U.S. and ROK Amphibious Assault Vehicles attacks the shores of Dogu Beach..... photos by Cpl. Anthony Morales

Mig-31 (pics)

Thanks to Olgerts for the link!

Pic of the day....KA-52 and Mi-28

Thanks to Filippo for the link!

I've always wondered why the Russians don't use the Mi-28 aboard its ships but I guess the like the safety and compact size of the Kamov designs.  Regardless I personally consider the Mi-28 to be the more effective and lethal design.

Blast from the past....We don't promise you a rose garden...

Remember the iconic poster above?  It was during an earlier time when the US was in turmoil, facing social change.  The Marine Corps stayed true to its values.

tried to find a clear, large pic but failed...forgive the fuzziness...

Leadership understood that women wanted a challenge too.

Did they coddle them or bow head?  No.  They offered membership into the tribe if they proved themselves worthy.  The Corps WAS selective.  It was small, yet elite and the envy of others around the world.

The message was the same as it always was but tailored to the new world while not surrendering ourselves to it, we are the USMC....you must prove yourself worthy...we don't need you if you don't want to be a part of the tribe with every fiber of your being.  Check out the poster below.

We build men and women of character but we should never coddle snow flakes, agenda driven monsters, fifth column elements that have wormed their way into the Corps or crows that have stayed beyond their expiration date.

The latest Marine Corps commercials are a travesty.  The Marine Corps is about winning battles, not building schools or acting as a globe trotting meals on wheels service.  If leadership is no longer about being tough and proud of it then its time for some retirements.

What commercials?  Can't find them on YouTube but I've seen them on the telly.  Pure 100% snowflake, liberal, wall punching, even the US Army is making more hardcore commercials than us.. TRASH!  TRY THE FUCK AGAIN HQMC!!!!

Ka-52K Naval Attack Helicopter & Ka-29 Naval Assault Transport Helicopter

We support the Corps and now its a generational war?

via Marine Corps Times

The Marine Corps has always struggled with change.

A decade ago, when the Corps adopted new desert boots and the ­digital-pattern, wash-and-wear camouflage uniforms, many older Marines scoffed.

“They labeled us ‘soft’ and bitched about how in the ‘old Corps’ Marines knew the value of shining boots and starching cammies,” recalled Ethan Field, a former Marine infantry squad leader and foreign affairs professional.

For the past 15 years, the Marine Corps has faced mounting pressure to modernize and adapt, responding to both a changing battlefield overseas and the civilian society’s expectations back at home. While breaking with tradition has often made the Corps stronger, it also inspires frustration and scorn among the “old Corps.”

“Every current Marine or former Marine resents that people coming after them will have it easier,” Field said. They fear that “the lack of traditions they were raised on will somehow make new ­Marines ‘less’ than they were in the past.”

The latest push for change is targeting the Corps’ culture. It comes in response to revelations that hundreds, maybe thousands, of male Marines have been posting and viewing online photographs of naked female Marines without their consent. The scandal is shining a public spotlight on secretive online networks where Marines and others traffic in “revenge porn,” and make jokes about domestic violence and sexual assault.

While the Corps’ leaders have known about these sites for years, the latest uproar has forced the top generals to call for a sweeping crackdown. Top generals say Marines could be prosecuted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Boot camp and the hallowed process for making Marines is under review.

More broadly, Marine Commandant Gen. Robert Neller has vowed to stamp out the sexism and misogyny that for years was overlooked with a wink and a shrug.

“We’re going to have to change how we see ourselves … how we treat each other.” Neller told lawmakers on March 14 before a Senate hearing on the nude-photo sharing scandal rocking the Corps. 

Fucking seriously?

The Marine Corps Times is part of the fifth column inside the Marines.

If the Corps wants to sever ties with its past then so be it.  I can learn not to give a fuck.

Side Note:  I love the Corps.  I want the Corps to win forever.  You don't want to see me if I start hating the Corps! If I and others no longer support the Corps then you're gonna see part of the USMC's magic formula fade away.  Neller needs to be fucking careful.  He might start a war that will make the drama that Amos faced look like a picnic.

Open Comment Post. March 20, 2017.

I CHOOSE TO STAND AGAINST THE MOB!!!

More on the Marine pic scandal...my view...

I've read comments on the Marine pic scandal and I'm still pissed.  Below is a my opinion, observations and a small rant....

1.  Task and Purpose Blog has an agenda.  They're a victims advocacy blog that came out of nowhere.

2.  I'm getting  the smell of a coordinated hit job on the Marine Corps.   The entire news media was primed and ready to run with this story.  Notice that it was front page news for several days?  I truly believe that this was coordinated as part of the liberal agenda to "resist" Trump.

3.  I wonder how involved the USMC leadership was involved in this.  Have you seen the latest Marine Corps commercials?  They're so pussified they make me want to puke.

4.  The male on male sexual assault numbers are juiced beyond recognition.  If true then the USMC has a higher rate of male on male sexual assault than the general population.  How is that possible???  The fact that those numbers are accepted at face value is puzzling.  The fact that leadership hasn't pushed back is stunning.  We'll talk more on this on the podcast.

5.  The issue with the women victims is curious,  I have a few active Marine SNCO's and Officer's that keep me in the loop.  If they heard of an assault they would act forcefully to punish the guilty and protect the weak.  Did the victims give the system a chance to work?

6.  Many readers are quick to condemn the Marines and curse the Marine Corps.  To those that do.  Fuck you.  The Marine Corps has one job.  To protect the nation.  We do that by killing the nation's enemies.  Get over yourselves.  Social experiments whether RACIAL (yeah I'm a black guy saying this) or sexual (meaning gays in the military or females in combat) that take away from our primary job is a recipe for the destruction of our nation.

7.  Mini Rant Over.

U.S. Marines – Buddy Rush & Mortar Fire

ISIS infographic (propaganda)

Thanks Dustin for the link!

Of note?  Kills of the Textron Commando, Abrams and T-72.  Quite honestly the losses are much lighter than I expected.

Snafu Podcast.

Gonna be doing a YouTube type podcast type "thing" later this week (Weds or Thurs).  More details to come but it'll cover topical military issues.  I'll be teaming with Eric from ELP Blog for the first broadcast but will hopefully add other bloggers soon.  Eyes open for updates during the week.  Subscribe to my YT page if you can't catch it live.

Sorry guys...I forgot to put the link to the page...click here.  Should have day and time solidified with ELP shortly!

Exchange between Kirsten Gillibrand and & General Robert Neller

The Marine Corps tribe is pissed about the above video.

Ignore the fact that the blog "Task and Purpose" obviously have an agenda.  Forget the fact that even though I surf  the web constantly I never heard of the site that is at the center of the alleged infractions.

Forget the fact that apparently the "victims" never reported the incidents up thru the chain of command.

The fact that a Congress Critter talked to the Commandant of the Marine Corps like a dog has many Marines wanting to punch walls.  That he bowed his head and took it like a whipped little boy is too much is too much for many to bear.

We're jumping thru massive hoops to deal with 10% of the Marine Corps population.  Is it really worth the headache?  Just askin!  Regardless we need more than a bowed head from the leader of the nation's premier  war fighting organization.  We need fire.  Fix the bullshit and move on but don't dare bow your head.  Even to a female Congress Critter trying to showboat!