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Several years ago I had a pair of 5.11’s ATLAS Mid boots. They were lightweight and super comfortable. Fast forward to 2022 and 5.11 has produced an update, the A/T…
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Several years ago I had a pair of 5.11’s ATLAS Mid boots. They were lightweight and super comfortable. Fast forward to 2022 and 5.11 has produced an update, the A/T…
Today in Animal History; 20 Years ago: POGs Screw the Grunts and Live Like Kings (ASP) Before the invasion of Iraq, the 7th Marine Regiment was living and training in…
While I was an army airborne school student my Platoon Black Hats selected me as the Platoon honor graduate. I had to go to a board against one member of…
Marine House – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia During 2000 I was deployed with three Army ODAs to train the Malaysian National Police at a Police Base outside the City of Ipo.…
Important Note: Combat does not just mean fighting overseas. Combat is the military fighting a foreign enemy, law enforcement officers fighting for their very lives, firefighters rushing into a burning…
Sometimes Marines think they are indestructible; to their own detriment. Sometimes we have too much pride to say I need help or I cannot do everything. Twice in my 30-year…
A Blessing in Disguise Diatribes of a Knucklehead While a was a Battalion SgtMaj I was stopped by one of our Chief Instructors (a GySgt) and he told me he…
Diatribes of a Knucklehead During February of 2002 Animal Company 1/7 arrived at the Bn HQ, on Cam Schwab (Okinawa) and Marines working for US Customs held an inspection of…
Picking Up Human Remains at the Savannah Airport Diatribes of a Knucklehead Many Veterans, to include me, get disgruntled about the fact that most American civilians have no respect for…
Coyote Brown’s Little Book of Psychobabble The Price of Combat (After the Smoke Clears) Relief, Self-Blame and Other Emotions: “My world was turned inside out.” The mind is its own…