Category: Marines
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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Doesn’t Work?
A Zogby Poll from last month supposedly indicates a shift in military attitudes concerning the longstanding “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. Some interesting statistics from the poll: . . . Of those in combat units, 21% said they know for certain that someone in their unit is gay or lesbian, slightly less than for those…
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Every U.S. military branch exceeds its 2006 reenlistment goals
Buried at number 8 on Time Magazine’s Top 10 list of underreported stories of 2006: MORE U.S. TROOPS WILLING TO REENLIST While there was much talk about the Army raising the maximum age for new recruits from 35 to 42, the lesser-known development is that the Pentagon managed not only to meet, but to exceed…
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From Father to Son, Last Words to Live By (NY Times)
This article was written by the fiancé of First Sgt. Charles Monroe King. First Sgt. King was killed by an IED in October. He drew pictures of himself with angel wings. He left a set of his dog tags on a nightstand in my Manhattan apartment. He bought a tiny blue sweat suit for our…
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10 month update
Happy New Year! Things are going great. I haven’t forgotten about the site, there just hasn’t been much going on that has been worthy of posting. Every couple weeks I go through a rough couple days of pain and discomfort, but the leg has generally been feeling better. Other than during the holidays I’ve stuck…
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And so it begins. Again.
I decided it was time to get the ball rolling again with the Marines, so I met with Boston’s OSO Captain B. on Thursday. We had a talk about the possibility of me returning to OCS, and about all the hoops I would have to jump through to get there. He said we couldn’t do…