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In this dramatic image, the Officer Commanding 10 Troop is shown sending a situation report during an initial entry into an enemy compound.
M Company, 42 Commando Royal Marines took part in an operation to clear the compounds used by the Taliban in Barikjo, Helmand Province Southern Afghanistan, in early 2007. This was part of Operation Volcano.
Photographer: LA(Phot) Gaz Faulkner
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Friday, October 07, 2011
Iconic pic. Royal Marines storm Taliban compound.
Company I Marines prepare for a training raid
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| A CH-53E Sea Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) carrying Marines departs USS Makin Island Oct. 6 to conduct a training raid. The Marines are with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, which serves as the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbor in San Diego Sept. 28 and is participating in its final exercise before deploying in Novembe |
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| Marines with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, board a CH-53E Sea Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) before conducting a training raid Oct. 6. The battalion serves as the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbor in San Diego Sept. 28 and is participating in its final exercise before deploying in November. |
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| Marines with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, wait to board a CH-53E Sea Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) before conducting a training raid Oct. 6. The battalion serves as the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbor in San Diego Sept. 28 and is participating in its final exercise before deploying in November. |
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| Cpl. Scott Mackie waits to board a CH-53E Sea Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) in the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island’s hangar Oct. 6 before conducting a training raid. Mackie, 22, is from Huntington Beach, Calif., and serves with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1. The battalion serves as the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbor in San Diego Sept. 28 and is participating in its final exercise before deploying in November. |
Thursday, October 06, 2011
Who gives a damn if a Marine dies?
No Title
Take a man and put him alone
Put him twelve thousand miles from home
Empty his heart of all but his blood
Make him live in sweat in mud
This is the life I have to live
This the soul to the devil I give
You have your parties and drink your beer
While young men are dying over here
Plant your signs on the white house lawn
"Lets all get out of Vietman"
Use your signs and have your fun
then you refuse to use a gun
There's nothing else for you to do
Then I'm supposed to die for you
There is one thing that you don't know
and thats where I think you should go
I'm already here and it's too late
I've traded all my love just for hate
I'll hate you till the day I die
You made me hear my buddy cry
I saw his leg and his blood shed
then I heard them say "This one's dead"
It was a large price for him to pay
to let you live another day
He had the guts to fight and die
to keep the freedom you live by
By his dying your life he buys
but who gives a damn if a marine dies
~Author Unknown
Found in the pocket of a dead marine – Quang Tri Providence,Vietnam
7 JUNE 1969
Rest in peace Steve Jobs...but remember...
Remember your Marines, Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen that are in harms way.
Steve brought you entertainment.
The military is fighting and dying for you.
Give a damn when one of them dies.
The most valuable ships in the fleet are under stress.
The amphibious fleet of the US is in high demand because they are the most flexible ships in the US arsenal, but is seen as and is given a low priority by leaders in the US Navy with the total amphibious force now 15% below clearly articulated bare minimum size and 25% below stated requirement size. For whatever reason, both Congress and the DoD are watching the Avondale shipyard that builds amphibious ships go out of business due to lack of work.
What is the plan to address these problems, because all indications are there is no plan.
Defense Review's write up on the SRTV-5
K-MAX Quick Reaction Assessment
K-Max is about to deploy. Late but still good news. Less trucks, less IED attacks...less injured Marines.
Good stuff.
Good stuff.
ArmorWorks Hyena Special Ops Truck.
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I got curious because I had never seen it. I knew of ArmorWorks but had no idea that they were working on this type of vehicle.
Mystery solved.
The Hyena is out of the UK branch of ArmorWork, this is good news for them and even better news for that country. The UK appears to be the new home for specialized special ops vehicles...or they're at least working to carve out that niche.
F-35 at sea...the takeoff's
Spudman! My boy...thanks for the heads up...got slammed at work so I'm late to the table...
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