Navy

Former SEAL after getting shot in the gut: ‘Must catch people.’

By Gina Harkins on April 3, 2014 Battle Rattle

This post is from our friends at Navy Times. By MEGHANN MYERS Former Special Operator 1st Class (SEAL) Chris Heben was headed to buy his mom a birthday gift March 28 when, following an altercation, he was shot in the parking lot of a Bath Township, Ohio, shopping center. The bullet pierced Heben’s lower abdomen. Rather than call for help, Heben, 44, hopped in his truck and tried to chase down his assailant while holding a finger in his bullet wound. Within minutes, he was seeing stars, he told Navy Times, so he decided to pull over at a police station and get some…

Former SEAL after getting shot in the gut: ‘Must catch people.’

By Gina Harkins on April 3, 2014 Battle Rattle

Marine gunny to pin on as Navy ensign

By Gina Harkins on January 23, 2014 Battle Rattle

Sailors are about to get a taste of what like to have a Marine gunny as their leader. Since the day Gunnery Sgt. Sgt Bothvill Valcin met a commissioned officer at boot camp in 2000, he thought about going mustang. After 13 years in the Corps, a college degree, deployments to the Middle East and Asia, and working with special operations units, something was still missing from the gunny’s life: his commission. The Marine Corps gave him a lot of opportunities, he said, according to a Marine Corps news release. Just not the chance to become an officer, despite several applications. But…

Navy ditches ALL CAPS messages — will the Corps do it too?

By Gina Harkins on June 14, 2013 Battle Rattle

If reading Marine administrative messages in all capital letters makes you feel like your old drill instructor is screaming a new policy at you, the Navy might be providing some hope for change. Navy Times reported that the Navy’s personnel chief issued a policy directive likely unique from all other naval messages before it — the bulletin featured lowercase letters. The Navy is shifting to a new message-routing system that is cheaper and easier to operate and has the side benefit of sending messages that are easier to read. The issue has been getting a lot of attention in recent…

Marine Corps honored at Nationals baseball game

By James Sanborn on May 10, 2013 Battle Rattle

Nationals Park was regaled in Marine imagery Wednesday night as part of the Military Branch Day program meant to honor each of the nation’s services in turn. The Wednesday event, sponsored by the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, included a Marine-themed pre-game show featuring the Quantico band, scholarship awards and an opening pitch by Lt. Gen. Willie Williams, director of Marine Corps Staff at Headquarters Marine Corps. Among those recognized with scholarship eligibility for his children was former Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Workman, who awarded the Navy Cross for actions during Operation Phantom Fury in 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. With other members…

Pentagon portrait of Navy captain a prank

By James Sanborn on April 17, 2012 Battle Rattle, History and heritage, Pentagon, Washington

The Pentagon’s halls are adorned with artifacts, paintings and portraits that herald each of the service’s illustrious histories. Walking from one wing to another visitors and staff pass portraits of military greats like Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, Gen. George S. Patton, and Adm. Chester Nimitz. One portrait, however, was a mystery that turned out to be a prank of epic proportions. Check out this story by the Wall Street Journal on how Capt. Eldridge Hord III, now 53, has had his portrait hanging in the nation’s seat of military power for nearly a year with a plaque claiming it…

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