Why are Marines known as jarheads? The answer may have something to do with mules. |Wikimedia Commons// Public Domain Serving in any one of the branches of the United States military has always lent itself to a colorfulvocabulary. To employ a parachute is to “hit the silk.” A destinati...
Why are they fighting in All Quiet on the Western Front? Why did the soldiers have to be quiet in All Quiet on the Western Front? Why were the settlers reluctant to join the militia in Last of the Mohicans? Why do the aliens die in War of the Worlds?
Why are Scott's novels called the Waverley novels? Why was Susan Pevensie kicked out of Narnia in The Chronicles of Narnia? Why did H.G. Wells write War of the Worlds? Why did the Telmarines invade Narnia in The Chronicles of Narnia?
Now in the free mountain lands of the west, ancient cities sprang into fresh and modern life. Chief of the mall was the new capital of free China, Chungking. Here on the cliffs high above the Yangtze River, the Chinese had reestablished their governor. They knew however that the people o...
United States Marines at Belleau Wood In May of 1918 the German army launched the Aisne offensive. The Allies believed that city of Paris was in danger and in response the French army, commander in chief, General Pétain sent 16 allied division which included the United States (U.S.) 2nd...
No. I think they're after the other thief and idiot pirate trying to steal a map. What are the odds of that? Kidding. But you might want to work a little faster. Open up! By the authority of the 153rd Marines! You need to hurry. ...
“It is a challenge to combat misinformation that Marines are seeing on social media,” Lt. Col. Thomas Turner, who leads active-duty vaccination planning at the Marine base, told the news outlet. “But that is one of our principal lines of effort here. We have to inoculate the forc...
I heard a story of some Marines who were out in theater, and as is the Marine custom, the officer ate last, and he let his men eat first, and when they were done, there was no food left for him. And when they went back out...
Why are they called powder monkeys? “Powder Monkey” was the moniker used to describe these young boys whohad the hazardous duty of running from the powder magazine to the cannons with a load of highly flammable gunpowder strapped to their backs, dodging gunfire from enemy ships while doing ...
2."There are some assholes in the world that just need to be shot." While speaking to Marines at Al Asad Airbase in Iraq, Mattis advised some 200 Marines that "The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event. That said, there are some assholes in the world that jus...