Donald Raasch is one of the few men alive who fought in the fiercest battle in Marine Corps history. by Lance Cpl. David Brandes and Lance Cpl. Ethan Miller MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – The corporal dragged his body up the obsidian sheet of sand speckled with other water-logged Marines. He clambered …
Read More »WATCH: B-52’s in an Undisclosed Location
This in from CENTCOM: A formation in an undisclosed location. Here’s an interesting formation. Two U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress long-range strategic bombers, along with two F-15E Strike Eagles and two Iraqi Air Force F-16IQ Vipers, take flight over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility on Feb. 17, 2025. …
Read More »Soldiers Kidnapped in Central African Republic: Among the Shadows, Where the Dead Tend to Stay
by Gatimu Juma The last anyone saw of Celestin Bakoyo and Elie Ngouengue, they were stepping into a police station in Bangui, in the Central African Republic. That was on January 24. Since then—nothing. No official charges, no explanations, just silence. And in a country where men vanish and never …
Read More »‘The Phantom’ Fouled the Latrine; We Had to Find Him Before Sarge Flushed Us All Down the Toilet
by Heath Hansen It was 0530 hours the morning our first sergeant kicked open the door to our tent, and told us to “get the fuck outside and form it up!” Late the previous night, we returned to base from a 10-day mission in Afghanistan. I could see through a …
Read More »Damage to USS Harry S Truman From Collision at Sea: Updated, With CO Firing
The commanding officer of the USS Harry S Truman was relieved of duty following the collision. The Navy released a first look at exterior damage to the USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75), following a collision at sea near Port Said, Egypt. The Truman collided with merchant vessel Besiktas-M on …
Read More »John Browning’s M1911 Was Patented on Valentine’s Day
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Read More »Navy Seabees Rescue People Who Were Trapped Inside Submerged Car
by Petty Officer 1st Class James Hong These Navy Seabees jumped into action to help two motorists who were trapped inside a car that had plunged into muddy waters. Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 came to the aid of stranded motorists off of Interstate 10 East …
Read More »Islamic State Launches Deadly Attack on Military Base in Somalia
by Mohamed Olad Hassan Nearly 100 people were killed and up to 60 others wounded when members of the Islamic State terror group launched a deadly attack on a military base belonging to security forces from Somalia’s Puntland region, officials said Tuesday. At least 27 Puntland soldiers and more than 70 …
Read More »Fort Bragg is Back, With a New Take on Name for Storied Army Post
Are name changes in the works for other military installations that were renamed under the Biden administration? Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Monday night signed a memorandum renaming Fort Liberty in North Carolina to Fort Roland L. Bragg. The storied North Carolina post was renamed Fort Liberty in 2023, during an …
Read More »WATCH: Marines Deploy Concertina Wire Along US Southern Border
Security operations along the U.S. southern border include setting up new physical barriers to curtail illegal border crossings. Here is a time lapse of setting up concertina wire near San Ysidro, California. These Marines with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, worked along the southern border wall on Feb. …
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