Leatherneck Weekend Extra - 8 November Edition

Photos From The Field

Enjoy this week's installment:

2/7 Marines fire mortars, coordinate airstrikes, and have a cookout.

10 Photos - Posted 7 November 2008

2/7 Marines engage the enemy.

12 Photos - Posted 3 November 2008

Things To Do And Know

	Neighbors: Remembering Onslow County's "Gone With The Wind" (jdnews.com)
	Our War: Belleville, Ill., Veteran Liberated Chamorro (bnd.com)
	Retired Marine Rebuilds His Life After Brush With Death In Iraq (latimes.com)
	Retired Colonel Remembers His Days In Vietnam (nvdaily.com)
	Combat To College (iht.com)
	"It's A Good Life": Hometown Boy Finds Second Home In U.S. Marine Corps (currycountyreporter.com)
	Sailors Go Solo On Stress-Heavy Army, USMC Tours (signonsandiego.com)

Leatherneck Famous Marine Quotes

"Why in the hell can’t the Army do it if the Marines can; they are all the same kind of men, why can’t they be like Marines?"

—In a letter to HQMC, dated 12 Feb. 1918, concerning a inspection of Marines by Gen John J. “Black Jack” Pershing, CinC, AEF

"Old breed? New breed? There’s not a damn bit of difference so long as it’s the Marine breed."

—LtGen Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller