This is your Marine Corps and mine.
A US Marine was killed by a sorry, low down, bastard of an Afghan dog...and instead of being forthcoming, the leadership withheld the information.
Our Marine Corps is broken.
Via the Washington Post.
WASHINGTON — An Afghan soldier shot to death a 22-year-old Marine at
an outpost in southwestern Afghanistan last month in a previously
undisclosed case of apparent Afghan treachery that marked at least the
seventh killing of an American military member by his supposed ally in
the past six weeks, Marine officials said.
Lance Cpl. Edward J. Dycus of Greenville, Miss., was shot in
the back of the head on Feb. 1 while standing guard at an Afghan-U.S.
base in the Marja district of Helmand province. The exact circumstances
have not been disclosed, but the Dycus family has been notified that he
was killed by an Afghan soldier. Marine officials discussed the matter
on condition of anonymity because it is still under investigation.
Read the whole thing for yourself. My stomach is turning, I'm ready to punch walls and I would love to hear the explanation that the Corps has for with holding this info.
Time for some resignations. This is a force protection issue and violates the tenets of the Marines.
Mission accomplishment first.
Troop welfare second.
This mission in Afghanistan can't be accomplished so Troop Welfare becomes the primary mission set.