In a rare, heartwarming event at Lackland AFB, the Marine Corps reunited the family of a fallen Marine, Pfc Colton Rusk, with the military working dog that tried to protect him after he was fatally shot in a firefight in Afghanistan. Read the full story.
Visit the San Antonio Express-News website to see more photos of "Eli", the 4-year-old black Labrador retriever being given to the family of Pfc Colton Rusk during an informal “leashing ceremony.”
The parents of a Marine killed in Afghanistan have adopted his military working dog, Eli.
Private Rez P. Hester, 955718, 7th War Dog Platoon attached to 25th Regiment of the 4th Marine Division, takes a nap while "Butch", his war dog, stands guard.
A North Carolina family has a dog to thank for saving their son's life. WCNC reports.
Cpl Ashley A. Entrikin, patrol and explosive dog handler, Military Police, I Marine Headquarters Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force (FWD), bonds with her dog, Hugo, at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. Entrikin and Hugo have been together for a year and make up the only military working dog team in Afghanistan that includes a female dog handler. Entrikin, originally from Rich Hill, Mo, says that she and Hugo are loyal to each other. Both of them have goofy attitudes, which makes work more fun.
Sgt Charles D. Hardesty, combat tracker dog handler, Military Police, I Marine Headquarters Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force (FWD), bonds with his dog, Robbie, at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. "Robbie loves attention," says Hardesty. "He is a nutcase." Hardesty and Robbie have been together for two years and both have a constant flow of energy. Hardesty, from Smoot, Wyo., says his favorite memory with Robbie was while assigned to a compound in Helmand province. Both, handler and his dog, huddled together in a corner to keep warm.
LCpl Jeremy D. Angenend, combat tracker handler, Military Police, III Marine Expeditionary Force, out of Okinawa, Japan, and his dog Fito play around at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. Angenend and Fito have been partnered for two years. Angenend says that he and Fito have the same kind of goofy, outgoing personalities and they have fun together.
Sgt Eric R. Taylor, a military working dog handler trains with Tino, a military working dog at Combat Outpost Castle, Helmand province, March 28. The military working dog handlers train daily for vehicle, personnel, building and area searches, and work with the Afghan national police, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and Police Mentoring Team to keep the streets safe around the COP.
Cpl Daniel Pierce, a military working dog handler with Military Police Support Company, 2d Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., who’s a native of Tyngsboro, Mass., trains and tames Zok, a military working dog, to establish a threatening person during a demonstration at Boston Common May 3. This demonstration was during the first day of Marine Week Boston, which honors and recognizes the contributions of Marines, including Boston-based hometown heroes and their families.
LCpl James D. Easterling, a dog handler with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, inspects his working dog, Cpl Boomer, before marching with Company K, 3d Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, at Camp Dwyer, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 6. Boomer's specialty is finding roadside bombs. Boomer has found five bombs since coming here more than 10 months ago, Easterling said.
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May 14, 2012:
The Air Force has a storied tradition called the "Dear Boss" letter. While there may have been previous iterations, and certainly the feeling was out there before, the "Dear Boss" letter as it is known started with a letter penned by then-Captain Ron Keys in 1973 to General Wilbur Creech, Tactical Air Command commander. The below is just a snippet of the opening of his missive.
"Dear Boss, Well, I quit. I’ve finally run out of drive or devotion or rationalizations or whatever it was that kept me in the Air Force this long.
May 13, 2012:
Although the final form of the concept is still in draft form and thus unavailable to the public at large, AirSea Battle is already a juggernaut of a military concept. The planned shift in DoD focus to Pacific Command certainly demands a reassessment of naval and aerial operations, but the major impetus for the development of a Navy and Air Force concept of operations is the proliferation of Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2AD) capabilities among our possible enemies.
A2/AD may have a fancy acronym, but it is not much more than a well planned, large scale defensive position. It seems new because missiles can pack enough of a punch and are accurate enough to destroy a ship at sea.
April 27, 2012:
Over the past few months the Corps has been hit with a number of instances that can be directly traced to a lack of Leadership and continuous reinforcement of what is now called "Core Values". For those of us whom are "Long in the Tooth", we've seen these problems surface before and the way we've always dealt with them is via honest, aggressive, clear-headed and pragmatic Leadership that emphasized the implementation of the time-tested 11 USMC Leadership Principles and strict adherence to the 14 USMC Leadership Traits.
April 26, 2012:
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?
April 26, 2012:
Judging the book, “The Snake Eaters” (Free Press, May 1, 2012) by Owen West by its cover, I would never have picked it up. I would have been wrong. I would have assumed that this was another first-person “there I was” tale from Iraq. After hearing far too many contractors and retirees try to slyly slur that they “have a bit of a SOF background” in a conspiratorially lowered voice, I would have assumed that the title referred to another attempt to anoint some unit or experience as “special.”
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22 May 1912: First Lieutenant Alfred A. Cunningham, the first Marine officer to be assigned to "duty in connection with aviation" by Major General Commandant William P. Biddle, reported for aviation training at the Naval Aviation Camp at Annapolis, Maryland, and Marine aviation had its official beginning.
In common with every new weapon introduced to the military service, Marine Corps aviation has travelled a rocky and uphill road. Its small size has tended to make the jolts more frequent and severe. Nothing short of the firm conviction that it would ultimately become of great service to the Corps sustained the enthusiasm of the small number of officers who have worked to make it a success. Read the full article.
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