http://usmarinecorps.info US Marine Corps Information Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:47:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en U.S. Marines demonstrated the M777 lightweight howitzer to local officials at Fort Sill, Okla. The M777 is a lightweight 155mm howitzer and a critical fire support component of Marine Air Ground Task Forces and Army Brigade Combat Teams and light divisions. The M777 was designed and developed by BAE Systems, and ... http://usmarinecorps.info/marines-demonstrate-the-m777-lightweight-howitzer/ Politicians are not in a position to say much with authority about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. What they believe they know they have learned through the filter of administration reports and the mainstream media. Reporters, with the exception of those who have patrolled the streets with troops or ... http://usmarinecorps.info/us-marines-army-soldiers-the-silence-is-deafening/ It is my understanding as an American that you are innocent until proven guilty. This is a precedent that is championed in the way our criminal system is setup. It is also prided throughout American society as the standard when these accusations arise. So why does the media hold our American ... http://usmarinecorps.info/bad-politics-why-the-media-should-protect-the-marine-corps-honor/ It is amazing indeed that a news story whether right or wrong is so quick to be taken as truth. Even worse when that news story degrades the men and women in the armed forces, such as the recent story in Iraq over the killing of 24 members of a ... http://usmarinecorps.info/the-us-marine-corp-is-great-know-it-live-it-and-believe-it/ During times of change in an organization people tend to freeze and not want to take responsibility. As a change leader you need people who are empowered, yet many a leader just sits back and blames the people and become a dictator extraordinaire. As a Marine sniper in Vietnam I ... http://usmarinecorps.info/leading-change-empowering-people-for-a-change/ Rivalries aside, most people agree the Marine Corp trains some of Uncle Sam's toughest warriors. Sadly, the Marines, like so many military organizations, have fallen prey to political correctness in modern times. In 2001, the Marines switched from their battle proven close combat methods in favor of ... http://usmarinecorps.info/what-happened-to-the-marines/