Archive for december, 2012

Happy New Year for all Friends

Mexico Frees Former Marine Jailed for Bringing Gun

“MIAMI — A Marine veteran jailed for months in Mexico after trying to carry a family heirloom shotgun across the border has been freed, U.S. officials and his lawyer said late Friday.

The attorney for 27-year-old Jon Hammar tweeted Friday night that his client had been released from a detention center in Matamoros, Mexico.

“Jon is out, going home!” Eddie Varon Levy tweeted….”

Forrás : http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/12/23/mexico-frees-former-marine-jailed-for-bringing-gun.html?ESRC=marine.nl

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Marine Pursues Dream to Become a Sniper

“CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan — Snipers have been the focus of envy and the personification of legends in the Marine Corps since men like Carlos Hathcock and Chuck Mawhinney looked down their scopes in the jungles of Vietnam. The recent exploits of Chris Kyle, the retired Navy SEAL who now has the most confirmed sniper kills in U.S. military history, modernized the mystique of the military sniper, but few have had what it takes to join the ranks…”

Forrás : http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/12/10/marine-pursues-dream-to-become-a-sniper.html?ESRC=marine.nl

Navy SEAL Killed in Rescue Was From Pennsylvania

“WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has identified the Navy SEAL killed during the weekend rescue mission in Afghanistan as Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque of Monroeville, Pa.

A Defense Department statement says the 28-year-old Checque died of combat-related injuries but gave no further details of the mission. He was among members of SEAL Team Six, which freed an American doctor abducted by the Taliban…”

Forrás : http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/12/10/navy-seal-killed-in-rescue-was-from-pennsylvania.html?ESRC=marine.nl