American attackers across the Pacific faced a hellish task. Marines, soldiers and sailors made landfall again and again. On each island, they faced stubborn, well-trained defenders with knowledge of the…
“We need to love more fiercely,” says Dr. Greg Matos, veteran psychologist and creator of A Better Love Project, a veteran-led, nonprofit educational organization that aims at providing couples with…
We’re not saying everyone in the military does these things, just that it’s almost impossible to complete an enlistment without someone either encouraging you, or even teaching you, to:
This is the second in a series about how branches of the military hate on each other. We’ll feature all branches of the U.S. military, written by veterans of that branch being brutally honest with themselves a…
From the point of view of an airman who (in the right town) could be mistaken for a Coastie while wearing my dress blues, I have to say: Marine Dress uniforms have no equal. I totally get why people join the Marines just for the dress blues.
Born in a bar, raised on an island, honed on the rifle range, refined in combat, there is no better friend, no worse enemy than a United States Marine. After 242 years of adapting and overcoming, evolved the most elite organization of barrel-chested…
On Aug. 1, 1944, less than two months after D-Day, Marine Maj. Peter J. Ortiz, five other Marines, and an Army Air Corps officer parachuted into France to assist a few hundred French resistance fighters known as the Maquis in their fight against the…
The Space Marines of Warhammer 40,000 are some of the most beloved, fictionalized versions of our beloved, real-life Marine Corps. Whether it’s the hyper-masculinity or…
Adam “Chase” Millsap is well-known for his TV/film work, bringing authenticity from the battlefield to Hollywood. This veteran Marine officer turned Green Beret is just getting started but it’s the…
PPE also known as Personal Protective Equipment is one of the first things a troops learns to use. Some troops choose not to wear certain PPE such as hearing protection,…