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Updated Veterans Benefits Links

This communication is for all members who are Veterans. You might be interested. Below are web-sites that provide information on Veterans benefits and how to file/ask for them. Accordingly, there are many sites that explain how to obtain books, military/medical records, information and how to appeal a denied claim with the VA. Please pass this information on to every Veteran you know. Nearly 100% of this information is free and available for all veterans, the only catch is: you have to ask ..read more

Our Armed Forces

2010 Posture Of the USMC

Submitted statement of General James T. Conway, Commandant of the Marine Corps before the House Armed Services Committee on the 2010 Posture of the United States Marine Corps – February 24, 2010

Click here to download the full document.

Our Armed Forces

The Marine Band performs the Marines’ Hymn

Have a thought about our Marines and a toast to their valor.

Our Armed Forces

Normandy, Then & Now

Normandy Then and Now

An Amazing collection of photos taken on D-day and after. Each photo includes a picture of how it was then, and how it is now.

Click here for the photos.

Our Armed Forces

I Am A Marine

I am a Marine,

Born in 1775.

Through two centuries, I’ve fought the best,

And through two centuries survived.

I’ve fought the British twice,

And two times I have won.

Because of me, there was a setting of the Empire’s sun.

I am a Marine,

And I’ve fought in many nations.

From Mexico’s Chapultepec, to China’s American Legation.

I was the Devil Dog, at bloody Belleau Wood.

My mastiff and I discerned between dog and man,

But the Germans never could.

I froze at Chosin Reservoir,

And burned in the Pacific sun.

Always, ..read more