Argghhh!

…it occurred to me that I’ve been remiss in talking about one subject pretty much any other Person of Deployment has yakked about to the collective ooohs-and-aaahs of the folks back home.Critters.I mentioned the little, bitty desert foxes back in 2008 -- they still dance around after dark, and *someone* dug a den under my hootch last winter. FYI, fox kits squeak like mice until they’re about three weeks old. And there’s a pair of jackals that commute between the FOB and the...

In today's From the Front : (Click on link to read stories highlighted below) This post is courtesy of The Thunder Run

A blogger's mailbox is an interesting place. Take this missive, for example.Ya gotta be f**king kidding me! The Corps has gone PC over Tats?!Marines were probably the most heavily "decorated" of the branches I've come into contact with and many of them that I served with had the Stars and Bars tatted somewhere on their bodies.This is absolutely stupid. The South is arguably the most fertile ground for recruits and some bonehead makes this policy? The perfumed princes at MCHQ? Guess...

It happens when you realize that an M4 with iron sights and no PX bling, a Glock 19, two switchblades and a lockback, assorted Kevlar™ accessories, and four mags for each bangenmacher are all you *reeeeeally* need for the job.Oh. And gloves. That front handguard get's *cold*......

Iowahawk haz done it again: I an certain that both Massa and Missa Beth and John will comply thusly on their return leg...

Molly Marsh remembers her Royal Marine father David who died when the vehicle he was traveling in was caught in an explosion in Afghanistan in March 2008. [Picture: LA (Photo) Si Ethell, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010] Boq

Wait until Oscar invites them to his pad. Boq

A metaphor for those who've passed on beyond our ken to the next book of their story. The holidays are when you really notice their absence. Especially when you reach a point between generations when... there's no need for a extra table anymore. Suddenly, everyone can sit at the big table. Well, at least until the next wave of babies comes and the cycle begins anew. Longtime Castle Denizen Bloodspite finds himself there this year, as his Uncle Charley passed last week. It seems to be a family...