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Leatherneck Weekend Extra - 26 July 2008

Leatherneck Favorites From Flickr

500 yards is a long ways a way Flickr user "olegrauke" uploaded this photo 6 June 2008 with the caption "Nice foggy day for distance shooting..." We agree.

Things To Do And Know KFC Sizzles In Fallujah (military.com) Watch Video From Fallujah KFC (7.8mb - WMV) 13-Year-Old Gets Wish: He's A Marine Recruit (tylerpaper.com) Teen Becomes Honorary Marine (floridatoday.com) New Magazine Targets Teens On Okinawa (stripes.com) Duck Call Changed It All (newbernsj.com) How One Vet's Persistence Paid Off (csmonitor.com) Leatherneck's Famous Marine Quotes "The insurgent leader is a stallion standing on his hind legs. You don’t win his heart and mind. You kill him." - Maj Sean Leach, AWS, 1976, on counterinsurgency. Read more Leatherneck's Famous Marine Quotes. Leatherneck Lingo brain-housing group: Just as a service rifle has a trigger-housing group, each Marine has a brain-housing group that sometimes is not as engaged as a Marine's senior may like. doggie: Diminutive for "dog-face," an enlisted person in the Army. honcho: A Japanese term that applies to the Marine in charge. Read more Leatherneck Lingo. Do you have any definitions for Leatherneck Lingo? Send them in!

Gyrene Joke

Never Say "I Don't Know"

During a weekly inspection, the Barracks C.O., a full Colonel, during rifle inspection would ask trivia questions such as "Who is the Inspector General or who is the Governor of your State, etc."

He asked one Marine, after he took his M1 rifle, who was the man who invented this rifle?

Not wanting to say "I don't know", the Marine said, "Someone a hell-of-a lot smarter than you and me Sir!"

Submitted by Jerry Rice
USMC, 1951 - 1959
Roanoke, VA

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Tomorrow's Weekend Extra

Our "Sunday Morning Reading" contains excellent reports and op-eds that will inform you as to what's happening in both the Marine Corps and the Defense Department. We've added the ability to comment on these articles and would love to hear your opinions and responses.