[USMCBOMBGUY]

You do a great job putting these threads together, well thought out and accurate. You and the those here at the Foxhole are true patriots.


Thought you all might like this compilation. These are articles written by Mike Phillips (and others). Mike chased me around for a while in Iraq trying to do a story when the command stepped in and ask me to at least sit down with him and hear him out. After talking to him at length we came to an arrangement, he could come on some of my missions (at my desecration) as long as nothing he reported put my team at risk. The Ops officer and CO had overriding authority on striking anything that may divulge techniques and procedures. Nothing Mike ever wrote put us at risk and although I don't agree with all his perspectives he is a damn fair reporter who is worth trusting/reading. http://mcrdsd.us/usmc/downloads/Mike-Phillips-PhotoJournalist-With-37-Marines.pdf Iraq articles Start of------current

[USMCBOMBGUY]

That would be discretion not desecration. Sometimes I wonder if spell check is a blessing or curse.

That link is:

http://mcrdsd.us/usmc/downloads/Mike-Phillips-PhotoJournalist-With-37-Marines.pdf

[SAMWolf]

Thanks for your service.

So did you ever pull the "put on your masks and yell Gas! Gas! Gas! to 'wake up' a sleeping squad member"?