Pat R.

Product manager. Formerly @LFGdating (founder), @USMC (officer & Afghan vet). @SIU_Basketball is the only basketball team that matters.

[Alex Plitsas 🇺🇸 @alexplitsas]

The Marine Corps doesn’t make exceptions for anyone. The fact that he completed this course at 37 years old is a testament to him.

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

When widely respected GEN Randy George, whom Hegseth fired as Army Chief of Staff today, was a colonel, he and Lt Col Brown tried to shut down the ill-fated COP Keating before disaster struck. But their urgent pleas weren’t heeded as they should have been. (From THE OUTPOST:)

[U.S. Marines @USMC]

Today we take a moment to honor the legacy of nearly 500,000 Marines who served during the Vietnam War.

When Marines landed in Vietnam in 1965, their courage was tested in some of the most storied battles and operations in Marine Corps history—including Operation Starlite, Operation Hastings, Khe Sanh, Hue City, and Operation Dewey Canyon.

Their service in the jungles and cities of Vietnam would help reshape the Marine Corps’ approach to warfighting and cement their contributions to the Corps’ history.

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Original Caption: A Marine from Company G, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, runs for cover as NVA soldiers open up with a .50-caliber machine gun during Operation Hastings. The action is taking place in Quang Tri Province, northwest of Da Nang. Photo by: Corporal Mahoney

✍️ (U.S. Marine Corps graphic by Lance Cpl. Noah Matheny)

[Christopher K. Mellon @ChrisKMellon]

These overflights of U.S. bases have been going on for years and are becoming more commonplace and aggressive. The time for effective action, bringing some to ground if necessary, is long overdue.

[Lucas Webber @LucasADWebber]

Sophisticated drones attacked Louisiana's Barksdale bomber base

It is the first time a US airbase was temporarily put out of operation in wartime, something that never happened even in World War II. https://t.co/Xb9YoOVvfn

[Jim LaPorta @JimLaPorta]

I saw this quote for the first time yesterday: “Someone dies in combat. At Brigade level, he’s a social security number and a status that gets tracked to Landstuhl. At Div, he’s a storyboard. At Corps, he’s a statistic. At Platoon and Company, he’s a gaping wound in the soul of 100 men. To his family, it’s the end of the world." -Jim Gourley

[tuna🍣 @tunahorse21]

what if we gave claude creatine

[PEoperator⚡️ @PEoperator]

Coffee shops should have a separate line for those of us who just want black coffee.

[U.S. Naval Institute @NavalInstitute]

At the State of the Union, Petty Officer Scott Ruskan, a U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer, was honored with the Legion of Merit for saving 165 lives during the 2025 Texas floods.

A powerful and well-deserved tribute to his courage and selfless service. 🇺🇸🚁

[Annmarie Hordern @annmarie]

@pdoocy https://t.co/CZjnZ6YFEh

[Saluki Basketball @SIU_Basketball]

𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄 😱

@Quelron_4 WINS IT FOR THE DAWGS

#Salukis

[Saluki Basketball @SIU_Basketball]

There's only five seconds left in the half. Surely Jalen Haynes won't go coast-to-coast for a slam du-

#Salukis 34-27 Skyhawks | Halftime

[Christopher K. Mellon @ChrisKMellon]

In “Age of Disclosure,” former DNI James Clapper acknowledged a secret Air Force UAP program.

Congress must now put USAF leadership under oath and obtain the data.
https://t.co/1FWUkRHIeJ

[Jim LaPorta @JimLaPorta]

Apologies for the long post. On Nov. 7, I was the guest of honor at the Marine Corps ball for Littoral Distribution Company A, 6th Distribution Support Battalion, CLR-4 down in Savannah, GA.

Following my speech, I didn’t expect a standing ovation. I didn’t expect Marines to share with me the story of their friends who had taken their own lives. I didn’t expect the Marines who came up to tell me about how they laughed and cried during my speech.

@finnygo and others have said I should post my speech. Here’s a tranche of it.

“Because America wants Marines — individuals willing to stand watch while others sleep.

We need people willing to wake up before dawn, lace up their boots, run five miles through mud. And sand. And dust. And snow. And swamp. And water. And heat. On concrete. Through fog. And hallowing winds and jagged rock. Then spend the rest of the day training for a fight he or she hopes will never come.

We need people willing to miss birthday parties and wedding anniversaries. Baseball games and dance recitals.

People tough enough to storm a beach, steady enough to hold the line, and humble enough to bow their head at a comrade’s grave.

We need Marines.

We need people who can swim through surf, march through desert, and fight through jungle — but compassionate enough to provide aid after a tsunami or storm or to collect toys for children in need during Christmas.

We need people who can charge into chaos with courage but cradle a wounded friend with gentleness.

We need people willing to get in their finest dress uniform. Drive for miles to a home they’ve never been to and deliver the devastating news that their loved ones have died in service. We need people that will stay with that family during their bereavement. We need people strong enough to do it all over again for another family.

We need Marines.

People who can fix a rifle in the rain, find humor in hardship, and faith in the face of fear. Someone who can hold a rifle steady and be a friend at the ready.

It has to be someone who will stand guard on a ship at midnight, patrol a dusty village at dawn, and salute the same flag they might one day be draped beneath. Someone who’d fight for a country that sometimes forgets, but never forsakes.

It has to be someone who would raise their hand, swear an oath, and mean it. Who’d serve not for fame, or fortune but for the individual beside them and the nation behind them.

We need Marines.

Finally, if there is one regret that I hold from my time in the Marine Corps, it’s the regret of not appreciating nights like these when I was in uniform.

It’s easy to get caught up in all the preparation and money one has to drop to come to a Marine Corps Ball.

You got to pay for a hotel. And gas for the car. And get your medals mounted. And your date might need a suit or dress. And heaven help you if you’ve gained or lost weight because that means your dress blues have to be redone.

But…every year around Memorial Day, I write down the names of 36 Marines that I served with. 21 of them were killed in combat. 5 of them died in non-combat incidents like car crashes or from health issues. One was murdered. And 8 of them died by suicide.

I remember going to Marine Corps balls with these Marines and I wish I had appreciated them more at the time because looking back, I’d give anything to have another night with them.

Remember….this night is for you. And your accomplishments. You're a part of the fabric that makes the Marine Corps great.

Happy birthday, Marines. And Semper Fidelis.”

[U.S. Marines @USMC]

250 Years of Winning Our Nation's Battles

For one quarter of a millennium, we have defended our country. From the birth of our nation during the American Revolution, to the end of the Global War on Terror, our role as a naval-based amphibious force has played a defining role in turning the tides of each conflict into our Nation’s favor.

We have fought in every clime and place, and we maintain readiness to continue to be America's 9-1-1 anytime and anywhere we are called upon. Here's to the next 250.

Semper Fidelis & Happy Birthday, Marines!

[Pat R. @usmc_saluki]

@uncertainvector @DrBeaVillarroel Yet they allow papers on Dyson Spheres

[Pat R. @usmc_saluki]

@DrBeaVillarroel Ironic since arXiv has published >10 papers on Dyson Spheres, yet doesn’t allow this?

[Pat R. @usmc_saluki]

@TheLtColUSMC "Getting jacked"

[Pat R. @usmc_saluki]

"Tell me what you know about the Marines".
"Guns, fighting, training ... getting jacked."

[𝕃𝕚𝕖𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕒𝕟𝕥 ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕝 ℙ 🪖 @TheLtColUSMC]

🗓️ Mark your calendars — Nov 10, Netflix drops “MARINES”, a 4-part docuseries of an emotional deep dive into the lives of young Marines.

“The average lifespan of an employed machine gunner is about seven seconds — I want to outlast that.” 🦅🌎⚓️
https://t.co/grMGmCQqgp

[The Age of Disclosure @ageofdisclosure]

The truth is coming 11/21. Worldwide on Prime Video & in select U.S. theaters.

An explosive documentary that reveals an 80-year global cover-up of non-human intelligent life, with testimony from 34 U.S. Government insiders.