It is now official, General Conway has signed and published the order to implement the Combat Fitness Test (CFT) as announced in ALMAR 032/08. For most of you out there this does not come as a surprise as it has been the talk of the Corps for the past few months.
The Combat Fitness Test will compliment the current Physical [...]
The Opening Ceremonies of the Summer Olympics kick off in a few hours. Over the next two weeks competitors from around the world, representing their countries, will compete against each other for the right to be called the best in the world.
While I have not had the opportunity to attend an Olympic Games I have had [...]
For those of you not stationed on Camp Pendleton, you may be unaware of a program that has been in place for the past few years to support the spouses of Marines stationed aboard Pendleton. Marine Spouses are eligible for $3000 for training in easily transferable jobs such as:
Education
Technology
Health Care
Trade and Industry
Finance
Human Resources
Business Administration
Hospitality Management
Homeland Security
The eligibility can [...]
Not mine stole it from an email I got but you gotta love it.
One sunny day in 2009, an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Ave, where he had been sitting.
He spoke to the Marine standing guard and said, I would like to go in and meet with President Barack Obama.
The Marine [...]
There has been talk since the early spring that a “windfall” tax should be placed on big oil due to the fact that they are making so much money. It was first brought up by Hillary Clinton while she was still in the running for the Presidency, and has more recently been brought up by [...]
As some of you might already know I have the oppurtunity to live in a baseball fan’s heaven. Nowhere else in the US do you have the oppurtunity to see so many prefessional games so close. Soon I will have the opputunity to watch national teams compete as well.
On July 31st most of you probably missed [...]
A group of 4 Marines are going on a little 5 day trip. They will be travelling from Tun Tavern in Philadelphia to Washington DC. Doesn’t seem like a bad way to spend a week with your buddies. I mean its less than 200 miles so it should be a fun 5 days drinkin beer and havin [...]
