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The Pull of Hunger - Pt. II
Photograph of somewhere in Uruzgan Province by Garrick Morgenweck At the Teri Bridge, two green police trucks with Russian DShK machine guns choked the road. Toyota Hiluxs’, old orange Corollas,...
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Leaning Into Force Design
U.S. Marines with Force Reconnaissance Platoon (FRP), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct a live fire deck shoot aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) in the Philippine Sea,...
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The Pull of Hunger, Pt. III
Lyndell Brown and Charles GreenAfghan traders with soldiers, market, Tarin Kowt base, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, 2007-08From The approaching storm series 2007-09Digital color inkjet photograph155...
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Perpetuating Success Stories - The One More Wave Floperator
I love veteran success stories. Growing up, my grandfather, a World War II infantryman, taught me to excel in life regardless of circumstances. Seen in his youth as the part-Indian bastard child of a...
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3495 Bailey
Every step, a set of ribbons stitched on a hatReminds you of where they’ve beenAnd where you’re atWedged in a chair, relating to peeling linoleumNarcotics more present than the fiends holding themWe...
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Nonno’s Old Box of Memories
U.S. 2nd Armored Division soldiers look down into a fighting hole at a slain German soldier armed with two Panzerfaust rocket launchers. Germany, 1945. Photo colorized by Julius Jääskeläinen....
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The Legend Of Peg Leg McGillyson
Listen, my children, and you will hear the late-night legend of old Peg Leg McGillyson. A pro surfer with talent too spare, his face is often adorned with sparse sun-bleached facial hair. He may not...
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Fairweather Brotherhood
At the risk of sounding cliché, June 8, 2014, started like any other day. I woke up at 5 am, got my ACUs on, and began the 45-minute drive to work. My commute was met with the same excitement it...
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The Marine Corps’ Identity Crisis
Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) participate in a live-fire range aboard the USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) on April 16, 2021. (Photo courtesy DVIDSHUB) Without an active conflict, The...
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Movie Review Monday: The Promise
The Promise is a 2016 film available on Netflix depicting the Armenian Genocide from the victims’ point of view. I felt this film would be a relevant watch for today, given Turkey’s increasingly...
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Perpetuating Success Stories - The One More Wave Floperator
I love veteran success stories. Growing up, my grandfather, a World War II infantryman, taught me to excel in life regardless of circumstances. Seen in his youth as the part-Indian bastard child of a...
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Moondust
What can really be said about OIF? Hindsight’s 20/20? A lot of us can remember being in bootcamp when Delta Force captured Saddam and his sons met their end. We thought then it was all over and...
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