Comments on: One Giant Leap

By: Carol Cooper

Carol Cooper — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:12:38 +0000

My son is a Marine. Thank you for this great story. God Bless The Marines and there families. Semper Fi. A Proud Marine Mom Carol

By: HardHeadedWoman

HardHeadedWoman — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:40:17 +0000

Thanks for the great article and update. A niece of mine is a Marine pilot who flies Sea Stallion helicopters. She is, right now, either in Iraq and on her way to Afghanistan or already there. I'm so proud of her and scared silly.

By: MrsSpooky

MrsSpooky — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:38:54 +0000

I laughed out loud when I read that, then teared up with pride in these young men.

I LOVE all our fighting men and women, but the Marines have a special place in my heart. Semper Fi!

By: JR_Head

JR_Head — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:14:42 +0000

Oorah, gents!

Thanks, Michael, for continuing your fantastic work. In fact, I think you may have just inspired my next "Big Hollywood" piece.

Stay safe and keep it coming.

S/F,
JRH

By: EBV

EBV — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:53:44 +0000

The chaplains with Marines are Navy, too. And it was, indeed, livin' the dream…

Reason, by the way, is the "Marines are riflemen first…" bit you mention. By law and treaty, medics & chaplains are "non-combatants" and carry arms only for self-defense (chaplains typically don't carry any weapons – but we are assigned "bullet-catchers" aka Religious Program Specialists – who take care of that for us). Therefore, they're not Marines because every Marine is a combatant.

By: danebramage

danebramage — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:33:54 +0000

3043 (Radar O'Reilly) here. Did 4 years on Okinawa in the '80's. Semper Fi, brothers. If only people knew what we could do to them if they ever actually pissed us off…

By: iwasfixin2

iwasfixin2 — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:18:04 +0000

I really love and appreciate your work and your tireless support of an accurate portrayal of our brave soliders and citizens. I've never been disappointed in your coverage of Iraq, Afghanistan or the Phillipines. For my own conscious, I just have to take issue with one of your statements in this article, Michael: "It remains perhaps the most spectacular day in the history of man."

I have to beg the differ with you here, my friend. Hopefully all Christians would do the same.

Keep up the most excellent work!

By: iwasfixin2

iwasfixin2 — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:17:14 +0000

I really love and appreciate your work and your tireless support of an accurate portrayal of our brave soliders and citizens. I've never been disappointed in your coverage or Iraq, Afghanistan or the Phillipines. For my own conscious, I just have to take issue with one of your statements in this article, Michael: "It remains perhaps the most spectacular day in the history of man."

I have to beg the differ with you here, my friend. Hopefully all Christians would do the same.

Keep up the most excellent work!

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:14:58 +0000

President Reagan said of them:

Some people wonder for an entire life time whether they made a difference.
Marines don't have hat problem.

Amen or I should say Semper Fi Thanks, Michael Yon

By: 98ZJUSMC

98ZJUSMC — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:39:01 +0000

Plus one for the Semper Fi, brother. Back atch ya!