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TECHNICAL ERROR IN BBC STORY ON THE US MARINE CORPS:

CATAGORIES: FASCINATING, IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN, MILITARY, NEWS & BREAKING NEWS & FOLLOW-UP, SEMPER FI, USMC/MARINE CORPS — Yarbz @ 12:58 pm

Can any of you spot the error?
See my comment back to the BBC via their error notification form:
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November 10, 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

CATAGORIES: MILITARY, SEMPER FI, USMC/MARINE CORPS — Yarbz @ 10:46 am

Happy 234th Birthday to the United States Marine Corps!!!

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September 9, 2009

THE MARINES IN HELMAND PROVINCE…

CATAGORIES: IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN, MILITARY, NEWS & BREAKING NEWS & FOLLOW-UP, REAL HEROES, SEMPER FI, USMC/MARINE CORPS, i love it when this happens — Yarbz @ 7:00 am

“…
Lt. Col. Matthew Kolich’s unit, Regimental Combat Team 3, is responsible for operations in southern Helmand province, an area known as a Taliban stronghold. He sees the results of the Marines’ efforts in increased interaction with locals and more frequent visits by the provincial and district governors.

“The local nationals are starting to come over to our side,” said Kolich, assistant operations chief for RCT-3. “The Taliban are on their last legs in some areas … Locals are capturing Taliban and turning them over to Afghan security forces. Over the last few weeks, we have been able to make huge strides in freedom of movement.”
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THE WHOLE STORY

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September 1, 2009

TO BREAK THE SILENCE, I SHALL POST A COUPLE NEW SCANS OF ME DURING ME ROMMEL PHASE:

CATAGORIES: 35MM FILM, MILITARY, PHOTOGRAPHY, SCANNED FILM, SEMPER FI, USMC/MARINE CORPS, YARBZ LIFE PICTURE DIARY, YARBZ NEGATIVE/POSITIVE ARCHIVE — Yarbz @ 7:31 am

THIS IS ME, YARBZ, CIRCA 1980 WHILE IN THE .50 CAL TURRET OF MY LVTP-7 SOMEWHERE IN CAMP PENDLETON. I WAS WEARING THE NBC (NUCLEAR BIOLOGICAL CHEMICAL) MASK TO AVOID BREATHING IN THE HEAVY DUST WHICH THE LINE OF TRACS MADE AS WE MOVED THROUGH THE SCRUB BRUSH AND BONE DRY DIRT TRAILS. I WAS PROBABLY A LANCE CORPORAL IN THIS SHOT. BELOW IS THE SAME BUT OBVIOUSLY WITHOUT THE MASK… I REMEMBER HAVING A REAL FUN TIME SOME OF THE TIME AND THEN LOTS OF ‘UN-FUN’ TIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GOT BACK TO THE RAMP (THE PLACE WE PARKED AND SCRUBBED THE VEHICLES) AND HAD TO CLEAN UP THE TRACS AFTER OPERATIONS…

HERE I AM IN MY STANDARD TENNIS SHIRT ON THE BEACH AT CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA… WE HAD A GREAT BEACH WHICH WAS PRETTY PRIVATE SINCE IT WAS ON BASE.

ONCE AGAIN AT CAMP PENDLETON WITH A STACK OF M-16′S DURING A WEEK LONG FIELD OPERATION. I REMEMBER THE SMELLS OF THE CAMP PENDLETON AND EATING OUR FOOD WHICH WAS IN THE FORM OF ‘C’ RATIONS… BY THE LAST YEAR OF MY TIME IN THE MARINES, 1983, WE HAD SWITCHED TO MRE’S WHICH ARE WHAT OUR GUYS AND GALS ARE EATING NOW…

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July 9, 2009

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS: AFGHANISTAN

CATAGORIES: IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN, MILITARY, NEWS & BREAKING NEWS & FOLLOW-UP, PHOTOGRAPHY, REAL HEROES, SEMPER FI, USMC/MARINE CORPS, barack obama — Yarbz @ 7:49 am

Here is the caption for the photos below. These are from a website that updates Afghanistan War photos continuously. It’s well worth checking out regularly. Click on either pic to go to the site:

U.S. Marines from the 2nd MEB, 1st Battalion 5th Marines sleep in their fighting holes inside a compound where they stayed for the night, in the Nawa district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province, Wednesday July 8, 2009. AP

When these and other troops come home, I think we owe them a smile, respect and a beer or two. I have not passed up the opportunity to buy a beer for a vet. It’s all to rare an opportunity however…

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June 23, 2009

ED MC MAHON: RIP

CATAGORIES: BEER WINE SPIRITS, History, I hate it when this happens, NEWS & BREAKING NEWS & FOLLOW-UP, REST IN PEACE, SEMPER FI, USMC/MARINE CORPS — Yarbz @ 8:37 am

GO TO THE NEWS BAR…

Click on the pic below for info on McMahon the Marine: