The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is comprised of elite individuals shaped by extensive training and education. Often the first on the ground in combat situations, Marines must be prepared for any crisis across the globe. The same goes for USMC’s tens of thousands of reserves, who live ...
On 18 May, HMM-263 sustained significant loss and combat damage in Operation Beau Charger during an insertion in the DMZ. The NVA 324B Division eventually moved back into the DMZ, where U. S. policy provided a safe haven for the NVA troops. On 3 Jul, NVA artillery did significant ...
Marine Corps boot camp training is, and always must remain, demanding.Its only objective is to preparerecruits for the Brotherhood, and for the hardships of combat. On a moonlit Sunday night, 8 April 1956, A Drill Instructor at Parris Island took his Platoon 71 on a forced march.For hours...
Berger, the current deputy commandant for Marine Combat Development and Integration and on tap for being the next commandant, was grilled by Congress on whether it is cost effective for the Marines to stay in SOCOM. Saying their services were vital to the overall effort, Berger answered a ...
. The M4 was used to haul supplies up to prepare for the next mornings renewed attack. Late that night at 0400 almost 400 Japanese troops rushed the Marine lines, attacking B company 1stBattalion 6thMarines, and the Marines won the fight, but it had come down to hand to hand combat....
the Japanese finally forced Wake’s defenders to surrender. Although the fight for Wake ended in a U.S. defeat, the American people continued to view the atoll as a rallying point. The garrison’s stand inspired Hollywood’s first combat film of the war,Wake Island, which was released in...