MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, NC — He watched as five Marines beside him dropped, struck by the sheer force of insurgent machine gun fire. Within seconds, Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Cole joined his brothers as a three-round burst lifted his 200-pound frame and 80 pounds of gear completely off the ground, moved him five feet in the air, and slammed him into the dirt– all in less than half a second Continue reading
Marines Progress Through Jungle Warfare Training
CAMP GONSALVES, Okinawa, Japan — Marines with various units of Marine Aircraft Group 36 and Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 1 trained at the Jungle Warfare Training Center at Camp Gonsalves July 7 Continue reading
The risks of military cutbacks
As Defense Secretary Leon Panetta prepares his recommendations for Pentagon budget cuts, he is likely to reduce the military’s resources for future, large-scale counterinsurgency operations of the sort that were ballyhooed just a few years ago in Iraq and Afghanistan Continue reading
Is Liberty a zero-sum game?
(GIAmerica) – By. Joseph Gilbert – No other economic system has brought more people out of poverty, provided for the health and well-being of millions and raised the standard of living more societies than capitalism. When people cooperate to fulfill their own self interest, they all benefit.
Benghazi-Gate
(TeaPartty.org – Joe Gilbert) – Pundits are comparing Benghazi to the Watergate scandal that drove President Richard Nixon from the White House, but there are important differences.
Obama silent on Vets surrendering benefits to illegal aliens
(Tea Party – Joe Gilbert) – Sergeant Hayleigh Perez deployed to Iraq in January 2007 and returned back to Fort Bragg, North Carolina after a 15 month tour. She was honorably discharged in 2009, although her husband is still on active duty.
Does ex-Navy SEALs have freedom of speech?
The author of a recently announced insider account of the raid that killed Usama bin Laden has been identified to Fox News as a 36-year-old former Navy SEAL Team 6 member from Alaska who also played a role in the high-profile rescue of an American captain kidnapped by Somali pirates Continue reading