The newest Terminal Lance cartoon features female Marines, a rarity since the comic is primarily about grunts: Terminal Lance #228 “Real Live Women!” “This is nothing new or unusual, the USO is always bringing people that own vaginas overseas to boost morale and always has…but the USO never brings these vagina-bearers to smaller FOBs and [...]
As a former MSG who spent her last embassy tour with the detachment in Cairo, it’s clear that there’s a misconception about the mission of the Marine Security Guards. I can’t go into specific detail for OpSec reasons, but I can share information that is already available online. I have seen these types of comments [...]
Here’s a reprint of a post I did for the Women Marines Association blog this fall: ——————————————————————- I’ve been so busy with school this semester that I haven’t had a lot of time to do much writing, but here is a short story and two photos from Cairo, Egypt, where I was stationed for my [...]
And by “ancient” I mean 1988.Check out the choice tidbits from this old New York Times article: Marines Try to Make the Corps Better for Women: Despite its tradition as a ”band of brothers,” the United States Marine Corps has been striving to make its ranks a better place for women to serve. – A [...]
For those of you who don’t know, this is what it looks like when female Marines do the flexed arm hang: I think they have just started because the woman on the ground at the far left is steadying the other woman’s feet. Sometimes when you begin, when the person who helped you up to [...]
I get asked this sometimes but it is a hard question to answer. I had my reasons for getting out and I do not regret one single bit letting my EAS come and go without reenlisting again. (Just when I start to fondly think “ah, memories!” I’ll see a friend’s Facebook status saying “got up [...]
This is similar to the same OC training we did at MSG school, but I’m guessing that this is a group of military police?
Cairo was my last post and it was the only post where I was assigned to be the detachment’s MWR (Morale, Welfare, and Recreation) NCO. The MWR NCOs are the Marine Security Guards who run the infamous Marine House bars, order and sell souvenirs like coins and t-shirts, and plan the annual birthday balls. Not [...]
You can see some of them in this State Department video: September 11 Tribute at U.S. Embassy Kabul
One of the commenters on the previous article about Kabul guards said this: I was stationed overseas in three different countries and the Marines who guarded the Embassies and Consulates had sidearms, but NO BULLETS. Believe it or not. Really?? So those small metal objects I loaded into my pistol every day were not bullets?? [...]
US Embassy Guards Gone Wild In Kabul: Prostitution, Brawls, And Vodka Butt Shots. “OH NO!” I thought to myself. “Here we go again, Marine Security Guards embarrassing themselves for all to see!” But, fortunately, it’s just the security contractors: Animal House in Afghanistan: Drunken brawls, prostitutes, hazing and humiliation, taking vodka shots out of buttcracks— [...]
I think the most annoying thing about being back at Group is how unreliable they seem to think we are. Somehow, after flying back to the States, we suddenly became so untrustworthy that we can’t go from the library to lunch without checking in at the office first! We have formation first thing in the [...]
I got in some minor trouble on Monday because somebody forgot that I told them where I would be. Last week, we told them that we had TAPS all week, and then dental appointments first thing Monday morning, and they said, “okay that’s fine” or something like that. So we thought we were good, and [...]
Today we practiced doing job interviews from both sides of the table, the instructors looked over our resumes, (for all 11 out of 62 students who bothered to bring one, that is) and we had a mini job fair. There were only a few employers so after SSgt talked to them we left early and [...]
My plan was to go to school but TAPS class is all about job hunting and resumes, so now I’m curious and I’ve been poking around on the Internet looking at job listings. Here’s two big irritating things I’ve noticed: 1. Some jobs aren’t clear on why a college degree is required. I’ll read the [...]
I am a female Marine currently in the Individual Ready Reserve. I like to sleep, travel, read, eat, explore, and take photographs. I read lots of news and I like reading about life in other countries. I am easily amused and my dream job is to be snoozing in a warm patch of sunlight, hopefully with a piece of tasty cheese nearby for when I wake up hungry.
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