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By Andrew Lubin

President Barack Obama’s recent announcement giving the children of illegal immigrants the opportunity to work and the outraged reaction of the GOP made me step back and think “what makes someone an American?” Is it an accident of birth? Having a special skill? Or is it an attitude?

Immigration didn’t use to be a political issue; people were accepted or denied on their merits. In those human waves of immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island were my grandparents, who came to the New World for a chance for a better life.

By Jim McCallum

Submitted by: the ole gunny

In July of 1965 , a Detachment of 10 UH-34's  from HMM-161 moved from Phu Bai to Qui Nhon in the II Corps area to support the SLF BLT, which came ashore with HMM-163, to secure the port area, during the arrival of the  Army's 1st Cavalry Division. 

By USAA

By J.J. Montanaro
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Originally published in Military Spouse Magazine

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By Jim McCallum

Submitted by: the ole gunny

By Andrew Lubin

There is no such thing as a casualty-free war; and fortunately for the America, there are a select few who accept the most austere conditions in believing our country is worth defending.

By Michael Grice

SgtMaj (Retired) Frank Pulley, a good friend of mine who is actively involved with military transition while representing the Marine Corps Association and Foundation recently introduced me to a remarkably innovative organization that offers a variety of opportunities for veterans and active duty folks to pursue higher education.  Promising education in and of itself is not particularly innovative – there are plenty of companies and schools in that business – but what makes this venture noteworthy is how it provides a comprehensive path from prospective student to employed graduate by w

By Jim McCallum

Submitted by: the ole gunny

In our last episode of The Flight Line we filled you in on the flight to Wash. D.C. and our experiences with the Women Marine that should have taken a commercial flight.  But, I regress,

War Is ?

April 30, 2012
By Steven Pressfield

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

By Andrew Lubin

The recent decision by the L.A. Times to publish the photographs of American soldiers posing with Talib body parts re-ignited the firestorm raised by the Marine urination photographs: is the American media anti-military and putting our troops at risk, are, were the newspapers standing up to Pentagon pressure and to be commended for demonstrating the value of a free press, or are these acts excusable due to the stress the Marines and soldiers are experiencing?

By USAA

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