Recon Marines Adopt Shorter Barreled M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle While Eying Up New Army Weapon
by Guy McCardle
36 minutes ago
America’s Pit Bull
The United States Marine Corps has always done things a little differently than the other branches of the service, and that’s a good thing. You want to have various tools in your toolbox to successfully tackle any problem that may arise. The problem is, that the Marine Corps is a part of the Navy, does not get to establish its own spending priorities. As a result, it tends to be the Hand Me Down branch of the military, taking what it can get.
One of my favorite short series in recent years is HBO’s Generation Kill. It is based on real-life stories from the early days of Operation Iraqi Freedom and was written by Rolling Stone reporter Evan Wright, who was embedded with Recon Marines. I highly recommend watching it, because it is equal parts funny and moving. My favorite Marine depicted here is Corporal Ray Person. He explained the Marine Corps in the following way to Wright,
“We’re like America’s little pit bull. They beat us, starve us, mistreat us, and once in a while, they let us out to attack somebody.” – Cpl. Ray Person, USMC
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