CAN, WHUPASS, INDIVIDUAL. Somebody opened one.
Posted on 10/09/2010 9:50:29 PM PDT by Fast Moving Angel
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — While sitting on the porch waiting for a home cooked meal in Long Beach, Calif. Oct. 6, Pfc. Anthony Rolden and his two friends and brothers in arms, Pfcs. Ryan Shuey and Christopher Smith, hear a gun fire in the distance. Without hesitation the three Marines spring into action, with nothing but raw instincts and Marine Corps training leading them. They race down an alley behind the house where they find a police officer fighting for his weapon and his life.
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The difference between American trained military and most others? Initiative. Everyone is taught to take the initiative in the absence of orders and get it done. God bless these young Marines, very well done!!!
Semper Fi!
It's refreshing to hear "management" praising the brave action instead of some corporate idiot terminating someone's employment for doing the right thing.
From a 24-year Air Force SNCO; "Go Marines!"
Awesome! Thanks for the ping, Lancey.
Great stories about Great Americans like these guys helps me to put in the proper perspective the pissed off feelings I have after my Crimson Tide lost to South Carolina yesterday.
“Current and former military trained folks are our greatest assets. Willingness to do what most are not willing to do.”
That’s what the Department of Homeland Security is worried about. :)
GOD BLESS, Well done.
Oh by the way mac daddy would have done the same but he was busy elsewhere, Golfing, On Vacation and if it was on a Sunday he was at church.
Great post - thanks.
My pleasure. I can’t take credit, though — I “borrowed” ;-) it from someone who posted it on Facebook. Glad you all liked it!
GREAT story, thanks! I added a few kew words...;~)
Yeah, I used to get yelled at in my civilian job for taking the initiative. So now, I’ve stopped :-(
“And the brave get knocked out of their vote wherever and whenever possible while serving overseas.”
Only because the rest of us sit on our worthless hands and letting the scumbags get away with it. No one’s fault but our own.
Semper Fi.
Yep. Semper Fi right back.
Absolutely Awesome!!
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