One Marine's View

Double Amputee Marine Wants to Stay in to Help Others

By Samantha L. Quigley
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2008 - Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Matthew Ryan Bradford was part of a patrol to clear an area near Haditha, Iraq, of roadside bombs with the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, on Jan. 18, 2007.
"We found it," he said with a chuckle, admitting that he'd gone about it the hard way. "Another guy got hurt, but he just had shrapnel go through his right calf. I pretty much took the full blast."

Motto!

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Failed Delta Hunt for Bin Laden

It was bitter cold. The harsh wind swept across their high mountain redoubt with only thin native blankets to shelter them from the bitter Afghan air. They were hours from resupply, carrying only what they could on their backs.

And that's just how they wanted it.

Peering through their high-tech spotting scopes and talking in low whispers to pilots above, the Delta Force operators high in the mountains of Tora Bora were warmed by the thought that they, more than anyone else in that desolate land, were killing more perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks than anyone else in the world.

THANKS TO ALL VETERANS-HAPPY VETERANS DAY

Bravery doesnt mean you arnt scared. It means you go anyway! Leave your Veterans day stories in the comments.

Happy Birthday Marines-Nov 10

There is no greater joy than to serve.  If its to serve your family,a beliefe or especially your country, there is no greater joy than to serve. Its not for everybody and its not for profit. Many will never understand what the term “serv” comes with as far as dedication, devotion or sacrifice.

AMARAH DISMOUNT

  U.S. and Iraqi soldiers dismount a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during an air assault near Amarah, Iraq, Oct. 18, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army

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Everything well in hand!

They say things are still bad in Iraq? Duno who they are getting their reports from because by the picture, it looks like everything is well in hand.

SWING SISTERS - U.S. Army 1st Lt. Rosita Rodriguez and Worda, age 6, a neighborhood little girl try out a new swing at the grand opening of Dover Park in the Qahira neighborhood in the Adhamiyah District of Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 28, 2008.