US Marines – News
- • Face of Defense: Military Dog Survives Snakebite: Dec. 22, 2011, Dingo, a 5-year-old Marine Corps military working dog, has survived a bout with a poisonous snake. Dingo, a German shepherd, was struck by the snake as he searched the woods during a Dec. 5 training exercise here, said Marine Corps Cpl. Stacy K. Chester, a military...
- • Fallen Marine’s Family Adopts His Best Friend: Feb. 4, 2011, “Whatever is mine is his,” Marine Corps Pfc. Colton W. Rusk wrote about Eli, his military working dog, in the final days of their deployment in Afghanistan. Yesterday, Rusk’s family helped to prove his words true when they adopted the black Labrador retriever in a retirement and adoption...
- • Semper Fi Society of St. Louis Speech: Nov. 13, 2010, The protected can’t begin to understand the price paid so they and their families can sleep safe and free at night. No, they are not victims, but are warriors, your warriors, and warriors are never victims regardless of how and where they fall. Death, or fear of death, has no power over them. Their paths are paved by sacrifice, sacrifices they gladly make...for you. They prove themselves everyday on the field of battle...for you. They fight in every corner of the glob...for you. They live to fight...for you, and they never rest because there is always another battle to be won in the defense of America...”
