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Remembering 9/11: Ten Years Ago
Published on 2011-09-11 19:32:51
Has it really been 10 years? I’m still emotionally raw by the events of that horrible day and I suppose my life, like countless others, has forever been changed by those events ten years ago today. As I watched the 9/11 Memorial dedications and specials this weekend, I was comforted to see and hear President Bush [...]
Project Valour IT 2011: Marine Facts and Traditions (Links!)
Published on 2011-07-10 19:24:18
Our fabulous US Marine Corps was established on November 10, 1775, by a group of minutemen in Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And yes, today’s Marine still likes a good tavern when they see one! The first Marines were originally recruited as sharpshooters to fight from the tops of men-of-war during the Revolutionary War. And in [...]
Project Valour IT Marine Team 2011: Embracing the Suck
Published on 2011-07-09 17:14:20
Embracing the Suck: mil-speak for ‘The situation is bad, but deal with it’ – is something the Marines are exceptionally good at. From Iwo Jima to Fallujah and Anbar Province to the Helmand River Valley in Afghanistan, the Marines have always been America’s 911 Force and the “First to Fight” for us. We’ve entered the second [...]
