• Douche of the Week: Lil Wayne
• That Explains it All
• I Thought I Was Going to Die: Part 3
• NSA and the Cult of the Presidency
• The Day of Days
• Does the Infantry Have a Future?
• Douche of the Week: Jesse Ventura
• Ranger Up Interviews: Ricky Schroder – Starting Strong
• I Thought I Was Going To Die: Part 2
• Are We Doomed?

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  NSA and the Cult of the Presidency

      Another day, another scandal, as the headline states. A lot will be written about the NSA spying story in the next couple weeks, but I felt it necessary to...

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  The Day of Days

  “It is well that War is so terrible, lest we should grow too fond of it.” -Robert E. Lee By Mad Medic 69 years ago, in the late hours of June...

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  Does the Infantry Have a Future?

  Editor’s note: This piece was written several weeks ago, so it is not in direct response to “Why Afghanistan Might Be Marines’ Last Fight,” which was linked by Ranger Up’s Facebook...

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  Douche of the Week: Jesse Ventura

  By Mr. Twisted “Bunch of slack-jawed faggots around here.” That classic line from the movie Predator stands out for many guys as being the quintessential Jesse Ventura—an actual Vet who made...

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  Ranger Up Interviews: Ricky Schroder – Starting Strong

  The decision to enlist in the military can be one of the most daunting experiences in one’s life.  In the who, what, where, and why of the enlistment issue, the most...

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  Are We Doomed?

  By Mr. Twisted The Internal Revenue Service is blatantly playing partisan politics and creating ethical violations far worse than what President Nixon resigned over; the White House is claiming “deaf, dumb,...

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  So Few

    By Gunship Load So few know of what we do. So few understand what we do. So few are willing to accept that we ARE a necessity. So few appreciate...

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  Holiday Safety Briefing

  The long holiday weekend starts tonight after final formation and there will undoubtedly be a safety briefing prior to dismissal.  I have had the pleasure of hearing some dandy safety briefings...

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  Things I Wish I Knew Before I Tried My Hand at College

    By Mad Medic Almost every enlisted Joe can’t wait to get out and go to that magical land called “college” where they can get a degree and make the big...

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  Messing with Marcus

    By Kelly Crigger “Know why I’m wearing these duds?” I didn’t look at him hoping he’d go away. No such luck. “It’s Disco Night at that bar in Westport. Come...

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  Big Army’s Latest FUBAR

    By Mad Medic It seems almost comical. Perhaps there were a bunch of generals sitting around trying to fluff their OER so they could get another star, maybe it was...

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  The Benghazi Debacle

    By Ghengis Ron Did the US do enough to protect its people during the attack on the American diplomatic facility in Benghazi? Greg Hicks, the Deputy Chief of Mission at...

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  A Failure of Management

    By RU Special Guest Mike Kiley The mainstream media is reporting how State Department and CIA career officials are lawyering up as they prepare to provide information to Congress about...

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  Is the Pentagon Persecuting Christians: A Conversation

    By Mr. Twisted and SGT Awesome The topic of faith is, without question, one of the most difficult subjects to write on and maintain any sense of objectivity. Nobody approaches...

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  I Thought I Was Going to Die

    By Kevin Flike There were many times in Afghanistan that I thought I could die, but there were only two times that I thought I was going to die for...

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  Citizen SEAL

    By Jack Mandaville “When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.” -George Washington There is an unquestionable chasm between the images presented by the American military...