Archive for október, 2012

Snipers Train to Provide Support From Above

“CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan — As a gentle breeze swayed the grass from side to side, the sound of buzzing insects echoed through the training grounds. However, these sounds were soon overcome by the sound of an incoming helicopter.

This was the scene as an Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter landed to pick up Marine snipers at Camp Hansen Oct. 15….”

 

Forrás: http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/10/26/snipers-train-to-provide-support-from-above.html?ESRC=marine.nl

‘Stop using your wheelchair as a crutch’

 “A U.S. Marine who lost both his legs in Afghanistan was forced to leave a Charlotte restaurant with his family after local football fans hurled vile abuse at them for wearing Dallas Cowboys jerseys.

Marine Garrett Carnes, of Mooresville, North Carolina attended Sunday’s Carolina Panthers’ game against the Cowboys with his wife Courtney, their parents, and friends Brett and Nicole Coburn. ..”

 

Forrás: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223059/Marine-lost-legs-Afghanistan-forced-restaurant-cruel-taunts-rival-football-fans.html

 

First Women Fail Marine Infantry Officer Course

” WASHINGTON — The first two female lieutenants to volunteer for the Marine Corps’ Infantry Officer Course failed to complete the program, the Marine Corps said Tuesday.

The first woman did not finish the combat endurance test at the beginning for the course in late September. Twenty-six of the 107 male Marines also did not finish the endurance test….”

Forrás : http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/10/17/first-women-fail-marine-infantry-officer-course.html?ESRC=marine.nl

Female Marine Vets: Sexist Culture Put Us at Risk

” WASHINGTON — At Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, female recruits learn to blouse their new camouflage trousers above their combat boots. They learn to low crawl under barbed wire and shoot an M-16. They learn to fight. And, several female Marines told Stars and Stripes, they learn that they must decide which of the three types of Marine women they will be: a slut, a dyke or a bitch…”

 

forrás: http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/10/11/female-vets-say-sexist-culture-put-them-at-risk.html?ESRC=marine.nl

Nationals Celebrate Marine Corps Day

” WASHINGTON  — The Washington Nationals celebrated and saluted the Corps with Marine Corps Day at Nationals Park Sept. 24.

The event featured the Marine Corps Base Quantico Band playing the national anthem, the Marine Barracks Washington Color Guard and a heartwarming salute to wounded warriors in attendance…”

 

forrás: http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/10/05/nationals-celebrate-marine-corps-day.html?ESRC=marine.nl