Tag: USMC

  • Combat Obscura USMC Documentary

    This looks like it will be interesting: From the description: Just out of high school, at the age of 18, Miles Lagoze enlisted in the Marine Corps. He was deployed to Afghanistan where he served as Combat Camera — his unit’s official videographer, tasked with shooting and editing footage for the Corps’ recruiting purposes and…

  • Defend USMC Hits A Rough Patch With Negligent Discharge

    LOL imagine that… a negligent discharge from one strip mall operator… (guy pictured, although a USMC defender; wasn’t the guy who ND’d) You can read the full story at Columbus Dispatch, but here are the best parts: One of them has been charged with a misdemeanor after he accidentally fired his AR-15 rifle. Someone from…

  • Protecting USMC Recruiting Centers In Questionable Ways

    Dustin Ellermann (same dude that was on top shot) posts a couple questionable pics: The full facebook post is here… Facebook (like YouTube) always has such a wide range of comments, ranging from intelligent to so dumb you wonder how the person was actually able to have their brain tell their fingers what keys to press…

  • When Door Kickers Need To Breach

    How Marines Breach: haha “Blanket Man” out of context sounds like the lamest nickname on earth.  I had no idea USMC carried around a ballistic blanket.  I just figured they stood a hand full of yards adjacent to where the blast is going to be coming out.  What’s the point of standing right in front of…

  • Until It Hurts Artwork – Want To See A Documentary?

    You can help a documentary get made: The idea of UNTIL it HURTS (UiH) was created by Dave Hall, retired SEAL sniper.  Dave’s plan was to honor his fallen friends and brothers by creating a piece of art out of a target.  He fired his weapon from 911 yards for each teammate that had fallen,…

  • USMC New Combat Pistol Training Program

    A look at the new USMC pistol training program, slated to replace the old one: This new program is apparently designed to incorporate a mindset steeped in the battlefield according to the video description.  I guess battlefields work a lot different than I imagined them to be. Yea I’m not qualified to critique a training…