Tag: Marine
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War Through an iPhone Camera Lens
Associated Press photographer David Guttenfelder not only documents the war in Afghanistan with traditional digital cameras, he also used an iPhone camera, carried in his flak jacket pocket, coupled with a Polaroid film filter application to photograph the daily lives of Marines, Afghan soldiers and fellow journalists during the military offensive in Marjah, Afghanistan. Check…
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Terminal Lance – The Comic
“Terminal Lance” refers to a Lance Corporal in the USMC that will never make it past the rank of E-3 to Corporal. If you have ever been in the military, or have an interest in it, and understand how it works, you will find the comics hilarious. Most of the humor is directly related to…
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High School Boy Shoots Self By Accident With Stolen Gun
Source KSL.com – HERE Salt Lake City, UT – Sixteen-year-old Maile Fine was pronounced dead at Intermountain Medical Center Thursday after an apparent joke about Russian Roulette went horribly wrong. Though friends with him at the time said he had taken the bullets out of the gun, when Fine pointed it at his head and…
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H&K IAR replaces the M249 SAW for U.S. Marines
Pretty huge news… I’m not sure I really grasp the reason for the changeover though. There is definitely a huge savings in weight… but that is definitely at the expense of magazine capacity. I wonder how soldiers will feel about this? I understand that not ALL of the SAWs are being replaced, but for the…
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Happy 234th Birthday United States Marine Corps
Thank you to all who have served, and to all who are serving today. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwY67LYzH7Q[/youtube] [youtube width=”560″ height=”340″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xWA1rp50rs[/youtube] Semper Fi