by Michael F. McNamara | Feb 21, 2018 | History, Maneuver Warfare, US Marine Corps
Col Tony Zinni, USMC
The Basic School, 1989
Quantico VA
THE GREATEST PME I’ve ever attended. You’ll hear the first half of Col Zinni’s “Combat Concepts” PME — delivered in Quantico at The Basic School in 1989 after he gave up command of the 9th Marine Regiment.
Presentations like this one ought to be mandatory for ALLcommanders, from platoon to MEF.
You’ll hear me comment on the presentation at times, amplifying points or giving context to Col Zinni’s comments.
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by Michael F. McNamara | Feb 20, 2018 | History, Iwo Jima, Marine Corps Gazette, Vietnam, World War II
We’ll talk about the theme of “Innovation” in the February 2018 edition of the Marine Corps Gazette with the Editor & Publisher Col Chris Woodbridge, USMC (ret).
With the anniversaries of epic Marine Corps battles such as Iwo Jima, Hue and Khe Sanh this month, we’ll also talk to Chris about the literary treasure trove that resides in the digital archives of the Gazette.
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by Michael F. McNamara | Feb 20, 2018 | Current Events, History, Iwo Jima
GySgt John Basilone, USMC
Grave marker
5th Marine Division Cemetery
Iwo Jima
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by Michael F. McNamara | Feb 19, 2018 | History, Iwo Jima, US Marine Corps, World War II
Island X (Iwo Jima)
February 19, 1945
Seventy-three years ago today Marines and Sailors went ashore on the island of Iwo Jima, the audio record is incredible from reporters observing from battleships, to reporters embedded with Marine infantry units in the landing to USMC Combat Correspondents filing reports from the battlefield.
Most unique in the audio you’ll hear is audio from A Company, 4th Tank Battalion as they fight ashore, engaging the Japanese and as they seek a way off the beach in order to support the infantry assault on Air Field #1.
You’ll also hear network audio as the major networks broke into “regular programming” to update the American public on progress on an island they had never heard of: Iwo Jima, which all knew was on the doorstep of mainland Japan.
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by Michael F. McNamara | Feb 19, 2018 | Current Events
Andrew Napolitano
Retired New Jersey Superior Court Judge
Fox News Contributor
QUESTION: last week I asked — is it was too much to think that FBI Agents in Mississippi who received a tip from a YouTube blogger about Florida high school shooter Nikolas Cruz, search for that name in the ATF firearms database (he spells it uniquely)?
ANSWER: Fox News Contributor and former Judge Andrew Napolitano says that’s exactly what they should have done.
TRUTH: still waiting to find out if the FBI would devote that kind of work to such a nebulous tip. However, they thought it was significant enough to go conduct an interview with the YouTube page owner.
More to follow.
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