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Semper Fi and Welcome to The Suck! 🇺🇸
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Belleau Wood’s Devil Dog Fountain: A Living Marine Corps Tradition
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@PitTalkPodcast1 Top G.. Thanks brother. Been busy with mobile app dev.

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We Name Our Damn Units, and Then We Turn Them into Legends! The Walking Dead. The Magnificent Bastards. Suicide Charley. The Black Sheep. The Ugly Angels. Koler’s Klowns. The Purple Foxes. The Death Rattlers. Darkhorse. Evil Eyes...
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[Voices of WW2 @VoicesofWW2]

February 25, 1945

USMC 5th Division Marines grouped behind their Browning M1919 .30 calibre machine gun, display Japanese battle flags captured during the first few days of the bloody fight for Iwo Jima.
It was the men of the Fifth who fought their way to the top of Mount Suribachi to raise the American flag on the rim of the crater.

The 5th Division landed on Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945, southeast of Mount Suribachi. The division sustained heavy initial losses, so much so that by that afternoon, the 26th Marine Regiment had to be released as the division reserve.

On February 23, two American flags were raised on Mount Suribachi by members of the 28th Marine Regiment. The 5th Division would fight on Iwo Jima from February 19 until March 26 where they would sustain 2,482 killed in action, 19 missing in action, and 6,218 wounded in action. This was the highest casualty rate among the three Marine divisions involved in the invasion.

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@333Popeye3 Semper Fi Doc! Rah!

[Special Ops Magazine @specialopsmag]

The Special Warfare community is mourning the loss of DEVGRU (SEAL Team 6) Red Squadron operator Rob Roy, who sadly passed away this week.

Master Chief Rob Roy served 25 years in the Navy. He graduated with BUD/S Class 147, which at the time was the third class ever to have no one quit during Hell Week. He spent a total of 21 years in the SEAL Teams, including 10 years at the elite DEVGRU.

Rob appeared on the TV show "Deadliest Warrior," as well as on the cover of a SOCOM video game. He is also the author of the book "The Navy SEAL Art of War: Leadership Lessons from the World's Most Elite Fighting Force."

Rest easy Rob 🔱

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

Lance Corporal Brady A. Gustafson fought off nearly 100 Taliban fighters from the turret of an MRAP… after his leg was blown off.

In July 2008, the 21 year old Marine manned his M240B in the MRAP turret. The vehicle took point of a mounted column patrolling through Shewan, Afghanistan. Suddenly, a complex ambush hit the column from all around, initiated by an RPG aimed at Gustafson’s MRAP. The RPG penetrated the vehicle’s hull and detonating inside. Flames shot up through the turret, searing his face. He stood to take aim at the surrounding muzzle flashes, but his right leg buckled beneath him in excruciating pain. Gustafson looked down and found his leg mangled beyond recognition, with bone exposed and his booted foot dangling by a shred of muscle.

Despite the injury, Gustafson resumed shooting all around. As he fired, a Marine inside the MRAP applied a tourniquet to his leg. Gustafson finished a 200 round belt, loaded another, and returned to his war. An RPG struck the vehicle behind Gustafson, bursting it into flames. He shouted to the driver of the MRAP, who had just regained consciousness, to reverse direction. They pushed the flaming vehicle backward out of the kill zone, allowing the occupants to safely exit. Gustafson blew through another 200 rounds and reloaded once more before finally relenting to medical treatment and allowing another Marine to take over the turret. His fearless resolve and courageous initiative saved the column from destruction, and ensured not a single Marine was lost that day.

For his actions, LCpl Gustafson received the Navy Cross. He left the Marine Corps the following year as a Corporal.

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Watching footage of World War 2 makes me realise how brave that generation was and how much more advanced today's generation has become.

[War Times @wartirnes]

Battle of Aachen: Street Fighting in Germany - October 1944 🇺🇸🇩🇪

Colorized footage captures soldiers of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division ("Big Red One") engaged in brutal house-to-house fighting during the Battle of Aachen.

German defenders turned every street, building, and basement into a fortress as American troops cleared the city block by block in some of the fiercest urban combat of the Western Front.

On October 21, 1944, after weeks of relentless fighting, Aachen became the first major German city captured by the Allies, though much of the city had been left in ruins.

Digitally restored, enhanced, and presented with sound design to recreate how these moments may have looked and sounded at the time.

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Happy New Year from Afghanistan
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STRANGE BREED
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Revolutionary War Marines
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One Ride With YP-13
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Kick Ass Texas Chili Recipe
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The Battle of the Somme: A War of Inches and Unimaginable Losses
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My Men Are My Heroes – The Brad Kasal Story
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The China Marines: The Post That Time Forgot
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Who Might Not Thrive in the Marine Corps?
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Marine Corps Movies
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