marine corps
The Marine Corps - the military arm of the US Navy. A country's fate and freedom lies in the hands of this band of brothers and sisters.
Marine Corps Stories: Brain Housing Group
“Don’t make love to it.” The voice seemed knowing, comic, and sharp all at once. The man who uttered the words possessed the rank of Sergeant of Marines. Sergeant Danté Haverford looked down at the private tirelessly attempting to replace the tire on the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
Skyler SaundersPublished 4 years ago in ServeMarine Corps Stories: This Country’s Soul
“You do realize the irony of all of the training we got in Boot’ was that it was not necessarily communistic, but collectivistic?”
Skyler SaundersPublished 4 years ago in ServeMarine Corps Stories: E-tool
"Disgruntled with each other, and their task, the two Marines dug into the dirt with their e-tools, taking turns goading each other, each one working harder at provoking a reaction than at moving the earth beneath them." Surrounded by yellow-brown mud, the two Marines looked up at the forest canopy.
Skyler SaundersPublished 4 years ago in ServeMarine Corps Stories: Good Health
“All I wanted was a Marine on top of the cake. That’s all I said.” He glanced at his bride. “And all I wanted was for you to carry me across that threshold. We see that that didn’t happen.”
Skyler SaundersPublished 4 years ago in ServeMarine Corps Stories: Backbone
“You see the privates, PFCs and lance corporals are the legs, you know? They’re always running around. The corporals are the abdominals. Staff sergeants, all the way up to Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps and officers, are the kidneys, liver, lungs, heart, skin, central nervous system, and brains of the body,” Sergeant Jemsen Gerow said.
Skyler SaundersPublished 4 years ago in ServeMarine Corps Stories: Firstly
First Lieutenant Zalia Serra wiped her palm on her cammie blouse. The brown skin of her circular face glistened with sweat. She tied her blonde hair in a tight bun. Her eyes were like a mood ring and appeared to change when you caught them in the right light. She had a figure similar to a dumbbell.
Skyler SaundersPublished 4 years ago in ServeGhosts Of Iraq
My story starts at the beginning, not just the beginning of this story but the beginning of the war in Iraq. I was serving as a Royal Marine and like many in 2003 we found our selves lining up on the boarders of Iraq. This wasn't my first rodeo, I had served in Sierra Leon and Afghanistan prior to this, and if i'm truly honest I was looking forward to getting back into the action, after-all its what I had trained to do and you do kind of miss operational tours.
Neil DrakePublished 4 years ago in ServeWhat Marine Corps Bootcamp Was Like After Losing 175 Pounds
The hardest obstacle that you'll ever have to maneuver through is yourself. Your own insecurities, mental blocks, habits, that's where the true challenge is.
Danny BurgosPublished 4 years ago in ServeSemper Fi Ooh ra
This is my son Estevan, one of my many favorites pictures that really shows the intigrity of his heart. Every since I can remember my son has always looked up to service workers in uniform with reverance esp. the Marines, he hoped one day he would be a special part of this honorable calling to serve his country and possibly make his absent father proud, later he learned his deceased grandfather he never met was also a Marine and later went to become District Judge in Boyal Cty Ky.
Marine Corps Stories: The Iranian Dream
Sand kicked up like Lucifer had commanded it to do so. Winds caused debris in the street to dance. The closing hour of the Declaration and Constitution of Iran became nigh. Misha sat down with President Maaz Taheri to have him sign the digital documents.
Skyler SaundersPublished 4 years ago in ServeMarine Corps Stories: Who they Were
Marine generals Misha and Raquel saluted. Their service Alphas flapped in the breeze and their stars twinkled like the fenders of 1950’s American cars. Their hands seemed slower, more pronounced as they drew them to their brows. They then shook hands.
Skyler SaundersPublished 4 years ago in ServeMarine Corps Stories: Like a Forest
In a shop of Marine Corps officers, the work of lance corporals cleaning and polishing each surface allowed the senior Marines to conduct business. Or just chat before their own bosses appeared.
Skyler SaundersPublished 4 years ago in Serve