Marine Corps Association & Foundation

By Callie Oettinger | Published: January 16, 2012

Wars—and the ways they are remembered and shared—are unique. There is no one experience—from the child watching it on the news to the service member fighting within it.

“The war is what A.D. is elsewhere: they date from it.”

Mark Twain’s Civil War by Mark Twain

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Published Marine Corps directives regarding the screening, selecting and preparing enlisted Marines for Special (SDA), Independent (I&I) and Overseas assignments, as well as for attendance of resident enlisted Professional Military Education (PME) courses, all specify that the commanding officer is ultimately responsible for assigning only those Marines who are fully qualified for the assignments/attendance.

By Callie Oettinger | Published: January 23, 2012

They were “just boys” or “babies” or “young.” Often in war stories, it is the men who are at battle, but the boys who go to war. Those deciding and those fighting are men and boys, as are those leaving and those returning home.