I went on Emergency Leave on Wed afternoon due to the not so unexpected phone call I recieved from my mother on Tuesday night. My Grandfather passed away. I am currently at my Granmother’s house with her and my mom. My brother will be here next week as well as my dad. The memorial service [...]
I read this article by CJ from A Soldier’s Perspective about a Veteran’s Day Parade and I wanted to pass it on to all who read this blog. I am sure that most of you read his as well but for those of you who don’t check it out. I ask all you milbloggers out [...]
I have recently added a new contributor to the ranks of Jarhead Online. My brother (a former Airman) wanted a place that he could vent some of his frustrations. And while he is not a Jarhead he is very opinionated and will make you think. His views on politics are along the same lines as [...]
We all know the old proverb that if you give a man a fish you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Well it appears that Uncle Sam gave AIG a fish vice teaching him how to fish. I knew that when Uncle Sam started [...]
I just wanted to drop a line and say thank you to all of my readers out there. I broke the 1000 hit mark last month in just 2 and a half months of serious blogging. I would like to thank all that have been reading as well as those that have added me to [...]
OK guys I just wanted to get a quick one out there and let everyone know that the field trip is over. I returned from 29 Palms today and finally made it back to the house around 330 or so this afternoon. I am glad to be back and even more grateful that I was [...]
I was surfing around the net the past couple of days and I found some all kinds of articles that state that Gov Palin is not qualified to to lead. More research uncovered this article over at posted by Jeff on WWW.RedState.Com comparing Obama and Palin. Remember one is running for President the other for VP. [...]
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 [...]
This will be the first of weekly posts in which I pass the word. I will mention articles that I got something out of and also articles that I think Marines will be interested in. First Harvard Marines from Semper Finance wrote an article on estate++. Looks like a really useful tool to those of us headed [...]
As I wrote in an earlier piece I gave a brief overview of the post 9/11 GI bill that was recently passed this will be a more comprehensive explaination of the increased benefits and when they go into effect. Who is covered? Active duty enlisted and officer who have served at least 90 days since [...]
