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Marine veteran John Waters reveals one of his toughest battles came when an opera singer asked...

The Daily Mail 03 Dec 2023
Marine veteran John Waters was at a fundraiser for a local opera singer when he heard a song that reduced him to instinct ... It was his admiration for these courageous men that, in part, inspired him to become a Marine Scout Sniper platoon leader ... As a result, the Marines had begun cleaning up the Scout Snipers.
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The Woman Who Ditched the High Life to Hunt for Missing Bodies of U.S. Soldiers

The Daily Beast 29 Nov 2023
marine Grady Kurpasi ... She has helped to search, recover and repatriate the remains of Dutch soldiers Redsdorf Rasmus Askjaer and Oskar Aleksander Koksvik Johhansson, as well as Kurpasi, who enlisted in the Marine Corps after 9/11, went to Iraq as a scout sniper three times and was killed in Kherson region in April 2022.
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Local Marine remembers buddies lost, earlier generations on Veterans Day

TCPalm 10 Nov 2023
Marines in 2007, shortly after graduating high school in northern California. The 34-year-old Stuart resident said his great-grandfather served in World War II, his grandfather in Vietnam and several cousins joined the Marines ... Olswicki was with the 1st Battalion, 4th Marines in a scout sniper platoon ... Marine commandos,” he said ... “We're just Marines.”.
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Denton: On Veterans Day, a fellow Iraq combat vet turned Proud Boy awaits sentencing

Foster's Daily Democrat 10 Nov 2023
On Thursday, Sept. 7, at the U.S ... 6, 2021, insurrection at our Capitol. The former Marine scout sniper, fellow captain and decorated Iraq War combat veteran turned Proud Boy now faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release ... During the early morning of Feb ... On Jan ... 6, 2021.
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Lee Marvin: The Hollywood ‘Tough Guy’ Who Earned His Stripes In the Pacific Theater

War History Online 16 Oct 2023
What many might not realize is that he served in the US Marine Corps prior to embarking on his Hollywood career ... US Marines taking cover behind an M4 Sherman during the Battle of Saipan, 1944 ... While he started out as a quartermaster, he became a sniper scout after finishing the School of Infantry.
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Hands On With Halo Infinite’s New Forge AI Toolkit (It’s Awesome)

Kotaku 13 Oct 2023
There are variants of Brutes, Elites (including Ultras and Spec Ops versions), Grunts, Jackals, as well as Skimmers, Marines, Hunters, and even two variants of the Halo Infinite boss, Adjutant Resolution ... Brute Sniper. Brute Sniper, Heavy ... Jackal Sniper. Marine Assault. Marine Demolition. Marine Heavy. Marine Scout. Marine Sniper. Marine Survivor.
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Marines' celebratory ball marking 248 years will be Nov. 11 in Sperry

The Hawk Eye 07 Oct 2023
Marine present and passed to the youngest ... A few highlights from his dossier include being founder and owner of Ten22Fifty, inc, co-owner of Nomadic Research, plank holder instructor for OGA (Other Government Agencies), SPT (Special Programs Team) East Training Cadre, Scout Sniper, and United States Marine Veteran.
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Sage Music School Announces Grand Opening Celebration

The Galveston Daily News 31 Aug 2023
SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sage Music �, an award winning music school that transforms students into musicians, announces San Antonio Grand Opening Celebration. Founded in New York City, Sage Music moved its headquarters to San Antonio during the pandemic and recently finished construction on its new headquarters ... Marine Scout-Sniper.
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Larry Kirby, author and survivor of the Battle of Iwo Jima, dies at 99

The Salem News 15 Aug 2023
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA — Marine Corps veteran and author Lawrence F. “LarryKirby, who as a young soldier survived the Battle of Iwo Jima which many of his fellow Marines didn’t, and who witnessed the raising of the American flag on Mount Suribachi on Feb ... He was trained as a scout sniper and held the rank of platoon sergeant.
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UPDATED: Larry Kirby, author and survivor of the Battle of Iwo Jima, dies at 99

Gloucester Times 15 Aug 2023
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA — Marine Corps veteran and author Lawrence F. “LarryKirby, who as a young soldier survived the Battle of Iwo Jima which many of his fellow Marines didn’t, and who witnessed the raising of the American flag on Mount Suribachi on Feb ... He was trained as a scout sniper and held the rank of platoon sergeant.
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Man with Nazi tattoo admits to impersonating officer at Black Lives Matter protest

Union Leader 19 Jul 2023
Clipped to his gun belt was a Glock pistol with an extended magazine, a Taser and pepper spray ... Marine Corps special infantry, and is a “discouraged symbol used by some Marine Corps Scout Snipers,” according to the complaint ... Marine Corps from January 2011 to April 2016 and worked as a Department of Defense contractor for the Navy from Dec ... ....
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Summit Park Welcomes New Members to LEAD Program

Hastings Tribune 11 Jul 2023
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 11, 2023--. Summit Park is pleased to announce it has welcomed four new members to its Leadership Excellence and Development Program (“LEAD”) ... Marines for six years ... Before Aurora, he served five years in the United States Marine Corps as an active-duty Reconnaissance and Scout Sniper Marine ... About Summit Park ... PUB.
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The US Marine Corps' deadliest sniper might never have become one if it weren't for ...

Business Insider 24 Jun 2023
Mawhinney made his name as a scout sniper and skilled marksman, but that wasn't what he wanted when he joined the Marines, like his father before him, the book suggests ... the Marine Corps Scout Sniper program ... Mawhinney qualified for entry into the Marine scout sniper course because he'd already earned distinction as an expert marksman.
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‘One of the most honorable things you can do’: How a Marine vet’s remains were brought home from Ukraine

Stars and Stripes 26 May 2023
He had racked up 20 years of valuable military experience before retiring from the Marine Corps in September 2021, including three deployments to Iraq and service as an infantryman, scout sniper and captain with multiple awards for valor. Marine Capt ... (Aaron Douds/Marine Corps).
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