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Motivating the Marines

By lex, on August 13th, 2009

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August 13th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: afghanistan, GWOT, marines

5 comments to Motivating the Marines

  • Mike Myers
    August 13, 2009 at 4:27 pm

    The chance to “get some” in a fair fight (well not really fair, since it’s the USMC versus whatever comes their way) is all that it takes to motivate a Marine.

    A fellow a year or so ahead of me in law school won a Silver Star in Viet Nam (he was a lieutenant at the time) for leaping out of an APC or similar squad vehicle under heavy waving a .45 and yelling “Let’s go, we’re Marines”. The State Bar might have wanted to reject him for lack of prudence, but he wound up as retired USMC general–and one of the leading lawyers in San Diego.

  • Grampa Bluewater
    August 13, 2009 at 10:11 pm

    The Imperial German Army knew what they faced: devil dogs, the hounds of hell. The enemy you didn’t want to face.

    Ninety years later, not much has changed from the enemy’s point of view.

    These dudes are really into this stuff, man.

  • blackeagle603
    August 14, 2009 at 12:12 am

    heh. Was warming up my wannabe Marine today after work with a little “combined arms” — AR15 .223 and Model 70 .270. Father/Son range day. Good times. Had him dialing in the irons on the AR15 build (front post bottomed and still need more elevation — need to get busy with a file). Then introduced him to the new (old — pre-64) .270 that I got for to be his primary hunting rifle a while back.

    He’s outta here Sunday to the Bay Area for NROTC kickoff and swearing in.

  • b2
    August 14, 2009 at 2:02 pm

    Came across this today. Marines sleeping after 8 hr. firefight- hits you hard:

    b2

  • virgil xenophon
    August 14, 2009 at 2:19 pm

    Thanks for the post, b2. Not enough of it ever makes the MSM–as if we should wonder why….
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