General Peter Pace on Marines

Celebrating the U.S. Marine Corps' Birthday

The United States Marine Corps was created on November 10th, 1775 to guard vessels during the American Revolutionary War.  Since then, the Marine Corps responsibilities have expanded as in integral component of American military forces working with the Navy to rapidly deploy combined armed task forces. 

While the U.S. Marine Corps is the smallest of the nation’s combat forces, it is the largest Marine Corps in the world and is often the first forces sent out. ... 

 Marines attach great tradition to celebrating their founding.  A ceremonial cake is presented where the oldest Marine cuts the culinary creation with his sword and then feeds the youngest Marine present. Often this is done in dress uniforms and high ceremony.  But this video from the 2011 ceremony in Afghanistan poignantly captures that same spirit in the fields of combat. 




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Harry Reid Doubles Down on Squelching Sequestration

In response to the tragic deaths of seven Marines and many more injured during a training exercise in at Hawthorne, Nevada,  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) took to the Senate floor to blame... sequestration.

Of course Reid's, thesis makes no sense. The USMC issued a blanket ban on using the mortars and the associated tubes, as they are suspected as being defective.  Then there is the inconvenient truth that sequestration would have killed a live fire exercise for budgetary considerations.   Besides, the Marines can't take the bullets away from the huge DHS acquisitions which has been creating ammo shortages in the civilian population.

While Michael Ramirez was funny in postulating that Reid lost 98% of his remaining moral principals due to sequestration,  it is unclear if Reid still had any ethical chips left in his stash considering his cozy relations with casinos for his re-election as well as miraculously multiplying his personal wealth while serving in the Senate. 

Yet the Lamestream Media will intimate that Republicans would sell their soul to the devil for political advantage.  Consider Late Show host David Letterman's funny observation over the perceived likeness of Obama in the History Channel's "The Bible" series.

Unlike Democrat Senate Leader Reid's punch-line for sequestration, at least Letterman's laugh line  did not exploit the deaths of seven Marines to achieve his objectives, damn the truth.


h/t: Michael Ramirez

Commemorating the 247th Birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps was created on November 10th, 1775 to guard vessels during the American Revolutionary War.  Since then, the Marine Corps responsibilities have expanded as in integral component of American military forces working with the Navy to rapidly deploy combined armed task forces.  While the U.S. Marine Corps is the smallest of the nation’s combat forces, it is the largest Marine Corps in the world and is often the first forces sent out. ... Marines attach great tradition to celebrating their founding.  A ceremonial cake is presented where the oldest Marine cuts the culinary creation with his sword and then feeds the youngest Marine present. Often this is done in dress uniforms and high ceremony.  But this video from last year’s ceremony in Afghanistan poignantly captures that same spirit in the fields of combat. READ MORE at DCBarroco.com

Saluting Commander-In-Chief Barack Obama

This picture of President Barack Obama exiting Marine One says much about the incumbent's casual approach to his duties as Commander-In-Chief and his respect for the military.

Inquiring minds would like to know if this is Mr. Obama's special Blackberry which he insisted upon keeping upon taking the Oval Office.