One Marine's View

Marine experiences first enemy contact

Lance Cpl. Kevin Romero, rifleman with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, looks for a suspected insurgent who had engaged the Marines while they were conducting a sweep of a compound near Patrol Base Boldak March 3. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt Bobby J. Yarbrough)

The air was still and the fading sounds of morning prayers echoed throughout the valley as our convoy lumbered to a halt. The lead vehicle had become stuck in a field and couldn’t move. The patrol leader, Sgt. Brandon Bond, radioed to Marines in the stopped vehicle and asked if they could move. It was almost 5 a.m. and Bond knew people would soon begin to leave their homes and move about the city.

The vehicle was immobile, so we dismounted and began to patrol on foot to two compounds which lay just 400 meters to our north. The Marines with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, had watched the compounds over the last few weeks and believed insurgents were using them for refuge.

Military Working Dogs up for grabs!!! UPDATE!!

UPDATE!!!

Email on adopting Marine dogs is a hoax

By USA TODAY staff
Posted : Wednesday Oct 17, 2012 12:43:27 EDT

The Marine Corps is debunking an offer to provide bomb-sniffing dogs for adoption that has been published by numerous websites, blogs and email lists.

There are currently no bomb detection dogs available for adoption, the Marine Corps Systems Command said in a statement.

An email whose origin is not clear and that appeared to circulate widely said the Corps was looking for good homes for “incredibly well-trained” Labradors, Belgian Malinois, border collies, German shepherds and Rottweilers that served in war zones.

The email went on to say that the approximately 400 dogs were “war heroes,” having saved countless American lives by sniffing out improvised explosive devices before they could blow up. Adoptive families were told they must go to Washington to pick up the dogs or arrange transport at their own expense.

The contact information provided in the email was that of an actual Marine office and staffer, but when contacted Tuesday the office said the email was a hoax and no such offer was available.

However, by then news stations’ websites in Miami and elsewhere had run with the email, as had blogs that cover topics involving pets and adopting animals. Neighborhood listserves in Arlington, Va., home of the Pentagon, also posted the offer to thousands of members.

The Marine Corps Systems Command said it was not known who received the email or who sent it out.

The Marines said such offers are sometimes made for “decommissioned” dogs but that they are offered to other federal agencies first since many are still fit for service even when they can no longer deploy to war zones.

The USMC has been working hard to find homes for about 50 IED/Explosives
detection dogs out of Afghanistan.  There are an additional number of dogs
that will be available over the next year as well.

Some interesting developements

Like so many countries out there, they criticize our existence, blame our warriors for sneezing in public, complain at everything we do and mandate we pay them millions of dollars……….until they have a natural disaster, like a tsunami or even bigger threat nears like another country threatening them. Then, they are all of a sudden really glad Americans are there.

Interesting…….

Time for a CGar

Tens of thousands protest against Osprey deployment

Japan to Tell Obama It Wants Okinawa Marine Base Closed

China deploys two warships after Tokyo announces disputed island purchase

Japan OKs deployment of Ospreys to Okinawa

Very interesting...................

Marine pilot earns honor for heroic Libya rescue - No Shit News (NSN)-Im sure you saw this on the news right?

Maj. J. Eric Grunke, pictured here April 24 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., has been named Marine Corps Aviator of the Year by the Marine Corps Aviation Association

Im sure you heard about this in the news right? What? It wasnt on your local news channel? You mean they didnt report about our heroes in WAR doing brave heroric feats? What are they reporting on then??? Read on America as you will learn how your heroes are doing the unthinkable, brave actions, that dont get even a mention on the news nontheless in America.  Read on about your hero.

Time for a CGar!

 

Maj. J. Eric Grunke had just left a late-evening briefing to grab some chow when the rumors started to circulate aboard the Kearsarge: There was a friendly jet down in Libya.

The Harrier pilot and his wingman left their plates to learn more.

Indeed, an Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle had gone down near the city of Benghazi, and the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, aboard the amphibious assault ship, was going to launch the rescue mission.

Sgt. Dennis Weichel-sergeant who gave life to save Afghan child (This is NSN)

I’m sure you heard about this on your local news station? No? Big surprise.  Only until major news stations (Fox) picked this up did it begin to receive a bit of attention. People, this is the kind of news Americans should be hearing, theis is No Shit News! This is a case where one man made a difference at the right time in a split second. Many warriors deploy and even fell like they might not have made a difference over their 7 month deployment although they did and just don’t immediately see it. This warrior knew what he had to do and frankly probably knew it would cost him his life. Where do we get such men?

Time for a CGar

A couple stories from the (NSN) No Shit News OMV style

Here at NSN (No Shit News) we keep it point blank and no BS to the point (unlike your typical news page). Below are a couple stories focused on your Marines making ground forward in both cases. Perfect reading to enjoy with a cigar & cup of coffee.

Time for a CGar!

To steal from Peter to pay Paul is not an option in Afghanistan

To steal from Peter to pay Paul is not a course of action for the gunfighter executing the plan. There is no one more determined to return home from war than those directed to go and conduct that war. Period. However, that same warrior would rather go once, twice or three times on deployment in the short time to settle the war than have the events that created the war resurface five years down the road and have to start from scratch.

No Shit News (NSN)

I thought it was funny that in those (CNN) "polls" I didnt see the percentage of active duty represented in this election.........Now I know why.

A  poll by the Military Times newspaper group suggests that there is overwhelming support for John McCain among U.S. troops in every branch of the armed forces by a nearly 3-1 margin.

According to the poll, 68 percent of active-duty and retired servicemen and women support McCain, while 23 percent support Barack Obama. The numbers are nearly identical among officers and enlisted troops.

NSN (No Shit News) RESULTS

I could of guessed the results would have turned out like this. It’s kinda NOSHIT obvious that Iraq has gotten better so let’s talk about those votes last and why the rest of the window lickers voted the way they did!

NSN-No Shit News

Good comments left by readers like YOU!

· "Eighteen American soldiers died in May, the lowest total of the war and an 86 percent drop from the 126 who died in May 2007."

·  It will be an interesting campaign if the Dems continue to pull the get out of

Iraq because we are losing schpeel - - just wonder if any journalist will have the guts to say, "Um, excuse me, last we checked, we're winning."

·  The surge didn’t work in Iraq …………….no really, they said that, or should I say continue to say that.