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A Marine's Story. Travels, Trials, and Testimonies of a Veteran

http://amarinestale.blogspot.com

A Marine veteran recounts his experience as a trigger puller in the Marine Corps infantry. Unique stories about overseas service and the military culture.

• Added on: Dec 4th, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: jerry
• Listed in: Military Veterans
• Tags: marines marine usmc bootcamp united states marines united states marine

Recent Posts

• AWOL from the Marine Blog

  Posted on Thursday January 29th, 2009 at 13:26

  I apologize to my readers for not posting in the past month. The holiday season, as well as some other circumstances, have kept me from blogging. This is by no means an end to the Marine Blog. I just felt is was necesarry to take a short hiatus bu...

• Bootcamp

  Posted on Friday December 5th, 2008 at 11:14

  Every year, thousands of young men and women decide to enlist into the military. While each service has a unique and challenging bootcamp, the United States Marine Corps is known for having the longest and most challenging basic training. Boot camp f...

• Military Tradition: The Pinning of Rank and Wing Emblems by the Military

  Posted on Wednesday December 3rd, 2008 at 12:21

  Some have called it hazing while others maintain that the pinning of rank devices to the collar is a tradition that should be adopted by all generations. I speak from the perspective of a Marine grunt and I care about the tradition of the Marines. ...

• Tales of a Boot Marine.

  Posted on Tuesday October 21st, 2008 at 19:07 in marine corps, infantry, hazing, thrashing, boot marine

  There is no worse position to be in during a Marine Corps career than that of a "boot marine." A boot Marine is considered the lowest on the totem pole of billet structure. It is similiar to a "cherry" from the Vietnam era. In the Marine Corps inf...

• Fight to Kill not for Points.

  Posted on Monday October 20th, 2008 at 14:20

  A will never forget my introduction to Marine Corps hand to hand combat. In my first lesson on unarmed combat I was taught how to rip off my opponents ears. I was taught that it takes fifteen pounds of force to remove a human ear and it was a quick...

• Welcome.

  Posted on Monday October 20th, 2008 at 14:07 in introduction

  Hello readers,Welcome to "A Marine's Tale." This is a blog about the service of an infantry marine in a Fleet Marine Force company. The story revolves around a young, reckless, Marine who makes it through the Marine Corps despite adversity and other...

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Sure to annoy the PC crowd, this is sure to be a hit with Warriors and those that aspire to become Warriors.

"Good Men sleep comfortably in their warm beds at night, because Rough Men stand ready to commit violence on their behalf."

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