Posts Tagged ‘Marines’

November 11th is one of two holidays in the United States that we have set aside to ensure that those that have served and sacrificed for this nation are never forgotten.  We are asked to take the time to say a simple ‘thank you’ to these men and women while not always fully comprehending their [...]

Since the birth if this nation the United States Marine Corps has been the ‘first to fight’ and defended our nation at home and abroad.  Today, November 10, 2011, we take the time to mark the 236th birthday of the Corps and we are humbled by their extraordinary service through the ages. I served in the [...]

The United States military holds itself to standards that far exceed those in the civilian world.  They should serve as a model for the rest of the nation and yet leftist politicians see it as a proving ground for social experimentation. On a farewell tour in Afghanistan, outgoing Secretary of Defense Robert Gates got an [...]

Many years I write a special message on Memorial Day and Veterans Day – two holidays that I hold near and dear to me.  It is the brave men and women that these days pay tribute to that I devote a great deal of my time to honoring.  This year however Memorial Day will have [...]

It is with great sadness that I must report that Corporal Larry Harris of Thornton died yesterday in Afghanistan.  The 24-year-old was struck by a roadside bomb while on foot patrol in the Garmsir district of Helmand Province. From the Associated Press: “The Marine Corps said he was a mortarman assigned to the Marine Expeditionary [...]

We set aside Veterans Day to say ‘thank you’ to our veterans for their service and for the sacrifices they have made for us and our great nation.  Sometimes though, we forget exactly what veterans have done to deserve these thanks.  Veterans have served in God-forsaken hellholes from one end of the earth to the [...]

Very good story!

A poem written by a Marine serving in Iraq.  Very good.

This letter was published in the Las Vegas Review Journal earlier this month.  The mother of a Marine asked her son how he would feel if she participated in an anti-war march.  The story about it can be found here: http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Mar-08-Sat-2003/news/20846990.html Think about one particular line from the letter below:  “I can only speak for [...]