Yesterday I had the opportunity to sit in on a brief given by a Marine Corps unit in California regarding the repeal of the infamous Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) policy implemented under the Clinton administration. The bottom line was both simple and admirable: this is a non-negoitable issue.  Your respect towards your fellow Marines [...]

When I informed my family of my decision to enlist, the general reaction was the type of shock more commonly associated blunt head trauma.  My father pointed out the closest interest I had shown to anything martial was my brief albeit impassioned performance of Tybault in my junior high’s production of Romeo and Juliet .  When we [...]