Major Luston Short Story

“Nevertheless some of our scouts have not returned, so we must assume they are close behind.”

The Marine Corps Experience, pp. 12 – 31 The Corps today, pp 318 – 335

“No ma’am we’ll wait outside with our vehicles if it’s all the same. Captain O’Hara did tell them help would be out there no more than two hours and he would be back

“Yes, sir,” says the second in command wondering to himself how they would be able to take care of this mess in the timeframe the LT demanded.

“I will have none of it!“ His clenched fist strikes the wall beside them startling the horses across the stable. “We must get back to work before Elizabeth gets home, I can’t have her finding out about us.”

I did not know much about the military, but I knew that the Marine Corps was the most difficult and within it, Reconnaissance was the most demanding. I also knew that the harder the job the more rewarding it would be, my desire to seek the toughest challenges always paid off in the end. With the work ethic my parents instilled in me, I knew I would succeed. In my 24-year Marines Corps career as a Recon Marine, I have had the opportunity to learn, lead, and teach Marines of various caliber and rank. As a senior Staff Non-Commissioned Officer my days of performing at the team level are behind me, but I am always learning. I now rely on the young professionals I work with to teach me the latest technical and tactical procedures; this further allows me to establish confidence with our senior Commanders. My introduction to the highly educated Marine Officers in the Amphibious Reconnaissance profession has been an eye opening experience. By working with them on a daily basis, these extremely smart and academically proficient professional men and women have shown me that I too have what it takes to achieve success at an institution of higher learning. My experiences teaching and mentoring young Marines, my work developing a non-profit organization targeted at providing financial and moral support to veterans during their most critically vulnerable point:

Where were these horses being kept before now? In Woodland, at a lady’s place who has land. She was charging $45 to store his horses on her land, but now she needs the space for her own personal use. So, he has to move the horses as soon as possible.

“We had no idea when you would be arriving, runners have been sent to inform the Generals.”

The evening news is filled with stories about war and conflict, that’s happening throughout the world. The U.S Marine Corps is involved in those conflicts and are supporting America’s global interests. My father is a colonel with of 50 years of serve in the Marine Corps. He works every day to ensure the Marine Corps is prepared to carry out the missions that his units are assigned. This paper will discuss and explain Col Garcia’s roles and responsibilities as a Col in our nation’s most reveled military service.

I want that horse, She half-breathed, half-snarled. Plans were already forming in her labyrinthian mind, daring ideas of thievery and debauchery, of trickery and lies, for she hadn’t brought much to trade with. Above all else her goal here had been to ensure the relative safety of those already ensconced within the Salsolan branch of Freetown and to escort those who had never been before.

The Marines began to move slowly taking ground a few feet at a time, by 0400 they hadn’t moved more than two hundred feet and both sides were taking casualties. It was becoming evident that it was going to be a slug fest. The Marines were great at small unit tactics, but what they were unaware of was that right in front of them was a National Guard Ranger Company. They were giving as good as they got, the Rangers were outgunned four-to-one and had placed various minefields in front of their positions, which the Marines didn’t know about.

“I hadn’t considered that, but I don’t know that I have the authority to order the Marines to escort me to Fredericks.”

Our guest speaker, Colonel Thomas Clark, USMC (Ret.), gave a speech about leadership. Mr.Clark attended The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina for his undergraduate degree and master’s degree. Mr.Clark obtained his undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Mathematics, and his master’s degree in Project Management with a certification in Technical Project Management. He served 30 years in the Marine as a fighter pilot where he obtained a colossal amount of flight time hours. Mr.Clark served in Iraq and many other wars throughout his career. He also loves being a student, solving puzzles, and a christian. On the first day of class, he ran into Dr.Skipper downstairs before class had started; Dr.Skipper told him, “You are my challenge.”

“I know a place. It's fifty miles west of my cabin. In Rigby. Just outside of the town. By Jefferson County Lake. A good friend of mine, John Russell: he's an animal doctor there.”

Captain O’Hara – US Navy and Captain Luxon – USMC, plan to train Sailors and former Soldiers, Marines was in full swing. The first class, all Sailors, was set to graduate from the Navy’s Advance Combat Course. After a brief stint in the field with the Marines they would be returned to the school to take over the training of the Sailors. The first class of prior service Soldiers and Marines had three more weeks of training to go through, although they started at the same time, their knowledge of infantry skills and tactics was far greater than what was needed by the Navy.