Love Osan for the mink blankets, football jerseys, and embroidered helmet bags! That and all the challenge coins made there...

Guess what other unusual platform had a nuclear mission.

ROK Riot Police show how it’s done. Dealing with molotovs and propane tanks at end.

Showed up at Yongsan all smug cuz I packed a glow belt - not good enough - they required glow VESTS!

Should show the same kind of imagery for the Spratley’s.

No worries. I’m curious too if there’s a way to strat air lift them. It’s the height of the rudders that are the problem. (that famous move of the C130 fuselage had the tail cut off).

That’s still too big to fit in the C5. I’m curious if they flew transLant to get to Germany. I don’t see the AR probe on the HMX birds edit oh they do have them.

It's kind of funny how China can build a huge airfield destroying a natural coral reef and probably all kinds of wildlife in less than a year. We’ve taken 10 years and can’t even begin the FRF at Camp Schwab because we have to do EISs, deal with anti-base protestors, etc.

Release the mind lock on THX1138!

Not to be smug just because it’s codified. To paraphrase LtGen Krulak -America does not need a Marine Corps but America wants a Marine Corps. Should the country ever lose faith in the Marines then it would quickly vanish. This also accounts for the high institutional/tribal paranoia and feelings of needing to…

(a) The Marine Corps, within the Department of the Navy, shall be so organized as to include not less than three combat divisions and three air wings, and such other land combat, aviation, and other services as may be organic therein. The Marine Corps shall be organized, trained, and equipped to provide fleet marine…

As Truman said we have a propaganda machine to rival Stalin! ;)

Actually the case Marine’s remember is Guadalcanal when the Navy left. Bataan was mostly Army and the Navy never got there. The only large Marine unit to surrender was 4th Marines which had gone to the PI from legation duty in China. Urban legend is that 4th Marines HQ can never return to the U.S. because of that. (It…

All our aircraft are bought and paid for by the Navy.

Codified in the National Security Act of 1947. The Marines are a combined arms force in readiness - the MAGTF without air is just MGTF.

You also have to remember the Blues bunos are IIRC early A models and lot numbers that are modified too so they are probably some of the oldest Hornets in the fleet. The extra FLE and G forces probably aggravate the TFOA rates.

I’ve read some of the War Lover clips were taken from 12 OClock High. Including Paul Mantz’s belly landing stunt.

You should’ve included the note Ike kept in his pocket that had his statement in case the landings failed.

First of all. You capitalize Marines - especially If you are one. Secondly, you’re wrong. As someone else pointed out the Army actually conducted more amphib landings overall.

The PLA needs a lesson from US Army tankers. Hooah!