was on Tarawa. The tanks were M4A2 small hatch tanks, these tanks were issued with no training, and the crews of the I Marine Amphibious Corps Tanks Battalion had sixty days in the states to learn how to use their tanks. Then the island they ended ...
sending back only occasional word. I know that one day even these could fall to silence. Some of the men will stay close, a couple, perhaps, always at hand.
No where to run. We had dead NVA all over. 3 of us were wounded, I was out of ammo. I thought it was all over. We had 2 cobras circling us, when all of a sudden a 46 tries to land, about 50 ft away from us. We tried to make it but by the time we got there the 46 ...
Those moments when he is alone in combat, and he has to rely on one person, himself!" --Chesty Puller's Rules of Success! "Marines about to go into battle. Some were standing watch, some readied equipment, some slept or rested, but all were quiet. No nervous jabbering, no false ...
In recent years, the amphibious nature of Marine Recon has been largely handled by the MEU platoons, as the other companies have been deploying to Iraq or Afghanistan to conduct combat operations. Amphibious Reconnaissance is primarily connected with MEU operations, as it is geared toward, first ...
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Commandant Harris perceived the important leadership role of the SNCO / NCO in combat. The USMC officer sword , the Mameluke , was introduced officially in the year 1826 to commemorate 1stLt Presley O'Bannon's successful assault on the fortress at Derna on the " shores of Tripoli " , ...
TYPHOON DOKSURI (known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Egay) hit Fuga Island in the Philippines early in the morning of July 26, prompting the local government to declare a province-wide state of calamity. A USMC rotorcraft unit was on hand to help support disaster relief efforts. ...
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non-removable grip assembly of the OKC 3S bayonets. Furthermore, the grip appears to be hard plastic unlike the softer non-slip Dynaflex material of the OKC 3S (On the left ricasso of each blade, these OKC/USMC M-9 trials bayonets have the original trials markings: COMBAT/...