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Marine birthday 10nov
Today is November 10th, the day that 241 years ago one of the greatest fighting forces the world has ever known was created at a place called Tun Tavern. They have been called Leathernecks, earned during the expedition against the Barbary Pirates ending in Tripoli, under the leadership of First Lieutenant Presley O’Bannon. In World War I, the Germans called them Devil Dogs, earned during their tenacious offensive actions in Belleau Wood in France. They sloughed it out island by island in the Pacific during World War II and gave this Nation one of the most iconic pictures in our military history, raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi, the black volcanic sands of Iwo Jima. At a faraway place called Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War, 10 Chinese divisions surrounded Col. Lewis Berwell Puller’s 1st Marines. The indomitable “Chesty” Puller saw the situation with his own brand of logic: “Those poor bastards,” he said. “They’ve got us right where we want them. We can fire in any direction now!”
They fight in the jungles, they fight in the desert sands…they attack from air, on land, or sea. They are the few, they are the Proud. My older Brother once wore the Scarlet and Gold and fought as a combat infantryman. They are the ones who keep their sacred honor clean. Happy 241st Birthday to my Brothers and Sister Warriors, the United States Marines.
Semper Fidelis, Ooh Rah!!!!
Coalition Continues Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria, Iraq
Coalition Continues Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria, Iraq
From a Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve News Release
SOUTHWEST ASIA, Jan. 26, 2015 – U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
Officials reported details of the latest strikes, which took place between 8 a.m. yesterday and 8 a.m. today, local time, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports.
Airstrikes in Syria
Attack, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 21 airstrikes in Syria:
— Near Qaim, an airstrike destroyed three ISIL armored vehicles.
— Near Raqqah, two airstrikes destroyed six ISIL armored vehicles and an ISIL vehicle.
— Near Dayr az Zawr, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL armored vehicle.
— Near Kobani, 17 airstrikes struck 14 ISIL tactical units, a large ISIL unit and two ISIL fighting positions and destroyed six ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL vehicle and an ISIL staging area.
Airstrikes in Iraq
Attack, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 13 airstrikes in Iraq:
— Near Fallujah, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL excavator.
— Near Haditha, an airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit.
— Near Mosul, four airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units and destroyed three ISIL bunkers, two ISIL vehicles and an ISIL armored vehicle.
— Near Tal Afar, seven airstrikes struck a large ISIL unit and destroyed three ISIL mortar firing positions, three ISIL vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices, eight ISIL armored vehicles, an ISIL checkpoint, 15 ISIL vehicles and three ISIL fighting positions.
Part of Operation Inherent Resolve
The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to eliminate the ISIL terrorist group and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, the region, and the wider international community. The destruction of ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq further limits the terrorist group’s ability to project terror and conduct operations, officials said.
Coalition nations conducting airstrikes in Iraq include the United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Coalition nations conducting airstrikes in Syria include the United States, Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Col west on mission to win in Afghanistan
Commenting on the catch-and-release program of the Obama administration–releasing the five Guantanamo Bay prisoners back to Afghanistan–West outlined what his procedure would be regarding the Middle Eastern terrorists.
“First and foremost I would move away from this sense of nation building and occupation style warfare, we would be focused on strike operations,” West began as he listed his four strategic imperatives. “We would deny the enemy any sanctuary, we would go after his ideology through a dedicated information operation, we would cut off his support of man material and financial support and last but not least we would cordon him off and reduce his ability to have any sphere of influence.”
“That’s the type of strategic level imperatives that we need to have.”
h/t: Allen West
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