Showing posts with label Marines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marines. Show all posts
Saturday, June 7, 2025

Military Stats

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Many   posts  have  discussed   the US  military . Jenn Hatfield at Pew: As of the end of March, the U.S. military had 1.32 million active-d...
Monday, October 23, 2023

Beirut Bombing, 40 Years Ago Today

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Recent   posts  have discussed the  Hamas  terror attack on  Israel . American officials fear that the conflict could spread to Lebanon.  To...
Saturday, May 15, 2021

An Active-Duty Marine and the Insurrection

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From the US Justice Department :   An active duty U.S. Marine Corps commissioned officer stationed at the Marine Corps Base Quantico was arr...
Monday, February 3, 2020

Military Demographics

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From the Department of Defense: The total number of military personnel is almost 3.5 million strong, including DoD Active Duty military pe...
Saturday, August 31, 2019

More Advice from General Mattis

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David Brooks at NYT Mattis’s drive, born of his devotion to the Corps, is his most telling trait. He works insanely hard, propels himse...
Friday, May 23, 2014

Americans View the Military Services

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Gallup reports: Americans believe that the U.S. Army is the most important service branch to national defense, followed closely by the Ai...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Bayonets

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ABC News reports: The most memorable line of Monday night’s debate was President Obama’s pointed “horses and bayonets” jab at Mitt Romney ...
Saturday, September 22, 2012

An Overlooked Disaster

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Our chapters on mass media and national security point out that American news organizations have drastically curtailed their international...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Two Thousand US Deaths in Afghanistan

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The New York Times reports: Nearly nine years passed before American forces reached their first 1,000 dead in the war. The second 1,000 c...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

The Young Marines

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Daniel de Vise writes at The Washington Post : Bob Nobles and Cornell Wright might not have a chance to serve their country when they are a...