Hilary Clinton is openly opposed to the War in Iraq. She is quoted saying, “I believe that we must bring an end to the war in Iraq.” Most people are familiar with her general stance on the war. However in reading some of her comments about the war in Iraq, I stumbled on something that I found to be quite thought provoking. She said, “I have also called on the Administration to be clear that the United States will not seek and will not maintain permanent bases in Iraq. Attempts to establish such permanent bases would damage U.S. interests in » Read More

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This month, the world has watched as Marines, in addition to other relief workers, have sought to bring aid to the people of Myanmar. The ruler of that country initially sought to prevent the delivery of that aid. Now he has agreed to delivery of an limited amount of aid.
In 1914, the Marines came to the aid of another rather unpopular ruler, although their aid reached him a bit too late. In 1914, a group of discontented citizens in Haiti actually attacked their leader. They tried to chop him to pieces. The Haitian ruler tried to find a haven at » Read More

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The last nuclear test that North Korea has run was in October of 2006. Since then, The United States and other world superpowers have been engaged in attempts to convince North Korea to disarm their nuclear weapons and facilities. For several years, there has been tension between the United States and North Korea over matters regarding nuclear weapons.
Currently, North Korea is disabling is plutonium-producing reactor and its Nuclear plants as a result of an agreement reached with the United States, Japan, Russia, China, and South Korea. If North Korea follows through with the agreement, the US will give energy aid » Read More

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During the first week of May, 1800 Marines were on a air craft carrier, located off the coast of a Southeast Asian nation. They were supposed to be part of a practice exercise, an exercise on how to deal with emergencies. Now those Marines are hoping for word that they can participate in a true emergency exercise. They want to be part of the relief effort on Mayanmar. This is not the first time that U.S. Marines have had to deal with the effects of a tropical storm. In 1889, the Americans, British and Germans all at gunboats off the coast of Samoa. As » Read More

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With Mother’s Day on Sunday, who has been busy focusing on mothers serving in uniform overseas? Move America Forward - a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to fighting terrorism and supporting our Armed Forces in their mission 100 percent. Running a special campaign calling for citizens to help send care packages to, in their words, “Women of the United States military who serve this nation, defend our freedoms and still raise their families,” MAF has managed to make Mother’s Day especially meaningful for a large number of mothers serving in places like Afghanistan » Read More

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What kind of responsibility does the United States have to uphold justice within the global community? Hypothetically, lets say that there is a country committing genocide to some people group. What should the United States government do about such an event? In the past, the United States has turned its shoulder on such events and let them run their course. Can anyone honestly argue that such action is honorable or recommended? Critics against United States war efforts often say that the US should practice a less involved approach towards global affairs. When they say such things, they mean that the » Read More

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Captain Dayle Dye, a military historian, spent 21 years in the Marine Corps. He now gets paid for the advice he gives to the creators of the game Medal of Honor Pacific Assault. That game is one of several in a World War II video game series. Dye gives weapons training to the animators that he works with. Dye has them shoot ammunition into watermelons. The engineers catch the sound of the firing guns. Those recordings are then used in the game. The man who directed the taping of the new game has said that Dye works very hard to get it » Read More

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I hope, as those who raise their hands to join the Armed Forces this year, there will be more compassion and a stronger sense of “taking care of our own” coming from them than what I witnessed this afternoon at an intersection between the Navy and Marine Corps bases on Terminal Boulevard in Norfolk. At the height of rush hour, the hubster and I were on our way to the Marine Corps Exchange at Camp Elmore. Navy die-hards, we just plain love the good sales at MCX and shop the store religiously. A half-mile » Read More

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Yesterday I wrote about Joe Foss, a Marine who won the Congressional Medal of Honor. Today I am going to write about another Marine, and another Medal of Honor winner. This young man was named Eugene Obregon.
In September of 1950, Private First Class Obregon served in the First Marine Division in South Korea. One day, during a battle, Pfc Obregon fought next to Pfc Bert Johnson, a boy from Grand Prairie, Texas. The machine gun fire coming from the North Koreans inflicted severe injuries on Pfc. Johnson.
Seeing what had happened to his fellow Marine, Pfc Obregon dragged Pfc » Read More

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On Tuesday the pentagon made an announcement stating that troop increases in Afghanistan will not be possible until more troops are withdrawn from Iraq. This poses a real problem because troops are desperately needed in Afghanistan to fill the gaps of a NATO led force. Ideally, 10,000 troops would be dispatched to Afghanistan to help find and eradicate the Taliban regime. This is unfortunate because any troop decrease in Iraq will have to be suspended because ongoing battle with Shiite militias. Pentagon secretary Geoff Morrell said, “We really have to get down in Iraq below 15 brigade combat teams for » Read More

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