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• What are some of the different jobs the marine corps has to offer?

  
  http://diddy.name — Authority: 170
  Im planning on joining the marines either out of HS or through college,(still undecided) anyway, what are some jobs that the marine corps has to offer? Also, after you have left the marines what type of job could you obtain with you experience?
  6 hours ago

• Grandma Mariennes Uncooked Cookies

  
  Major Knitter — Authority: 128
  My nephew Javi is in Iraq for his third tour with the Marines. Im trying to be a better aunt this time and sending him care packages every so often. He asked for oatmeal cookies - said they were his...
  11 hours ago

• The Downside of Smart Power

  
  The New Republic - Health Care Feed — Authority: 729
  After ten months of waiting, USAID finally has a new chief: Rajiv Shah, currently the agriculture department’s top scientist. Directing the country’s principal agency for administering foreign aid is a heady position for someone who is all of 36. And it’s going to be a difficult one. Shah is stepping into the ...
  1 day ago

• TTP in Afghanistan

  
  The Military Observer — Authority: 112
  TTP in AfghanistanAfter six weeks in Afghanistan, those slight differences between the branches of our Armed Forces finally became noticeable. For the sake of all you deskbound strategists, and in an attempt to avoid writing something serious today, I’ve taken a few minutes to summarize these differences for ...
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• Divorce rate in military on upward trend

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 502
  The divorce rate in the armed forces increased slightly again in the past year as military marriages continued to bear the stress of the nations ninth year at war. In the 2009 fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, there were an estimated 27,312 divorces among the nearly 765,000 married members of the active-duty Army, Air ...
  3 days ago

• The Bougainville Invasion (Part 3): December 1943 – March 1944

  
  USNI Blog — Authority: 133
  We resume the quite comprehensive articles provided by CINCLAX as part of the ongoing Solomon Islands Campaign blog project. With the exception of some noteworthy battles at sea and on land, the Solomons campaign slogged on in near anonymity, except for those doing the fighting. We would learn much in the process ...
  4 days ago

• Tom Coburn’s Shame

  
  BartBlog — Authority: 475
  If this lunatic has any capacity for shame, that is…“Thirteen major military and veterans groups have joined forces to try to force one senator — Republican Tom Coburn of Oklahoma — to release a hold that he has placed on a major veterans benefits bill.Coburn has been identified by Senate aides as the lawmaker ...
  4 days ago

• Muslim Soldiers See ‘Teachable Moment’ in Ft. Hood

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 741
  iStockphoto Jamal Baadani was driving home from work outside Washington on November 5 when a friend called to tell him a gunman had shot up the Army base at Ft. Hood, Tex. It didn’t take long for Baadani to learn that the suspect, Nidal Malik Hasan, was an Arab-American, a Muslim, and a member of the U.S. ...
  5 days ago

• Mistral Madness: Why is France Selling To Russia:

  
  USNI Blog — Authority: 133
  Like many of you, I find it sad the US, an innovator in amphibious warfare, isn’t selling amphibs to all comers.  If the LPD-17 had been developed quickly and kept simple, the USS New Orleans would have exploded onto the world market just as amphibious platforms become the must-have item for every new (or ...
  6 days ago

• Afghanis to Marines: Don’t Leave Too Soon

  
  The Captain's Journal — Authority: 538
  As I have said before, I think too much can be made of one of the central themes or presuppositions upon which population-centric counterinsurgency is theoretically constructed.  The will of the people, it is said, is more than just critical.  It is determinative.  To be sure it does mean something even if it ...
  1 week ago

• On being a ‘true Catholic’

  
  kainos — Authority: 116
  Someone should point out to young Mr. Madera that believing you’re a true Marine doesn’t make you one, any more than Patrick Kennedy believing he’s a true Catholic makes him one. Kennedy dispute reveals divide among Catholics Nov 23, 6:41 AM (ET) EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A bitter dispute over ...
  1 week ago

• The Solomons Campaign: The Bougainville Invasion, November – December 1943(Part I)

  
  USNI Blog — Authority: 133
  The next four posts will cover the invasion of Bougainville and are provided via guest author CINCLA X. - SJS The Last Spoke in the Cartwheel Strategic Progress Before the Guadalcanal operation (Watchtower) even began in August 1942, it had been decided to neutralize the Japanese bastion of ...
  1 week ago

• Nations oldest female Marine is laid to rest . . .

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  On a crisp fall day in a cemetery in Queens, a Marine Corps honor guard blew taps over the countrys oldest female Marine. Sgt. Miriam Cohen did not die jumping on a hand grenade, or storming the beaches of Normandy or battling the Japanese on Iwo Jima. Most appropriately, she died on Veterans Day, one day after the ...
  1 week ago

• Follow-Up on IAR: Au revoir SAW?

  
  Weaponized Culture — Authority: 107
  My post on the IAR solicitation continues to get hits, so when I saw this article in the Marine Corps Times I thought you would be interested: Marine acquisition officials are considering a high-capacity magazine that could hold 50 or 100 rounds and fit numerous 5.56mm weapons, raising questions about the ...
  1 week ago

• MMP Readers: Please Contribute to the Marines Toys For Tots Program

  
  Milcom Monitoring Post — Authority: 431
  Every year around Christmas, Marines band together to help brighten the spirits of kids in need through their nationwide Toys for Tots gift program. This is our absolute favorite charity and we contribute to it every year. In the spirit of the holiday season and Christmas, please help make this year special for needy ...
  1 week ago

• Lockheed Martin Super Hercules Deliveries Strengthen USAF and USMC Fleets — Press Release

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 438
  Lockheed Martin Super Hercules Deliveries Strengthen USAF and USMC Fleets MARIETTA, Ga., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Demonstrating the increase in the C-130J build and delivery rate, Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) simultaneously delivered two C-130Js on Nov. 19 to two different customers – a C-130J to the U.S. ...
  1 week ago

• Raising The Flag on Iwo Jima

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 506
  On 19 February, 1945, the United States launched the invasion of the fortified volcanic Island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean. It was a vicious, take no prisoners struggle, that was to last until 26 March. By the time of its conclusion 6,821 Americans lay dead and a further 19,217 had been wounded. Of the 20,000 or ...
  1 week ago

• 20 November 1943; Keep Moving

  
  USNI Blog — Authority: 133
  The buildings in the “regimental area” of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina are modest, post-war brick buildings that, to the visitor’s eye, look more or less alike.  Yet, each of the Marine Regiments of the Second Marine Division has its own storied history and battle honors.  As Captain J. W. Thomason wrote in ...
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• Retired Generals: For a Few Dollars More

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  Don’t miss this mammoth USA Today investigation into retired generals and admirals receiving heaps of Pentagon cash for occasional “mentoring” work to their previous service branches — usually while they’re receiving not only their duly-earned pensions, but also generous military contractor dollars. Tom ...
  1 week ago

• Oprah Winfrey Marathon Time : Marine Corps Marathon

  
  Marathon You Can Do It — Authority: 127
  “I want to beat Oprah!” That is the goal of many runners. Oprah Winfrey finished 1994 Marine Corps marathon in a time of 4 hrs,  29 mins, 15 Secs. If Frank Shorter inspired the first (1970s) running boom across US, Oprah Winfrey inspired the second, by running the Marine Corps Marathon. If Oprah could run a ...
  1 week ago

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