General Mattis checks on one of his wounded warriors. (Wikimedia-Commons)
“Either the commander of the Fifty-First Mechanized Division is going to surrender his army in the field to me, or he and all his guys are going to die.” – Maj. Gen. James Mattis. 1st Marine Division CG, prior to the invasion of Iraq.
As most of our nation and the world becomes further acquainted with a certain General James N. “Jim” Mattis, USMC (Retired), many are starting to find out that he really isn’t all that thrilled with the “Mad Dog” moniker. Continue reading “America, meet the ‘Chaos’ Mattis you never knew”→
While the vast majority of Americans enjoyed a turkey dinner with all the trimmings this Thanksgiving holiday, a mere handful of octogenarians and nonagenarians remember when a certain Thanksgiving didn’t smell like baked ham and apple pie, but of human flesh either burnt or bloated and rotting in the 115°F (46°C) equatorial heat. Continue reading “The Marine Corps bloodiest Thanksgiving; Pvt. Haraldson finally comes home”→
Possibly to be placed in the “What Was Your First Hint?” file, the perpetually vacationing Barack Obama admitted that Marines make him “feel small”.
As reported by Newsmax.com, “The only problem I’ve got when I’m here is having to work out with Marines in the gym,” Obama said during his annual Christmas Day visit with U.S. troops at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay. “Because I generally feel like your commander in chief is in pretty good shape, and then I get next to some guy, you know, curling 100 pounds and it makes me feel small.”
And Obama has good reason to feel insecure. While attending meetings in Poland during the summer of 2014, candid video was leaked to the press of Obama hitting the gym. Well, maybe not hitting the gym… swishing would be more apt.
Doing his best Pee-Wee Herman imitation, America’s Commander-in-Chief was seen grimacing while working out with girl’s 10-pound weights. Possibly not into his workout, Obama was also seen yawning in-between sets.