MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (July 22, 2008) — The art of warfare is always changing in the ways they are planned for, fought, and won. Looking back through centuries of battles fought from the American Revolutionary War to the current Global War on Terrorism, planning, tactics and execution have continuously evolved into what they are today.
Compare the current battles being fought on the sands of Iraq and through the hills of Afghanistan, to the past conflicts that were World War I and II. None of these battles were ever the... [Read More]
WASHINGTON — Marines who have served in Afghanistan or Iraq might need to update their record of personal decorations following newly published criteria for Long War campaign awards.
As published in the Marine Administrative Message 299/08, which was released in May, U.S. Forces Central Command has broken down operations in Afghanistan and Iraq into phases, and depending on the dates Marines were deployed there, they may rate more campaign stars for correlating medals.
MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT SAN DIEGO — Pvt. Andrew Vigil spent the majority of his high school years in a bedroom at his suburban home in Silverdale, Wash., playing video games.
Vigil began playing video games on his Super Nintendo and Nintendo Game Boy when he was 6-years-old. Over the years as video game technology became more advanced, Vigil bought an Xbox 360 console.
Vigil said that he mainly played first person shooter games distinguished by a first person visual perspective of the player character, such as the Call... [Read More]
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