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UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY On November 10th, The United States Marine Corps Birthday commemorates the establishment of the Continental Marines. #MarineCorpsBirthday The United States Marine Corps, a branch of the United States Armed Forces, is responsible for providing power protection from the sea. They use the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. The Continental Congress first established the Continental Marines on November 10, 1775, leading up to the American Revolution. Two battalions of Marines fought for independence both on land and at sea. The birth of the U.S. Marine Corps began as a...

“When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks…” (Qur’an 47:4) “When you gonna wake up, and strengthen the things that remain?” (Bob Dylan, echoing Revelation 3:2) This is denial and willful ignorance on a scale so massive as to spell nothing less than a doomed society. “Woman beheaded ‘with machete’ in north London garden,” by Tom Whitehead, Ed Malnick, Tom Brooks Pollock and Gordon Rayner, the Telegraph, September 4, 2014 An 82-year-old woman was beheaded in a north London garden after a crazed attacker went beserk with a machete. Pensioner Palmira Silva was decapitated at her house in Edmonton in...

John E. Holden had been a Marine Corsair fighter pilot during WWII. He survived the war, and the many years that followed, before passing away last week at the age of 93. Holden fell from a window at a retirement community in Lancaster, PA. In the obituary, which he wrote himself according to the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, Holden's sense of humor was definitely in evidence. The former fighter pilot described a life "filled with endless laughter and debauchery." He mentions receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross and an Air Medal for actions in Okinawa in 1945, but also said there was...

History comes to life as R. Lee “Gunny” Ermey leads viewers on a fascinating ride through the engineering and development of weapons in the new one-hour series, LOCK N’ LOAD with R. Lee Ermey , premiering Friday, July 31 at 9pm ET on HISTORY. Get hands-on with some of the world’s fiercest firearms, including machine guns, tanks, pistols and rockets, as Gunnery Sergeant, drill instructor, Vietnam veteran, actor and former MAIL CALL host R. Lee Ermey demonstrates the weapons that made battlefield history. For example, Ermey unleashes a torrent of ammo using a Dillon Aero Minigun, which shoots three thousand...

Assistant CMC visits leathernecks in Afghanistan, delivers message from gold star mother Dec. 26, 2007; Submitted on: 12/26/2007 09:49:04 AM ; Story ID#: 200712269494 By Staff Sgt. Luis P. Valdespino Jr., Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan Marine Gen. Robert Magnus, assistant commandant of the Marine Corps speaks to Kabul-area Marines at the Camp Eggers dining facility during a visit Dec. 26. Marine Gen. Robert Magnus, assistant commandant of the Marine Corps speaks to Kabul-area Marines at the Camp Eggers dining facility during a visit Dec. 26. Marine Gen. Robert Magnus, assistant commandant of the Marine Corps speaks to Kabul-area...

‘Tis season for jolly MEU Leathernecks Dec. 23, 2007; Submitted on: 12/23/2007 03:11:50 PM ; Story ID#: 20071223151150 By Cpl. Peter R. Miller, 22nd MEU Cpl. Daniel A. Sanabria-Morales, a supply clerk with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) Command Element, prepares a surface for a fresh coat of paint at a community relations project on a Middle Eastern port visit, Dec. 13, 2007. The 22nd MEU (SOC) is currently acting as the theater reserve force for Central Command's area of operations. (CENTCOM) (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Peter R. Miller) Cpl. Kyle D. Mullinax, a...

Tori Kovach of Aberdeen, left, is a regular feature on downtown streets, often seen near the Wishkah Bridge holding signs protesting the war in Iraq or chastising President Bush. On Wednesday, Sgt. Brendan Chamburs, the Marine Corps recruiter stationed in Aberdeen, saw Kovach holding a protest sign near Quizno’s and decided to stage a counter-demonstration. He had his sign made at Coast Line Signs. Kovach was unmoved, saying, “I believe in the military, but I think the military is being misused. They are dying for a lie.” A few people honked their horns as they drove by, but not everyone...

Back on June 6th, we, the Freeple, helped propel OO-RAH Magazine, a site featuring the US Marines and their stories, a well-deserved 7.049 rating out of 10 on the coolness scale. To put that in perspective, only five sites got a 6 or higher rating in June, and only two of those five were in the sevens. Now we have an opportunity to vote for OO-Rah as Cool Site of the Month, so go forth and give 'em your vote! Please note you're also helping a fellow Freeper; outlawcam is the webmaster at OO-RAH.