Funniest Moments In Marine Corps History

One night the platoon set up camp alongside a river. They quickly realized they had settled in a sewage field, meanwhile rain had continued to pour making their camp muddy and dangerous. Suddenly rounds of mortar began to fall onto their camp. After the third round

E.B. Sledge’s book, With the Old Breed, is a personal memoir of his time fighting with the US Marines in the Pacific theater during World War II. The book starts with Sledge's introduction to the Marines, continues with his training in boot camp and infantry school, and then describes his pre-combat deployment to Pavuvu. He was given the job as an assistant gunner on a 60mm mortar after he picked it as his choice of weapon. Sledge was deployed to the Pacific theater and assigned to the 1st Marine Division, 5th Regiment, 3rd Battalion, Company K (also known as K/3/5). K/3/5 was stationed at Pavuvu Island for training in amphibious assault techniques and tactics.

When he got to bootcamp, he was assigned to drill instructor Corporal Doherty. Doherty was something else. He was the type of person to feel like they are the boss and what is said is to be followed. He says “I’m your drill instructor. This is Platoon 984.

Ma’am Yes Ma’am 98 years ago, the first woman was enlisted into the Marine Corps. Women are now in all U.S. military branches and are proudly in all ranks in these branches. However, this was not always the case and didn’t occur or was a rarity. The U.S. military branch called the Marine Corps is possibly the military branch that focuses most on its history.

As cannon balls flew threw the sky, I knew I had to save my country. My family heard about our glory, that we won Trenton. I have decided to re-enlist for three reasons which are family, glory and freedom. These three reasons are very important, especially for us soldiers.

The Effective Military Leader Warrant Officer Romero, Philip T. SPC: Captain Dearth, 1st Platoon The book “Black Hearts One Platoons Descent into Madness in Iraq’s Triangle of Death” by Jim Frederick is a true story about multiple leadership failures and six United States Soldiers from 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division who were convicted for their involvement in horrible crimes while deployed to Iraq. The horrific acts including rape as well as murder committed by the soldiers of 1st platoon were a direct result of poor military leadership. Bad leadership will corrupt any military unit.

My commander asked me to tell the people nearby to evacuate in the next 30 minutes or we would kill them due to danger. It was such a hard decision but I had to stay loyal to my country and tell them to evacuate. When I got drafted into the war I had to sign an oath (Document A) stating that “I will defend the constitution of the U.S. and that I will be faithful to the president.” Knowing that I signed that oath, I couldn’t back out of this situation now.

The latest altercation had been with a Sergeant in his division

Since I was ten years old, I have been a member of the Young Marines, a program dedicated to the enrichment of youth. Aside from my family and school, this organization has had an incredible impact on my life, not only providing me with many unique and amazing experiences, but by shaping the foundation of my character by instilling in me the three core principles of the Young Marines: Discipline, Leadership, and Teamwork and also by emphasizing the importance of community service. I have had many amazing and unique experiences as a Young Marine which included the challenges of promotion to become the senior ranking officer, learning many new skills such as CPR, teaching Drug Demand Reduction, leading and mentoring the members of the Unit, going on encampments and traveling. In my sophomore year, my Unit Commander, a Korean War veteran, selected me to travel with him to Seoul. Every few years he chooses a Young Marine to take to South Korea based on merit.

Guns, violence, ignorance, and marines; how do these all link together? Over periods of time certain groups get stuck with reputations, which are either good and bad. Humans have a tendency to make assumptions or make sense of things, so individuals categorize people into groups. Many of these groups share common characteristics and abilities which can be misunderstood by individuals. This is where stereotypes and misconceptions are formed.

“My Son the Marine” by Frank Schaeffer and John Schaeffer gives us a look into the life of a mother and father; and their feelings toward their son enlisting into the Marine corp. John had aspirations of joining the military to serve his country. He had spoken to recruiters from the Army, Air force, and the Navy but had yet spoken to the Marine Corp. John was taken by the appearance of the two Marines that visited his home. After he spoke with the Marines he decided that if he was going to join the military he would definitely join the Marine Corps.

They began to shout at the soldiers, daring them to fire. Captain Preston then arrived and tried to get the crowd to disperse. Unfortunately, an object thrown from the crowd struck one of the soldiers, Private Montgomery, and knocked him down. He fired into the crowd. After a few seconds of stunned silence, a number of other soldiers fired into the crowd as well.

Sledge says he stills has nightmares about "the bloody, muddy month of May on Okinawa. " He mentions to us about the filth that they struggled with and how he is puzzled that everyone always forgets to mention that part, because filth and fear went hand in hand. Eugene also tells us about his friendships and bonds that the Marines create together. The strengths of this article was Sledgehammer’s was the proof that he provided.

Colder Than Hell: A Marine Rifle Company at Chosin Reservoir was written and published by Joseph R. Owen in 1996. This book gives us a riveting point-of-view of the early and uncertain days of the Korean War through the eyes of Owen himself, as a platoon leader (PL) in a Marine rifle company. As a PL of a mortar section in Baker-One-Seven-Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment- Owen witnessed his hastily assembled men of a few regulars and reservists (who to mention some that have not gone to boot camp) quickly harden into the superb Baker-One-Seven known today. He makes it known quickly (in the foreword and the preface) that some of the major problems he initially encountered was due to how unprepared his unit was. Owen makes the

In the middle of his desk was a large, square ammo box. I could clearly see that the box was solid it was black. The drill sergeant then asked the other soldier