In basic training for the Navy, do you know how many times I fired a live weapon? Once. Your average civilian concealed carry holder is exceptionally more qualified to handle a weapon than I was. It would enhance community relations. The sight of armed soldiers walking around shopping malls ...
Like high school era Plague Marines from Warhammer 40,000. One of the few times I tried to do a consistent, matching color scheme. I also used my new-ish Dilophosaurus toy dinosaur, made famous as the “spitter” from Jurassic Park. As mentioned above the intent was the mirror some of ...
Yes, not only did my daughter and I made it a project to go see each of the movies as they launched (normally at a multiplex in Oceanside when she was still in the Marines and I came out to California to spend the holiday at my parents’ house) but I had started her off early ...
I remember in basic training we brought to our drill instructor’s attention that our issued MREs were over 14 years old. He assured us “MREs don’t expire,” which is not exactly right… It is true, however, that they don’t technically have an expiration date, because how long MREs ...
As Travis goes back into training for what he conceives of as his final “mission”, he is seen doing chin-ups while wearing an inside-out Marines t-shirt, of the type used in basic training. He also drills with a KA-BAR knife, the standard Marine-issue knife since the end of ...
Next week, we will be discussing the treatment of War on Terror veterans with Joe Jackson, a former corpsman with the Marines who served in Iraq. Feel free to email comments and questions to speakfaithfully@gmail.com Posted in Podcast | Tagged socialism, socialism in the USA, US politics |...
No one thinks they’re shallow (even if others do), andI’m of the beliefthat it’s very important for your characters to be somewhat relatable in order to matter. So if a story requires a very shallow character, how do we make that character matter?
What do the Scuba Rangers mean to Malaysia and diving in Malaysia? SAR: The Scuba Rangers program is flex- ible in that it allows the Instructor to be creative with the speciality courses but within the training standards. An example is the underwater painting ranger speci- ality program in...
"I resurfaced in the latter '90s as MIS Director for Dorchester County then in late 2000 exited and went to work for the DOD, DOJ, Marines and consulted the Canada Air Force as a Senior Systems Engineer in the C4I Division. "In late 2003, when I was diagnosed with rare form of Par...
When Gabi Esser joined the Galactic Coalition Fleet Marines, she dreamed of seeing the universe. Instead, she’s sent to New London–the most backward planet in the Coalition–to protect one of its silly nobles during the holiday season. Now the duke she’s guarding wants her to pretend to...