marine corps

"A chronological account of the American military special forces unit known as Marine Force Recon, including key details about important figures, landmark missions, and controversies"--Provided by publisher.

Introduces the United States Marine Corps, including jobs, history, and more.

After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.

Gus Dempsey is a newly trained dog handler in the United States Marine Corps, and when he is deployed to Afghanistan he is paired with Loki, a bomb-sniffing black Labrador with a mischievous streak.

The author shares his experience of being in the United States Marine Corps, discussing how he came to be a Marine, his three deployments to Iraq, and more.

"Provides a...he said/she said perspective on coping with war in modern-day America with a brutally honest account of how a dedicated Marine and his equally committed spouse faced unfathomable challenges and achieved triumph"--Back cover.

Three men are bound together by fate in war ridden Vietnam. Noche is an Apache Indian feared by his fellow Marines, Truong is a North Vietnamese Army student, and Raymond is a Marine squad leader counting down the days before he can go home. When an attack on a listening post happens, Raymond is caught up in the chaos and thrown back into the line of fire. The three men must work together through blood, bullets, and brotherhood.

In the South Pacific in 1944 and 1945, military battles raged between the United States and Japan. Surrounded by rattling bullets and exploding bombs, a group of Navajo Marines sent secret messages back and forth. They used a code they had created from the Navajo language, a code the enemy was never able to crack. These young men had been recruited from their homes in the American Southwest. They brought with them incredible physical stamina and a language that had never been written down. Learn more about the Navajo code talkers---brave, creative heroes who used their unbreakable code to help the Allies win the war.

Simple text and photographs examine the U.S. Marine Corp, covering jobs, weapons, and equipment.

"In 2010 Sergeant Craig Grossi was doing intelligence work for Marine Recon in a remote part of Afghanistan. While on patrol, he spotted a young stray dog 'with a big goofy head and little legs.' Fred not only stole Craig's heart; he won over the Recon fighters, who helped smuggle the dog into Camp Leatherneck. Fred eventually made it to Craig's family in Virginia, where months later, it was Fred's turn to save Craig's life"--OCLC.