Author: Michael

President Donald Trump has formally submitted the nomination of Adm. Kevin Lunday for Coast Guard commandant.
The nomination was sent to the Senate on Oct. 23 and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation for consideration, according to a notice posted on Congress.gov and a congressional source.
Lunday has been serving as acting commandant since January, in the wake of the firing of Adm. Linda Fagan shortly after Trump took office for his second term. Prior to that, Lunday was vice commandant.
His selection for the top job didn’t come as a surprise.

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Female drill sergeants will begin wearing the same distinctive campaign hats as their male counterparts, an Army spokesperson confirmed on Monday.
Any soldier who has gone through initial entry training will instantly recognize the broad-rimmed campaign hats currently worn only by male drill sergeants, which bear more than a passing resemblance to Smokey the Bear’s headgear.
Task & Purpose has confirmed that both active-duty and Reserve female drill sergeants will start wearing the campaign hat on Jan. 2.

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Celebrating 250 years of Devil Dogs making the grass grow, the oldest firearms manufacturer in the world announced a special shotgun dripping with classic Marine Corps energy. The limited-edition A300 Ultimate Patrol Raider takes Beretta’s American-made, semi-auto shotgun and decks it out with an iconic Frogskin camouflage that Marines wore in the Pacific during World War II. To make this Marine Corps birthday boomstick even more hard-charging, the Commemorative Edition of the Raider includes a bayonet.
The Marine Corps’ birthday is November 10, 1775.

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If we ever find ourselves working in Venezuela’s thick green, it won’t be the politics that break you first. It’ll be wildlife with too many legs and zero f’s to give about your mission timeline.
You can prep for jungle warfare all you want; nothing in the field manual covers “thing that screams at you before it attacks” or “parasite that rents room under your skin.

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