Now these are the RoK Marines that I remember.

via Yahoo News.

"All Marines, including Marines on service and reserve Marines, will avenge the two at any cost, keeping today's anger and hostility in mind," said Lieutenant General Yoo Nak Joon, commander of the South Korean Marine Corps.
"We will put our feelings of rage and animosity in our bones and take our revenge on North Korea."

~Lieutenant General Yoo Nak Joon, commander of the South Korean Marine Corps.

Brazil's Marines bring AAV's to the fight.

via The Wall Street Journal.

I'll let you read the article for yourself, but what's interesting is that Brazil's Marines are using AAV's to give their police armored transport.  The Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais  are a para-military police organization thats well respected and quite capable in their own right.  As a matter of fact they have several armored vehicles that have stood the test in the slums of Rio.

Things are much worse than I even thought if they need BOPE, Special Military Police, Brazilian Marines and the Brazilian Army to fight in these areas.  Interesting.  All photos are from either the Wall Street Journal (AAV with police above) or Wikipedia (BOPE emblem to the right).

For sale to the highest bidder. How sad for a once mighty Navy.

Thanks Joe.  I wish they had sunk her instead.

Sale by Tender - HMS Invincible  HMS Invincible is for sale by tender. Laid down in 1973 at Vickers Shipbuilding, Barrow-in-Furness, she was completed in 1980. She is currently stable for tow, subject to buyer confirmation. Displacement - Current 17000 Tonnes Estimated metal weight - 10000 Tonnes Estimated metal % - 95% mild steel Length - OA 210m, W/L 193m Draught - Fwd 5.2m, Mid 5.8m, Aft 5.8m Beam - Extreme 35m, Ex-walkways 32m, W/L 27.53m Height - 46m (estimated at current draught Engines - Removed Generators and Pumps - Generally unserviceable or not working For fuller information, please see the General Particulars. Manufacturer: Vickers Shipbuilding

Yeah and I know they're selling her for scrap...still. Its just sad.

Brazillian Marines join the fighting in the city slums.

Amazing. Via Reuters.

"We have no deadline to stop operations. We're going to continue giving logistical support ... to transport police troops for as long as needed," said Colonel Carlos Chagas, commander of the Marine logistics battalion.

F-35C on the tanker

I never get tired of the F-35, and if you wonder why I post so much about it then check out all the anti- JSF sites out there.  All photos are from Lockheed Martin.

Strategy Page's TSA bumper stickers.

Too funny, but too true.

Aftermath of the N. Korean artillery strike.

More at Military Photos.net

If this didn't rate a retaliatory response then what does?